An extraordinarily gifted member of our amazing producing team, Ed Nicholson has combined his lifetime of being an event producer, song writer, nationally recognized performer, worship leader and senior pastor to come on board the MissionWake series to help schedule, coordinate and execute the impossibly rigorous schedule required to design and cover the thousands of unscripted “Moments” that make this series of programs must–watch television.

Highlights of Ed’s Career Include: The 8th Christian Rock song of the decade, “The Stone Was Rolled Away”Several Top 10 and 3 Number one songs. Gold and Platinum awarded Artist and Songwriter. Producer of Several Gospel, Pop and CCM artist. He cowrote the song “Tell the World About You” with Grammy award winning songwriter Robert White Johnson for Jessica Simpson. Ed has been a songwriter and producer with credits including Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Jordan Davis. In 2003, Ed put the finishing touches on his first solo album “Out Of My Hands.” He wrote the song “Restoration,” a song that reached #8 on the CCM charts for Phillips, Craig and Dean. 2006 Ed penned the top 5 single “Each Day of My Life” for Christian Artist, Wayburn Dean.

In 2010, he joined his fellow bandmates “Three Crosses” and performed at Carnegie Hall for a sold-out audience. He has performed with Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, Steven Curtis Chapman, Jars of Clay, The Newsboys and DC Talk. Nicholson has worked with Legendary Producer Barry Beckett (Bob Dylan, Lorrie Morgan, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Dire Straits) Music Business legend Wes Farrell (Partridge Family, Tony Orlando, Kenny Rogers and with groundbreaking Christian music greats Dan Harrell and Mike Blanton.