Terri Shamar is a singer/songwriter/musician. With a skillful hand on the

guitar, Terri is a modern day psalmist. Her songs are not just salt and

peppered by the word of God, they are bathed in it. She is unique and in her

own class, and she can passionately

rock the house, capturing the hearts

of her audiences, the backslidden,

the broken, and the lost. Her

audiences leave feeling inspired,

and even healed. She is a divine

appointment to the Body of Christ,

and is determined to go where

angels dare to tread.

On her journey, she has recorded

three cds, performs at churches,

schools, special events, popular

coffee houses, restaurants, retreats,

led worship for many churches, and

has traveled to countries such as Pakistan to minister in song and word. 

Out of 200 entries in the Southern California Songwriter's Festival, she was

selected to perform her Christian pop tune, "You Carried Me All the Way",

and was given airplay, and honorable mentions in major newspapers. 

Terri’s music plays throughout the country on various radio stations including

Europe.

September 2003, Terri won 1st Place at the Christian Music Talent Search

(Festival Con Dios) in Medford, Oregon. Phil Joel (Newsboys) one of her

judges, announced Terri First Place Winner with her song "You Are My

Keeper".  She was to perform again in Nashville, but could not make the trip

because of family emergencies, but left it in the Lord’s hands for another

chance to go to Nashville.

2005, Terri wanted to throw in the towel, but some major event would come

up.  After cutting her third CD “Wake Now Sleeper”, she held a fund raiser for

the Hurricane Katrina Victims, at the Historical Rogue Theatre in Grants

Pass, OR.,  the first  Contemporary christian artist to ever perform there.  In

the summer of 2006, Terri was the first Contemporary Christian artist to play

at the summer annual "Concerts in the Park", and "The Rivers Edge

Restaurant", one of the top elite restaurants in Grants Pass, OR. that sets on

the famous Rogue River.  Thought of as a pioneer in this town of Grants

Pass, Terri sighed, 'God is not through with me yet!”  Sprawled on the floor,

face smashed in the ground, once again surrendering to God, remembering

that the proof of your faith being more precious than gold, even though tested

by fire, may be found to result in praise and honor and glory at the revelation

of Jesus Christ. 

When God moves, He moves!  Out of the blue, in January 2007,

“Indieheaven” dropped in Terri's lap.  Terri was already booked for a paid

China Missionary trip, but her husband’s company needed him to meet an

important contract deadline. His company reimbursed every dime for the

China trip!  So the Lord wisked Terri off to Franklin, TN. in March 2007, to

attend and perform at the Indieheaven CIA Summit Conference.  It was a

turning point in her journey!

In September 2007, the Lord called Terri to Pakistan with her husband, and

Ambassador Ministries, ministering in song and word day and night at

Crusades 15,000 to 30,000 in attendance, traveling city to city, and had an

opportunity to sing for Pakistan Dignitaries.  There were many miracles, many

healings.  Terri sang and preached to a 300 Muslim women conference, and

laid hands on all who were sick.  They call her the “young Mother Teresa that

rocks!”  These Christian Muslims would have taken a bullet for them, no

doubt. Thank the Lord for His mercy and protection! This mission was truly a

life changing experience!  Again, the first in history for a Contemporary

Christian artist to ever perform in Pakistan!

Terri’s heart is for the homeless, the elderly, orphans and widows, and prays

for the sick.  She is a part of Isaiah 58 Ministries,  Faith Prayer Ministries

(Pakistan),  Ambassador Ministries,  and Xtreme With God Ministries with her

husband, Randy Benham, who is a missionary who travels across the world,

laying hands on the sick, and is a gifted speaker.