Jeff Peabody (Communication '89) is a pastor and award-winning songwriter.

Education

As a senior at Biola, Jeff Peabody won Outstanding Communication Student of the Year in 1989. He and his wife Karen were together on the Biola Forensics Team.http://tritons56.wordpress.com/2007/05/26/biola-graduate-wins-american-idol-songwriting-contest/

Ministry and Media

Peabody is the senior pastor at New Day Church in Tacoma, Washington. The congregation was founded in 2002. In 2007, Peabody and collaborator Scott Krippayne wrote "This Is My Now," which won the American Idol Songwriting Contest. Idol finalists Jordin Sparks and Blake Lewis performed the song. American Idol described Peabody as "a songwriter, advertising guru, graphic designer, and pastor."http://www.seattlepi.com/pop/316823_idolsongwriter23.html

References

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(1) http://tritons56.wordpress.com/2007/05/26/biola-graduate-wins-american-idol-songwriting-contest/

(2) http://www.seattlepi.com/pop/316823_idolsongwriter23.html