Taya Smith Biography and Wiki
Taya Smith is a talented Australian gospel musician, actress, and worship leader for Hillsong United. Before embarking on her music career, Taya was a church youth group leader and she found success after contributing vocals to the Hillsong United track “Oceans”.
Taya Smith Age and Birthday
Taya is 32 years old as of 2021, She was born on May 10, 1989, in New South Wales, Australia.
Taya Smith Height
Smith stands at a height of 6 feet 1 inch (1.83m) with a moderate weight.
Taya Smith Parents
Taya was born and brought up in Australia by her loving parents, however, further information on her parents and family is currently unavailable.
Taya Smith Husband and Wedding
Taya is married to her loving husband Ben Gaukrodger, After announcing their engagement in December 2017, Taya Smith and her fiance, Ben Gaukrodger, tied the knot on March 22, 2018, in a private church ceremony officiated by Smith’s bandmate, Jonathan Douglass who is best known as JD.
Taya says getting married to the love of her life was one of the greatest moments she experienced “because of Jesus” and the “people He placed” in her life. She wrote on Instagram. “I highly recommend it. It was like that because of Jesus & the people He has placed in our life for such a time as this and we are blown away by all the love, support & kindness.”
Taya Smith Hillsong Wikipedia
She is a passionate worship leader who has captured the hearts of believers across the globe with her vocals in ‘Oceans’ and ‘A Million Suns’ on UNITED’s most recent album, Zion. Taya’s passion for the house of God was first nurtured in Lismore as a part of the worship team and as a youth leader.
When secular singing work led to Taya moving to Sydney in 2010, she became a part of Hillsong Church’s City Campus as a volunteer in the youth and young adults ministries and the church creative team. Soon after, her love for both worship and youth came together perfectly as she became involved in the church’s youth worship expression Young & Free’s debut album, and subsequent tours.
In February 2013, Taya became a part of Hillsong’s creative staff with responsibilities that have ranged from development and oversight of the city vocal team, creative elements for young adult events, vocals in key Hillsong events as well as touring with Young & Free and UNITED.
Yet for Taya, ‘home is the prize’ and whenever she’s not traveling, she can be found pastoring individuals in the creative team, running prayer meetings, or leading worship in a weekend service.
As she says, ‘I am most passionate about worship – true, honest worship. There is nothing like it. It’s never about you or how well you can sing – it’s always about Jesus and who He is. My hope is to lead people to worship more passionately and go deeper in their relationship with Jesus than they have before.
The fact that I get to point people to Him through songs and platforms I’ve been given will always be the biggest honor and privilege. I’ve always been, and hopefully always will be, sold out to worship.’
Taya Smith Songs
Smith has written and is featured on a number of Hillsong United’s songs which include;
- Oceans
- Even When It Hurts
- Touch the Skys
- Whole Heart
- Good Grace
- Another in the Fire
- Awesome God
