Jon Steingard, Lead Singer of Canadian Christian Band Hawk Nelson, Announces He Doesn’t Believe In God

Jon Steingard, the lead singer of the Christian rock band Hawk Nelson, announced on Instagram that he no longer believes in God.

Steingard said that he had been terrified to write the post for a while, but he wanted to be transparent. He also explained that he didn’t want to debate with anyone, but encourage others who felt that their faith was waning.

According to a comment on Hawk Nelson’s website, Steingard had been struggling for a while:

As some of you know Jon and Jess embarked on the family life this year with the addition of Lil G, aka Grey. He’s the bomb diggity, but after no sleep and lots of adjusting, I saw it take a toll on Jon personally. I knew family was more important than this album, so I asked him to put it all on hold. Maybe forever, maybe until it was right. These guys I get to share this band with, are family. And family should always come first. It made me question just how hard we should be pushing to “make” this album … But Jon blew me away, again, as he does each and every album. He doubled down. We and you and all got deep into prayer and asked for help.

Steingard Joined Hawk Nelson In 2004

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According to Steingard, he was a pastor’s child and grew up with Christianity having a major influence in his life since childhood. Steingard was the oldest of three children and he started learning how to play the guitar when he was nine years old, according to News Release Today.

Steingard became the lead singer of the punk-pop Christian band Hawk Nelson in 2004, News Release Today reported. The band had actually started in 2000 when lead singer Jason Dunn, guitarist Davin Clark and drummer Matt Paige started a group called SWISH, according to Tidal. In 2002, Daniel Biro became the group’s new bass player and the group changed its name. In 2004, Steingard — also a guitarist — replaced David Clark and he became the lead vocalist when Jason Dunn left the group in 2012.

Steingard married Jessica Hubbard in March of 2007 and they live in Nashville, Tennessee, according to News Release Today.

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