Chynna Phillips
Profile on: Chynna Phillips of the Wilson Phillips musical group
As the daughter of one of rock music’s first “power couples” (John and Michelle Phillips of The Mamas and the Papas ), Chynna Phillips grew up in a show business world apart from faith and God.
In the early 1990’s, she teamed with sisters Carnie and Wendy Wilson (daughters of Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson) to form Wilson Phillips. The collaboration produced one of the most successful albums of the new decade, with three #1 singles and worldwide sales of over 10 million. They were nominated for 3 Grammy Awards, and for a time were considered one of the hottest groups in music.
A follow-up album was less successful, and within three years the group disbanded. Chynna briefly pursued a solo career and got married (to Baldwin brother Billy), all the while searching for true fulfillment in her life.
“It just didn’t seem fair,” she says. “I was searching for God for so long.”
She began to notice the changes in her brother-in-law Stephen Baldwin, whom she had known from his days as one of Hollywood’s genuine free spirits. When Stephen told her that he had given his life to Christ, she laughed.
“I had a deluded image of what it meant to be a Christian,” she says. “I thought you had to be perfect, and it’s the exact opposite.”
Though first skeptical of the positive changes in Stephen and his wife Kennya, she began to inquire about their new relationship with Jesus Christ.
“I’ve always felt a tug on my heart towards Jesus…always. Even as a little girl. But I felt I could never live up to what Jesus would expect of me. (When I saw what He had done in Stephen’s life), it came back to that tug I had felt for so many years.”
She committed her life to Christ in 2003. As she moves forward in her new walk, Chynna is trusting God to shape her life.
“Jesus just wants me to allow myself to be carved into His image,” she says.
“The more I do, the more I realize that I become more of myself…more of whom I authentically, truly am.”
“The more I surrender my life to Jesus, the more I actually become Chynna.”
Have you ever felt like you’re looking for meaning in all the wrong place? Are you circling round and round but still not finding happiness? Perhaps it’s time you asked Jesus to help you take stock of your life before a crisis hits. If you don’t know Jesus, we encourage you to pray the following:
Lord Jesus, I want to know you personally. Thank you dying on the cross for my sins. I open the door of my life and receive You as my Savior and Lord. Thank you for forgiving my sins and giving me eternal life. Take control of my life. Make me be the person you want me to be.
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Chynna thank you for sharing. To hear your testimony and the impact that Billy and his wife had by being Christ honoring examples, is truly beautiful. May God’s great riches abound in abundant mercy as you continue to walk the walk. Undeservingly His, S. Patterson
Just goes to show that “born again christianity” is more like a contagion than a transformation. Billy Baldwin and his lovely with Kenyya are the lowest of the low. Typical of this type of person they raise all the hell they can while they’re young until the well runs dry. Then they’re onto the next phase scam. No wonder Chynna was confused about what a Christian life required… because the rules shift and change to favor the person deluding themselves. I’m sure Chynna is thinking.. “WOW.. I didn’t know you could do THAT and still come around here calling yourself a Christian… take THAT many drugs.. destroy that much stuff… raise THAT much hell?” and then when you no longer have the energy for that.. you take on this new persona where you’ll raise hell a different way… point fingers at everyone else ’cause they don’t know “the walk” . I’ve got a relative who for the past ten years drives me BATS**** crazy. Comes over for thanksgiving.. and God forbid that TV comes on and heavens to betsy the news shows a local church, charity group, volunteer org or soup kitchen feeding the hungry, elderly or homeless. You’d think infants were being clubbed over the head… “oh those are WORKS not the WORD… these people don’t understand what HE meant by feeding the hungry in HIM with HIS …” I can’t even stand it. I don’t want to blow up the table for goodness sake but I’m so tempted to ask him.. “and what are YOU doing for the hungry and poor this year? Or do you have that SPECIAL annotated Bible edition with the old testament/new testament and two NEW books written by Ayn Rand and Milton Friedman?” Well good luck to the Baldwins.. definitely a Long Island crew… but I have to say it is sad to see people who are aimless and spiritually immature float around for a few decades and fall into the same born again trap that’s been around for decades. It’s no different from McDonald’s hamburgers in spiritual form. Culturally locked into American execeptionalism as surely as voodoo or santeria reflects the mix of cultures in South America. Horatio Alger meets ancient semite texts. Oh well… no great loss.. I wish Chynna good luck with Chynna and Vaughn and hope that Wendy & Carnie Wilson hook up with Cass’s daughter and give that original vision another try.
I’m glad that Phillips has found some comfort in her born again Christianity, but her claims that she would never find fulfillment in her career, etc. fall a little flat given that she *only* found God after failing to revive her long moribund career. She seemed to find a fair amount of fulfillment when she was doing well.
