Meet Darlene Zschech

Darlene Zschech has achieved worldwide acclaim as a singer, songwriter, and worship leader. She is lead vocalist, worship leader, and co-producer of Hillsong Music Australia’s best selling albums. “Shout to the Lord,” a beautiful chorus written by Darlene is sung by an estimated 25 to 30 million churchgoers every week. This song is the title track for the first live album co-produced with Integrity Music featuring Darlene as the worship leader. “Shout to the Lord” was nominated Album of the Year for the 1997 Dove Awards and Song of the Year for the 1998 Dove Awards and has been recorded on over 20 different albums. In 2000, Darlene won the Songwriter of the Year nomination.

Darlene has made music an integral part of her life since she was a child. From the age of ten she performed in a weekly children’s television show, singing, dancing, and hosting segments. As a teenager Darlene continued in music, fronting various local gospel bands in Brisbane, Queensland. She then started on the session scene in Sydney, working on jingles for McDonalds, Special K, KFC, and Diet Coke.

For the past sixteen years Darlene and her husband, Mark, have been a vital part of the leadership team at Hillsong Church, Sydney, which is possibly Australia’s largest church, with a current congregation of over 12,000. As worship pastor, Darlene oversees the Worship & Creative Arts Department at Hillsong Church at the Hills and City congregations. Mark is director of the Television Ministry, and Darlene leads worship every week for the Hillsong television program, which reaches 80 different countries across the globe.

Darlene is also associate director of Hillsong Conference, which is the annual music and leadership conference of the church. Last year over 12,000 full-time delegates attended the conference at Sydney’s SuperDome at Olympic Park.

Darlene and Mark reside in Sydney with their three daughters. Her passion in life is leading people into the presence of God and seeing them realize their full potential in Him.