Twitter was born on March 21, 2006 but it was two before many Christian artists starting jumping on board. As a salute the the service's recent birthday, let's check out what the first tweets were from some of your favorite Christian artists.
Joined Twitter in 2008
MIKESCHAIR - @MIKESCHAIR - Trying to figure out what twitter is! Go to www.mikeschair.com! ha. 12:09 AM - 12 Aug 2008
Underoath - @UnderoathBand - Listening to motley crüe on the bus! 11:10 PM - 14 Aug 2008
Jason Gray - @jasongraymusic - Waiting to go on stage before Rush of Fools and Big Daddy Weave
7:10 PM - 13 Sep 2008
Sandi Patty - @SandiPattyP - i have just signed up for twitter. hoping to stay in better touch with my very large and fabulous family 6:18 PM - 28 Oct 2008
Kierra Sheard - @kierrasheard - Enjoying Life! Boldly and Right! :) 1:31 AM - 20 Nov 2008
Travis Cottrell - @cottrelltravis - waking up. 8:26 AM - 29 Nov 2008
Israel Houghton - @ihoughton - living with this master the last 48 hours. I feel so great about this record, something for everyone. Packing for Nigeria... 10:27 PM - 3 Dec 2008
Matthew West - @matthew_west - siging up my new twitter account. apparently the last person on earth to do so... 11:19 PM - 10 Dec 2008
Jamie Grace - @jamiegraceh - testing twitter 8:32 PM - 12 Dec 2008
I Am Empire - @iamempire - Beginning the mixing process tonight! 8:41 PM - 16 Dec 2008
Warren Barfield - @warrenbarfield - I'm sittn on the couch with my friend "magicman" Settn up twitter. Hopefully it's up n runn'n 5:00 PM - 21 Dec 2008
Derek Webb - @derekwebb - just signed up for twitter. should be sleeping 1:23 AM - 31 Dec 2008
Joined Twitter in 2009
Shane & Shane - @shaneandshane - Happy New Year everyone! 9:02 AM - 1 Jan 2009
Dave Barnes - @davebarnesmusic - I'm here and tweeting. 2:00 PM - 9 Jan 2009
Shaun Groves - @shaungroves - I planned on sneaking onto twitter, tryin' it out a little all secret like. So much for that. Thanks for the warm welcome. And aw shucks. 10:55 PM - 16 Jan 2009
David Crowder - @crowdermusic - Messing with Pro Tools 8. 12:10 PM - 19 Jan 2009
Jaci Velasquez - @jacivelasquez - About to hit the hay 9:45 PM - 21 Jan 2009
Ricardo Sanchez - @ricardomusic - At the Super Bowl! Go Cards! 1:36 PM - 1 Feb 2009
Laura Cooksey - @LauraBCooksey - I don't really get it. 11:20 PM - 8 Feb 2009
Thousand Foot Krutch - @OfficialTFK - is ready to rawk. 12:54 PM - 12 Feb 2009
Lecrae - @lecrae - This isn't Lecrae's account yet. Follow this account to show Lecrae he needs Twitter! I'll hand it over to him whenever he's ready! 8:55 AM - 16 Feb 2009 (Apparently, it worked!)
TobyMac - @therealtobymac - In studio with Regis Funk and Timmy Rose working on some freshness! 2:22 PM - 17 Feb 2009
Fireflight - @fireflightrock - Finally at Twitter! 9:00 AM - 11 Mar 2009
Scott Stapp - @ScottStapp - im in the studio tracking new music!! 10:51 AM - 26 Mar 2009
Jimmy Needham - @JimmyNeedham - doing some vocal warm-ups before the Charleston, WV show 6:55 PM - 3 Apr 2009
Manafest - @Manafest - Chilling in Texas, sound checking for a show.. 7:12 PM - 4 Apr 2009
Rapture Ruckus - @raptureruckus - is sussing out twitter 10:52 PM - 8 Apr 2009
Dara Maclean - @DaraMaclean - I can't believe I just signed up for another program :) 2:30 PM - 17 Apr 2009
Mary Mary - @therealmarymary - I'm in beaumont texas on tour, in my hotel room, bout to go workout! 12:18 PM - 19 Apr 2009
Jason Crabb - @JasonCrabbMusic - Is Getting ready for a concert in WV... 4:32 PM - 24 Apr 2009
Da' T.R.U.T.H. - @truthonduty - Wassup everybody, I know it's been a while since Ive connected with Yall and I do apologize for that but I figured there's no better tim ... 10:33 AM - 4 May 2009
Britt Nicole - @itsbrittnicole - Ok so I'm giving twittering another chance:) 10:58 PM - 11 May 2009
Plumb - @plumbmusic - Eating lunch w/ meme and the family. 1:58 PM - 25 May 2009
John Schlitt - @johnwschlitt - Working on Twitter & testing it out.... 12:01 AM - 7 Jun 2009
The Museum - @TheMuseumMusic - Alas gave into tweeting... tell your compadres. 10:57 AM - 9 Jun 2009
Rend Collective - @rendcollective - now have twitter! 2:02 PM - 11 Jun 2009
