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Darlene Zschech is an Australian Charismatic / Pentecostal Worship Leader and singer-songwriter who mainly writes Praise Songs . HER ROLE AT HILLSONG Darlene is the worship Pastor of Hillsong Church , in Sydney , Australia (an Assemblies Of God church), taking over from Geoff Bullock . As worship pastor, she oversees the Worship & Creative Arts Department at Hillsong Church at the Hills and City congregations. Darlene leads worship most weeks for the ''Hillsong Television'' programme (the official website says that the programme reaches 125 countries around the globe). Hillsong made global headlines when their 2004 live CD release, For All You've Done reached number one in the Australian secular music charts. BIOGRAPHY Darlene was a child star of an Australian television series titled '' Happy Go 'Round ''. She was traumatised at 13 when her parents divorced and a custody battle ensued. At 14, Darlene suffered from Bulimia . A year later, as a young adult, she sang Jingle s for a number of international companies including McDonald's , KFC and Diet Coke . Currently, she and husband Mark Zschech have three daughters, Amy, Chloe, and Zoe Jewel. SHOUT TO THE LORD Darlene's best known song is ''Shout to the Lord'', sung by an estimated 25–30 million churchgoers every week {Link without Title} . Darlene actually composed the praise anthem (based on featuring Darlene as a prominent female worship leader. Shout To The Lord was nominated as 'Album of the year' for the 1997 Dove Award s and 'Song of the Year' for the 1998 Dove Awards. It has been recorded on over 20 different albums. In 2000, Darlene received a Dove Award nomination for 'Songwriter of the year'. DISCOGRAPHY In 2003, Darlene released her debut solo album entitled '' Kiss Of Heaven ''. This was followed by her 2005 album, '' Change Your World ''. BOOKS PUBLISHED In addition to writing songs, Zschech has written two books: ''Extravagant Worship'' (2001) and ''The Kiss of Heaven'' (2003). HER ROLE AT MERCY MINISTRIES Darlene and her husband are executive directors of Mercy Ministries, a part of the Hillsong church which runs a program to helping teenage girls struggling with pregnancy, drugs, abuse and eating disorders. SEE ALSO REFERENCES
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