{"id":16,"date":"2014-05-18T00:46:03","date_gmt":"2014-05-18T00:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.billcoenmusic.com\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2025-03-24T18:04:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T18:04:38","slug":"about-bill","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.billcoenmusic.com\/?page_id=16","title":{"rendered":"About Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"

BILL’S BIO
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Bill grew up in Kansas City, Missouri and came to know Christ at age seven. From the early years it was clear God was calling him to sing for Christ.\u00a0 As a teenager, Bill began leading the music in his home church and when the pastor moved to begin a new ministry, he took Bill with him to lead the music and Bill hasn\u2019t stopped.<\/p>\n

Bill has served as minister of music in churches in Missouri, Louisiana, Virginia, Oklahoma, Florida, and now for more than thirty years has lived and served in Georgia. For nearly seven years, Bill was \u2018on the road’ singing concerts and crusades. He has traveled extensively throughout the Europe and the Middle East singing of his faith in Christ.\u00a0 He has toured The Holy Land many times and in recent years has toured singing with The Sons of Jubal, not only to Israel, but China and yes, North Korea.<\/p>\n

Bill and his wife, Dorothy, have three grown children and five grandchildren and five great grandchildren,\u00a0 all actively serving the Lord in local churches.\u00a0 The Coens live near Cleveland, Georgia, Gateway to the North Georgia Mountains<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In the spring of 2023 Bill and Dorothy joined First Baptist Church, Cleveland, Georgia, Dr. Phil Weaver, Pastor. \u00a0 Though Bill is often away singing, Dorothy is a faithful member.<\/p>\n

BILL’S PASSION<\/strong><\/p>\n

After many years of serving as Minister of Music in churches throughout the country, Bill is now “retired” (not really)\u00a0 and will be singing concerts, leading conferences, and conducting choral clinics and serving as interim minister of music wherever the Lord opens doors.<\/p>\n

The driving force in Bill\u2019s ministry is to service Christ and boldly \u201clift up His name.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThough I love to sing and do so as often as I can, one of my great passions is the choir<\/em>. Though many churches have replaced the choir with praise teams, my heart is to give as many\u00a0 people possible a place to use their gifts. Praise Teams are extremely effective in leading worship and I applaud them, but praise teams also limit the number of people who can use their God given gifts. There are countless people \u201cout there\u201d who are gifted and give the opportunity, are eager to sing, play, and honor the Lord with the music God has put within them.<\/p>\n

An army of excited, committed to Christ, excited singers is a thrilling testimony. A big choir energizes God\u2019s people to sing and is a great testimony of faith to unbelievers. I do, however, believe the choir is to be a three-dimensional leader in worship, engaging the worshipers. Two-dimensional choirs are like a beautiful two-dimensional painting; lovely to look at, but it doesn\u2019t draw you in. God has called His singers to be conduits of faith, vivid pictures of God’s love and grace The choir is biblical and still very relevant. We cannot sing stylistically like we did fifty years ago with heads bowed in books and stern faces,\u00a0 but a vibrant choir in this 21st century is an overwhelming witness of faith.<\/p>\n

I have learned through the years, the key to it all, regardless of musical style, is that God\u2019s music must be excellent. Perfection is not reality, but excellence is.\u00a0 My heart is that people SEE the SONG even before they hear it.”<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd He has put a new Song I my heart, even praise unto our God\u2026..<\/em>
\n \u2026 many will SEE it, fear, and trust in the Lord\u201d<\/em> Psalm 40:3<\/p>\n

BILL’S RECORDING<\/strong><\/p>\n

I began recording back in the LP days of the ’70’s and recorded three albums.\u00a0 In the fall of 2013, Bill released his first album in thirty years, I SING BECAUSE. This is a CD of \u201csongs people have asked me to sing.\u201d A great mix of music styles, this CD includes: \u201cYou\u2019re My God,\u201d \u201cRevelation Song,\u201d \u201cI Am Blessed,\u201d \u201cIn Christ Alone,\u201d \u201cThe Well,\u201d \u201cI Sing Because,\u201d \u201cThe Anchor Holds,\u201d \u201cThat\u2019s When Love Was Born,\u201d \u201cRedeemer,\u201d \u201cSweet Beulah Land,\u201d \u201cI Can Only Imagine,\u201d \u201cMidnight Cry.\u201d\u00a0 For my birthday a few years back, my wife surprised me by having three of my early LP’s remastered to CD. \u00a0 We hope sometime in the near future to make these available.<\/p>\n

CHOIR RECORDINGS
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When ever possible, I encourage choirs to record.\u00a0 It is a great testimony of faith and blessing to the local church and community. In addition, even a local church choir CD (now flash drives and mp3’s)\u00a0 can have a huge impact around the world.\u00a0 My choir members have taken and given their recordings to those they encounter in the U.S., on mission trips, vacations, and business trips to almost every continent.\u00a0 Of course, many copies\u00a0 have been sent to missionaries to share in their work. Recordings are a true extension of the choir ministry.<\/p>\n

BEYOND THE MUSIC<\/strong><\/p>\n

I love being involved in our local community. I am honored to sing for numerous local events, but being part of the community beyond the music is also part of my life.\u00a0 I serve as a bailiff for the White County Georgia Superior Court and in recent months have been helping my friends, Rose Marie and Don Allison, at the Old Sautee Store in Sautee, Georgia. This “general store” opened in 1872 and for all practical purposes has been in business all these years.\u00a0 I get to meet people from literally all over the world each week. When I say, “all over the world,” it is a fact.\u00a0 People from every continent except Antarctica have been visited the store just this\u00a0 year.\u00a0 I greet them, share some conversation, some cider and cheese, sometime sing, and I’ve even had the opportunity to pray with a few of our guests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BILL’S BIO Bill grew up in Kansas City, Missouri and came to know Christ at age seven. From the early years it was clear God was calling him to sing for Christ.\u00a0 As a teenager, Bill began leading the music in his home church and when the pastor moved to begin a new ministry, he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billcoenmusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billcoenmusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billcoenmusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billcoenmusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billcoenmusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.billcoenmusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":508,"href":"https:\/\/www.billcoenmusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions\/508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billcoenmusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}