Bryan Duncan - @Bryan_Duncan - Yeah...finally here on twitter...stay tuned. 8) 11:27 AM - 6 Jul 2009
JJ Hairston - @JJ_Hairston - Just joined twitter and trying to figure it out. Hey experts! Help! 10:56 PM - 15 Jul 2009
Jenny Simmons - @jennysimmons - Hello friends! I have taken the plunge... 2:43 PM - 12 Aug 2009
NewWorldSon - @newworldson - NewWorldSon here, shouting out to the Twittersphere...hope everyone has a great weekend 10:53 AM - 14 Aug 2009
Laura Story - @LauraStoryMusic - so this is twitter. took me 15 minutes to figure out where i was supposed to write something. i can already tell i'm gonna be bad at this. 5:45 PM - 24 Aug 2009
For Today - @fortodayband - Sitting in sunny southern CA, getting this Twitter business going 8:50 PM - 29 Aug 2009
Carrollton - @Carrollton_band - tweeting for the first time ... 5:06 PM - 31 Aug 2009
Circleslide - @circleslide - getting ready to appear on san antonio living on woai/nbc. 10 am...doing a brand new song. should be fun. 2:36 AM - 4 Sep 2009
Holly Spears - @hollymspears - I'm soooo excited! I got the "Redemption Road" Master Yesterday!!!! And the ad is up on the Marque for the Release party at 20th Century!!! 10:22 PM - 4 Sep 2009
William Murphy - @pastormurph - Thank you... 8:38 AM - 12 Sep 2009
Family Force 5 - @FamilyForce5 - We're huurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!! 5:36 PM - 19 Sep 2009
Keith & Kristyn Getty - @gettymusic - Starting this twitter thing! The band are getting ready to travel to Dallas this weekend for events. 9:24 PM - 24 Sep 2009
Dominic Balli - @dominicballi - Just got off the phone with a radio promoter who's gonna start pushing a new version of all we need is love to radio starting next month ... 6:26 PM - 25 Sep 2009
Flyleaf - @flyleafmusic - Hey it's Jared! We're in NYC today and on our way to Music Choice for an interview. 1:55 PM - 6 Oct 2009
Gungor - @gungormusic - 0 followers. Hello emptiness. 8:45 PM - 4 Nov 2009
Vincent Lott - @vmlott - I'm pressing forward with the development of my music. I pray that Vincent Lott Music Group will touch the hearts of millions!! 11:06 PM - 22 Dec 2009
Joined Twitter in 2010
Big Daddy Weave - @bdwmusic - well it's about time. Just got this twitter thing going, join in the fun! we'll keep you posted on what's going on. 12:15 PM - 29 Jan 2010
Tye Tribbett - @TyeTribbett - I'm in the studio working on the next project! 4:52 PM - 4 Mar 2010
Oz Fox - @SirOzFox - I finally got on Twitter. Annie forced me!!! >:( 2:59 AM - 27 Sep 2010
Jessica McCoy - @xjessicamccoyx - excited that @xjessicamccoyx is tweeting now 2:03 PM - 25 Oct 2010
Jason Upton - @Jason_Upton - Dave: The Jason Upton twitter account is online! Check here for news and updates about Jason and his ministry. 10:21 AM - 3 Nov 2010
Hezekiah Walker - @HezekiahWalker - Hello everyone sorry it took me so long but I have arrived.... 10:39 PM - 29 Dec 2010
Joined Twitter in 2011
The Exchange - @TheExchangeRock - Hey friends, got something pretty exciting coming in the next few weeks :) 3:40 PM - 27 Jan 2011
Joined Twitter in 2012
Audio Adrenaline - @AudioAdrenaline - WOW!!! Thanks for the amazing responses. We are humbled to know you guys would be excited for a comeback. Your... https://fb.me/1an7qfIOg 2:09 PM - 22 Feb 2012
Young Oceans - @YoungOceans - Audio: “None But Thee” on SoundCloud: https://tmblr.co/ZiFzsvIFJ_Uy 3:58 PM - 19 Mar 2012
Stacie Orrico - @stacieorrico - Hey! I'm finally tweeting! May take a few days to figure it all out, but so excited to be reconnected! 1:49 PM - 3 Apr 2012
Vertical Church Band - @verticalchband - Just listened to mixes from the new Harvest Live record... can't wait for you to hear them! 2:10 PM - 9 Apr 2012
Kathy Troccoli - @KathyTroccoli - how tweet it is to be here with you!... 8:20 PM - 31 Jul 2012
Hillsong Young&Free - @hillsongyandf - All across Australia youth ministries are gathering to unite a new generation for the name of JESUS.. #TGIF https://instagr.am/p/Q8VQg9uSsk/ 8:53 PM - 18 Oct 2012
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