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Nancy Honeytree-Miller:
Serving the Lord In Music

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Originally born in the mid-western state of Iowa, Nancy Honeytree-Miller was born into a family of professional classical musicians. The name "Honeytree" was  a translation from German of her family name. In the spring of the 1970s Honeytree's sister had been studying at the Fort Wayne Art School in Indiana, and she was able to come over for the Easter holiday. While she was there she was able to meet a number of different people that were involved with the "Jesus movement" in the 70s. After meeting them they had introduced her to a man by the name of John Lloyd. John was a youth minister and operated a Christian coffeehouse called, "the Adam's Apple".   This had happened during an Easter Holiday and with the experiences she trusted Jesus and became born-again Christian.  Attending a Monday night Bible study sessions, Honeytree began to write original Christian songs.  One song of Honeytree's that has become very popular over the years is "CLEAN BEFORE MY LORD" and another favorite such as "I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY" which many been able to relate to the versions that Evie Tornquist Karlsson has recorded back in the 1970s.
When she was called on to lead a group of singers in worship, she sometimes added one of her own songs to the evening's music. A minister, impressed, borrowed money so that she could record and press her first album, Honeytree, in 1973.  Honeytree was picked up and reissued by the nationally distributed Christian label
Myrrh. One of its songs,  "Clean Before My Lord," was a hit, and "Treasures" also ended up became a Christian wedding favorite. In June  of 1990, at the age of 38, Honeytree married John Richard Miller (known as J.R.).  Since 1991 Honeytree has been able travel to make many trips Mexico, plus visits to also Honduras, Peru, and Nicaragua, spreading the gospel of  Jesus Christ in the Spanish language. 1993 had marked 20 years of recording for her. To celebrate this occasion she wrote 11 new songs and
 

 

 



       
(Nancy Honeytree, with her husband and their son in between)
released a CD.   The latest CD she has produced to date, is "Change You Made in Me,"  it speaks about her focus on missions work. Her ministry Honeytree/Windsong Ministries, Inc is located in Fort Wayne, Indiana.