Travis Greene

Travis Montorius Greene (born January 17, 1984) is an American gospel musician and the founding senior pastor of The Forward City Church.

Music career Greene began his music career in 2007 with the release of The More via Greenelight Records. He has since released two studio albums, Stretching Out in 2010, The Hill in 2015, and an extended play, Intentional in 2015. Travis Greene's third album Crossover: Live From Music City was released in 2017 as a live album. Greene's music has charted on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums and the Top Gospel Songs charts and he has been nominated for multiple awards, including five Grammy Awards and 13 Stellar Awards.

Greene and his wife Jackie founded and oversee The Forward City Church in Columbia, South Carolina.

Early life Travis Montorius Greene was born on January 17, 1984, in Delaware, to mother, Charleather Greene and was raised in Warner Robins, Georgia.

Career Greene's music recording started in 2007, with the release, The More, that came out on December 4, 2007, from Greenelight Records. The subsequent release, Stretching Out, a studio album, was released on June 8, 2010, by Pendulum Records. Songs, "Still Here" and "Prove My Love", both charted on the Billboard Top Gospel Songs chart, at peaks of Nos. 17 and 29, respectively. from RCA Inspiration Rolling Out Magazine, Jet magazine, with performances at the Essence Music Festival, Trumpet Awards and BMI Trailblazers. In 2016, JET Magazine called Greene "The Future of Gospel".

On February 2, 2017, Greene recorded his third album Crossover: Live From Music City in Nashville, Tennessee.

On March 24, 2017, Greene led the field of nominees at the 2017 Stellar Gospel Music Awards by taking home seven awards. At the awards, Greene performed a medley of "Made a Way" alongside Gospel recording artists Israel Houghton, Jonathan McReynolds and Jonathan Butler.

Personal life Greene met Jackie Gyamfi (born 15 December 1987) during a ministry event in 2007, and the two went on to marry on her birthday in December 2011. They have three sons: Jace (b. May 2014), Josh (b. September 2016) and Judah (b. April 2019), and together they currently oversee and are the senior pastors of The Forward City Church in Columbia, South Carolina.

Discography Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions USGosUSStretching Out Released: June 8, 2010

Live albums + List of live albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions 2017"Made a Way [Live]"Best Gospel Performance/Song 2018Crossover: Live from Music CityBest Gospel Album 2020"See the Light"Best Gospel Performance/Song 2021"Won't Let Go"Best Gospel Performance/Song

Billboard Music Awards

Stellar Awards In 2017, Greene received seven Stellar Awards. In 2018, he received four Stellar Awards.