Aaron Jeoffrey was a contemporary Christian music

Contemporary Christian music

Contemporary Christian music is a genre of modern popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith...

 son/father duo that rose to popularity during the 1990s.

Group History

Father Jeoffrey Benward

Jeoffrey Benward

Jeoffrey Benward is an American well-known Contemporary Christian Music singer and songwriter. He has been involved in the Christian music business since the 1970s, but achieved significant fame when he formed a duo with his son, Aaron, called Aaron Jeoffrey in 1995.-Life and career:Benward was...

 was already involved in Christian music

Christian music

Christian music is music that has been written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life and faith. Common themes of Christian music include praise, worship, penitence, and lament, and its forms vary widely across the world....

 since the '70s. In the early '90s, upon asking his then teenaged son Aaron

Aaron Benward

Aaron Jeoffrey Benward is a American singer-songwriter who rose to fame when he formed a duo with his father, called Aaron Jeoffrey.-Life and career:...

 what he wanted to do for a living, was surprised to find out that he wanted to follow his path in music.

They decided to begin recording together, and though several labels had problems with the eccentric pairing, Starsong picked them up. They went into the studio and started working on their eponymous debut album which was released in 1995. The album featured guest vocals by dc Talk

Dc Talk

DC Talk , is a Grammy-winning Christian rock music trio. The group was formed in Lynchburg, Virginia in 1987 by Toby McKeehan, Michael Tait, and Kevin Max Smith. They have released five major studio albums together: DC Talk , Nu Thang , Free at Last , Jesus Freak , and Supernatural...

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They followed with After the Rain in 1996 and with Climb in 1997. Shortly after, both father and son decided to follow their individual careers.

During their career, Aaron Jeoffrey had 14 Top Five radio singles, 9 of which made it to #1. Their albums have sold more than 100,000 units. They were twice nominated for a Dove Award in the "Song of the Year" category for their classic "He Is."

Their Goal

Aaron states that "One goal is to show a positive parent/child relationship, and hopefully be a role model for fathers and their sons or parents and their children. We have taken to heart the last prophetic word of the Old Testament where it says in Malachi 4:6 that 'The fathers' hearts would be turned to their children and the children's hearts to their fathers, lest I smite them with a curse.' Every social problem that we face today can be traced back to a dysfunctional family

Dysfunctional family

A dysfunctional family is a family in which conflict, misbehavior, and often abuse on the part of individual members occur continually and regularly, leading other members to accommodate such actions. Children sometimes grow up in such families with the understanding that such an arrangement is...

life. We [want to address] these problems not only through our songs but by simply being who we are."

Discography

Year	Album	Peak chart position	Record Label	Record Producer
1995	Aaron Jeoffrey	29	Star Song	Jeff Silvey, Billy Simon, Brian Tankersley
1996	After The Rain	14		Brian Tankersley
1997	The Climb	28	Star Song/Chordant	Mark Hammond, Paul Mills
1999	Timeless: For Every Generation	—	Ministry Music	Jeoffrey Benward

Albums

• 1996 After the Rain (EMI)
• 1997 The Climb (EMI)
• 2006 Very Best Of Aaron Jeoffrey (EMI)