For all naysayers, it is easy to judge another, yet we are commanded not to do that. Only God can truly judge another, and He looks on the heart, not on outward appearances. I am so happy that Chynna has found peace in Christ. Nothing that the world can give will fill the place that waits for a relationship with the Creator of the universe. That’s real security.
I Facebooked this article to share with my friends. A Christian artist is not an oxymoron.
I was pleased to find out about Chynna’s belief. I’m not a groupie or fan, I happened along this site via a news article but I have heard of some of her tunes. Chynna if you are out there, I hope you make a difference in the world. To those reading… it is not a matter of solely finding “comfort”, it is not a matter of finding “oneself”, it is not a matter of finding “peace”, it is a matter of finding the one who created you, and understanding our myopic tendencies of viewing life within all we can physically see, hear and touch. In that process, yes we will find peace, ourselves, and etc. but the motive is important. If the skeptics were more secure and courageous in finding more in and about life than just themselves, a look at the overwhelming number of prophetic events fulfilled in Christ might turn their head some. I do not mean that as a chest poker but something indeed to consider… you might be surprised. It is not about whether we’re perfect, have been perfect or going to be perfect, it is about what is truth for us when we get to the end of our lives and mankind. Unfortunately, as mentioned by one skeptic here, he has a point. There are believers who conduct themselves a bit over bearing, or believers who miss the mark, screw up royally or worse those committing unspeakable crimes as in the Elizabeth Smart case and religion was the shield for her perpetrators vile acts. However Christ died for even those who have committed such and it is everyone’s choice to choose or not choose Christ. The gift of freewill and how else should it be… who wants to “make” someone love and follow them, as it is not love but dictatorship and there is no satisfaction in that. I will say as well that we all are in various stages of living according to God’s Word and we are merely a snapshot of what we were, what we are, and what we will be, depending on when that snapshot is taken. No different than anything else in life. The greatest athlete if looked at by a scout when they were 10 would have hardly shown the potential he or she had as a young adult with years of work and practice. It is amazing to me that because we are believers that aspect is not afforded us by critics and instead we are expected to be perfect role models the minute we believe. As I say, a bit myopic and immature if I might add as well… I will expect then everyone to glean and A plus score by merely picking up a math book and touting they’ve signed up for the class.
The fulfillment of our lives is LOVE as it like it said Love one another as I have loved you says the Lord God if we apply this in real life we easily understand word of God in our lives, to understand other people around you, learn to love them as what they are or what status they lives will be.with the word of God we learn to focus our way in meaningful life for we have one life to live, in every of our steps we learn to think twice even the delibaration of our word to others we think before we say it, so we cannot hurt to others in every word of God; He teach us to control ourselves in times of trials comes in our way we must be humble and patient and always have positive thinking for the word of wisdom is in you,for Gods love and understanding is our strenght and stand firm more on our faith to Him
as it like it said 1 Cor 10:13
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. and God is faithful; He will not let you tempted beyond what you can bear. but when you are tempted, He will also provide a way so that you can stand under it. as it like it said others may forget you but not shall I. even in your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you, I made you and carry you and I will rescue you says the Lord God Isaiah 46:4 for your name was in Gods hand even detailed of your life.God is with us always, He never leave us or forsake, God never say “NO” but with His word you may understand How He guide you in all your way; for sometime He gave us trials to have lesson to rememeber as it like it said Heb 12:5-6 and you have forgotten the word of encouragement that address you as son “my son do not make light of the Lord discipline and do not lose heart when He rebukes you because the Lord discipline those He loves, and He punishes everyone to accept as a son for this you know God loves you so much. He just want us to realized something wrong or to remember that God never forget you.give all your worries for Lord God is lowly and humble in heart and learn from Him and you will find the rest of your soul.always pray to God talk to him privately, meditates His word
and see the next thing. May the Lord God bless your Family with love and happiness in life God bless Ms. Chynna Phillips
In Jesus name
Amen O:)
Dyspeptic Skeptic: You sound like you have a lot of anger, and I can certainly understand how your relative annoys you.
But, you wrote about Stephen Baldwin (not Billy, that’s Chynna’s husband): “Typical of this type of person they raise all the hell they can while they’re young until the well runs dry. Then they’re onto the next phase scam.” How are you able to judge whether another person’s faith is authentic or “the next phase scam”? People can and do change. Would you prefer that each of us continues to do wrong and stay where we are? Regardless of whether you feel a person is worthy of redemption, God loves us so much that he shows us mercy and gives us a 2nd chance to have a relationship with him. And that opportunity is available to you too.