Brian Doerksen

Brian Doerksen is a Canadian singer-songwriter and one of the most influential voices to emerge from the Vineyard worship movement, a stream of the contemporary Christian music scene that emphasizes intimate, congregational songwriting over performance-driven production. He came to prominence in the 1990s with «Come, Now Is the Time to Worship», a song that spread rapidly through churches worldwide and became a modern worship standard, later followed by other widely sung pieces such as «Faithful One» and «Hope of the Nations».

His songwriting favors simple, singable melodies paired with direct, devotional lyrics designed to be led from a stage but sung by an entire room, a hallmark of the Vineyard approach he helped popularize internationally. Doerksen has worked extensively within Vineyard Music circles, contributing to and shaping a catalog of songs that spread through church worship-team culture long before streaming existed, often reaching congregations before audiences ever knew the songwriter's name.

Over a career spanning decades, he has continued writing and recording new worship material while also mentoring younger songwriters within the movement, and his early songs remain fixtures in church settings around the world. His work sits apart from mainstream pop or rock output precisely because it was written for corporate use, not the charts, which has given songs like his signature «Come, Now Is the Time to Worship» an unusually long and widespread life.