Before Rebecca St. James and for KING & COUNTRY were filling arenas and impacting millions through their music, they were part of one family learning what it meant to trust God when the future was anything but certain.
In Behind the Lights, Helen Smallbone tells the story from a perspective youthworkers do not often get to hear—the mom behind the artists. She shares what happened when she and her husband, David, moved their seven children from Australia to the United States with sixteen suitcases, no safety net, and a conviction that God was leading them.
What followed was not an overnight success story. It was a journey through financial struggles, closed doors, unexpected provision, a church family that stepped in when they needed it most, years on the road with Rebecca, and eventually the emergence of Joel and Luke as for KING & COUNTRY.
Through it all, Helen offers a powerful picture of what can happen when parents intentionally build faith, resilience, creativity, and trust in God into the life of a family.
We’re including Chapter 1 of Behind the Lights—an inside look at the family behind some of Christian music’s most influential artists and the faith that was being formed long before anyone saw the lights.
Included courtesy of the Smallbone family.
