Joel Engle (born June 3, 1968) is an American author, pastor, and former Christian recording artist. He recorded the number one song "Shadow of Your Cross" and the top 10 songs "Louder Than The Angels," "Be A Father To Her," and "I Believe In You." Engle also wrote several popular worship songs including "I Bow Down" and "You Are The Holy One." [1]
As a young boy growing up in San Francisco, Joel Engle never knew his father. Tragedy struck when, at the age of 11, Joel found his mother lying on the kitchen floor after suffering a stroke. She died soon after, leaving Joel in the care of his elderly grandparents in Wetumka, Oklahoma. Just three years later there was even more upheaval when Joel's grandfather died and his grandmother went to live in a retirement home. At the age of 14, Joel was placed in the Baptist Children's Home in Moore, Oklahoma. Engle was adopted by Dale and Nadine Engle of Garber, Oklahoma, at age 16.
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