Since the 2005 release of Jon Bauer's award winning debut CD Life of Worship, Canadian worship leader and recording artist based in Edmonton, Alberta has been on tour with a message of encouragement to the church to live out their worship to God. This fall Jon returns with his new CD Surround in stores October 2007. This ten track recording features nine new songs as well as an original arrangement of the classic hymn Holy, Holy, Holy.

Jon's music reaches a wide demographic group and his new album is powerful on both a personal and corporate level of reflective worship. His Mission: With his teaching background, Jon has opened up his ministry from the classroom to reach into the hearts of tens of thousands of people throughout North America. Ministering and teaching on worship full time across North America, Jon's mission is to break through the notion that worship is not only a song that we sing...it's a lifestyle that we live, one that reaches out to a hurting world. 

Ministry Highlights:

- Performing/Ministering at over 100 engagements in 2006 and 200 engagements in 2007
- Awarded 2007 SHAI Award Canada's Peoples Choice Award for "New Artist of the Year"
- Since debut album release Life of Worship, Jon has been nominated three consecutive years for the Covenant Awards by the Canadian Gospel Music Association including:
      -2007 "Praise and Worship Song of the Year" - Life of Worship
      -2006 "Song of the Year" – Promise
      -2005 "Male Vocalist of the Year" and "Praise and Worship Album of the Year"
-Past TV coverage including 100 Huntley Street, The Miracle Channel, and Living Truth with upcoming appearances on the TCT Network, 100 Huntley Street, The Miracle Channel, and many more worldwide
-Jon's first single "Awaken" has already been included on the 2007 compilation albums for Hosanna Integrity's Maximum Worship as well as Sea to Sea: the Voice of Creation in stores this fall.  Jon's song "Awaken" will also appear on the March 2008 Worship Leader Magazine - Song Discovery Disc distributed to over 20,000 worship leaders worldwide.
-Debut album Life of Worship released in 2005 sold over 5,000 units independently in North America -National and international touring scheduled throughout 2007 and 2008