About

From The Founder

Eddie James 

Eddie James, blessed with musical gifts and talents, entered ministry at an early age. He was fueled by a burden placed on his heart to minister to the hurting and lost.

God quickly established Eddie James as a leader of music and ministry with some of his original work topping the charts. Over the years, Eddie has recorded multiple albums, collaborated with numerous artists (e.g. Helen Baylor, Mississippi Mass Choir, Mark Condon, & Karen Wheaton), and toured most of North America, Europe, and Asia.

Eddie James and Eddie James Ministries has also been featured by numerous leaders and entertainment personalities on their media platforms (e.g. Bishop TD Jakes, Sid Roth, Perry Stone, Jamie & Judy Jacobs Tuttle, Glenn Walters, Tommy Barnett, Marilyn Hickey, along with 4-Him, Kirk Franklin, Plus One, Third Day, Stevie Wonder, Brian McKnight, Usher, and Kelly Prince — to name just a few!).

Since Eddie James Ministries was birthed in 1993, Eddie has also established several choral and performing arts groups geared at inspiring a new generation of witnesses for the Gospel. Dealing with contemporary themes like drugs, violence, sex, racism, and dysfunction, hundreds of thousands of young people have been impacted by the constant message of hope.

Eddie James has also birthed several other ministries through the same vision God has given him. DreamLife Center is an addiction recovery program geared toward helping young people seeking the redemptive power of God’s love and the healing presence of the Savior. Currently operating in two states, the organization has plans to expand its footprint to bring healing to hundreds more in the coming years. Fresh Wine Records and its contemporary Fresh Wine Publishing have been the engine behind Eddie’s most recent works, including those of his group Ultimate Call, as well as, the machine creating resources for music ministries across the globe. Eddie’s vision is not only a source of valuable content but inspires and raises up other artists across the world to enter into Kingdom work. His most recent endeavor is a training institution for worship and ministry called The SHIFT MOVEMENT. Eddie is prayerfully taking what will be the first steps to an establishment where young men and women can enroll to find anointed training, as well as, the theological and practical guidance needed to prepare the next generation of powerful ministers of the Gospel.

For more information visit: www.eddiejames.com

My son, Samuel, who at the time was 18 years old and bound by addiction and daughter, Jenna, who was 32 and pregnant, had just been released from prison. I encouraged my whole family to attend the service not knowing what was going to come of it. In the middle of that service God began to pour his spirit out and at that moment chains begin to break, my daughter and my son were both saved and set free! That night my son left with Eddie James and now three years later he has become a worship leader, and my daughter has started walking in her calling and is three years clean.

Two years after following Eddie and watching my son grow with him, I learned of a Ministry called DreamLife. DreamLife was birthed in my heart when I saw the heart of Eddie James rescuing these young people. Shortly after, God began to tug on my heart to move to Tennessee and help Eddie relaunch the DreamLife Ministry after Covid had shut it down. So me and my wife moved to Tennessee and God began to move on the DreamLife Ministries. After being here a year we have become a part of a community here in Athens, Tennessee. We now own and operate a thrift store and own a home that houses up to 25 young men. My heart burns to see these young men set free and the chains of addiction broken off their lives. We teach them the word of God through a program written by Eddie James, called DNA (Discipleship and Arts). Our goal for these young men is for them to find their identity in Christ and the purpose that God created them for. We are seeing these young men begin to find hope and begin to believe that their dreams are obtainable. Thank you all so much for taking part in this fight to win this generation.”

- Pastor Shannon Leviner