Alisa Childers (born Alisa Noelle Girard; April 17, 1975) is an American author and singer, known as a member of the all-female Christian music group

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Career

Early years

Born Alisa Noelle Girard to Karen and Christian music pioneer,

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, she grew up in

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. She studied gymnastics and piano at a young age. At the age of 21, she moved to New York and ran a youth center in southeast

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ZOEgirl

Childers left New York and moved back to California, where she was contacted by a family friend about starting a group upon return. After a few months, Childers agreed to pursue the idea. She was introduced to Kristin Swinford-Schweain and the two began composing songs. A few months later, Chrissy Conway-Katina joined the group. In 1999, ZOEgirl was signed to

Sparrow Records Sparrow Records is a Christian music record label and a division of Universal Music Group. History Sparrow Records was founded in 1976 by Billy Ray Hearn, then artists and repertoire (A&R) director at Myrrh Records. Barry McGuire was the fi ...

. While with ZOEgirl, Childers wrote the

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"I Believe", "One Day", "Unchangeable", and "Scream".

Solo

ZOEgirl stayed together for seven years. Their split was amicable. At the end of 2006, Childers started a solo career.

Author and apologist

Childers has authored three books. Her first, ''Another Gospel'' (Tyndale, 2020, ) recounts her experience with

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and

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. In it she describes having attended what was portrayed as a Bible study, her conclusion that it was an attempt to destroy her faith, and her journey back to that faith. Her second, ''Live Your Truth and Other Lies'' (Tyndale, 2022, ) continues in the same vein as her prior book, countering common phrases heard in the secular world. In January 2024 Alisa released her third book which she co-authored with Stand to Reason apologist Tim Barnett: ''The Deconstruction of Christianity'' (Tyndale, 2024, ). In this book they take a look at the recent increase of the deconstruction movement in the Church.

Personal life

Alisa is married to Mike Childers, who played drums for ZOEgirl. On October 9, 2008, the couple had their first child together, a daughter named Dyllan Joi Childers.''Dyllan Joi Childers, born Oct. 9th''
, Alisa Childers Official MySpace, retrieved October 13, 2008 Childers gave birth to a second child, a son named Ayden Childers, in 2011.

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