Sidney Mohede

"Talents and charisma can take you to the top, but only character can keep you there..."


On the Personal Background:

Sidney Mohede was born in March 27th, 1973 in Jakarta, Indonesia. After the divorce of his parents in the early 80's, he spent the rest of his teens life in Los Angeles, California, USA. It was not until he turned 22 and graduated from his major in fine arts that he decided to strive for the lost souls in Indonesia. He went back to Jakarta in 1995 and enrolled in a local theology school. His encounters with JPCC senior pastors, Ps. Jeffrey Rachmat and Ps. Jose Carol changed his life forever. He did not realize that during his first meetings; yet as both leaders strived for the excellence, their teachings brought Sidney to a whole new level of faith and Christianity. Along with other praise and worship members of the church, Sidney's life has grown abundantly in Christ and he has gone through series of the most breath-taking events with God.

Family

"The blessings in my life goes beyond my understanding. How they happened in my life, how God opened each doors of opportunity, I still can't really explain. Yet, I know things did not happen instantly. Life is all about process in between each events. All I wanted to do from the very beginning was to just give him my very best. The rest is up to Him."

In May 9th 2004, he married beautiful Etha and then they're blessed with two adorable children, Ethan and Chelsea.


This youth pastor of Oxygen and worship leader has been on stage with Delirious, Louie Giglio, Chris Tomlin and Charlie Hall (Passion), Reuben Morgan, Joel Houston and Hillsong Church as well as contributed to a world charity event for a Tsunami Relief in Los Angeles. He released his first solo album Surrender in 2000. Because of its high demand, the album was then revised and republished in 2005. In early 2008, Sidney is released his second solo project "Better Days", a full 8 years since the release of his debut solo work!


On Oxygen:
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Sidney, is the youth pastor in his local church Jakarta Praise Community Church (www.jpcc.org). The proud father of two is now a big daddy to around 400 youngsters united in this relevant community called Oxygen. "I always feel like having an enormous baby that keeps growing each day, and I am extremely thrilled to see the baby grows. I love my Oxygeners so much." His heart is immediately captured by the youth church as the youngsters show their immediate loyalty to the pastors by giving their all to serve the church. The praise and worship team, known as True Worshippers Youth, recently went on stage to produce their first live recording project entitled "Breathe". It was Sidney and Jussar Badudu, his co-pastor in Oxygen that were the proudest creatures on earth who could not stop praising the team work of the Oxygen members who managed to demonstrate the presence of the Lord to thousands of teens.


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Sidney is the lead worshiper in the influential and groundbreaking True Worshippers (www.true-worshippers.com ), a worship team under Jakarta Praise Community Church. They have recorded more numerous live recording projects, and their songs have become a 'must sing' choruses in churches all over Indonesia. Sidney was also attached to a well known rock gospel band named Giving My Best, being their frontman for almost 12 years and producing more than 10 best-selling albums. But as of January 2008, he resigned his position as lead vocalist to focus more on his pastoral ministries and solo projects along with ongoing True Worshippers projects.


On a More Random Note:

Every Oxygeners know that Sidney is a movie and gadget freak. Sidney keeps his constant dates with his wife to see movies and he never misses a momentum as a new release of gadget catches up the industry. He listens to Switchfoot, Foo Fighters, Goo Goo Dolls, U2, Delirious, Sting, United, Gavin DeGraw, and Coldplay. He loves Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Godfather Trilogy, and Sound of Music as his most favorite movies of all time. He is also a huge fans of CSI, 24, and Friends.

Sidney Mohede
Youth Pastor/Worship Leader
JPCC (Jakarta Praise Community Church)