• Jars of Clay Graduate from Greenville College
  Jars of Clay Among Those Receiving Diplomas - Article from the Fall 2001 issue of the Greenville College RECORD
  Jars of Clay Graduation Memories - Photos


• Jars of Clay Visits Greenville College
  March 19-21, 2001
  
  
  • Lab Band Workshop
  • Campus & Studio Master Class
  • CCM Seminar
  • Chapel
  
  View article about Jars' Visit to GC and accompanying interview...


• Hymns on MTV: Combining mainstream appeal with spiritual depth, Jars of Clay is shaking up Contemporary Christian Music.
  by Randall Balmer
  As published in Christianity Today magazine, November 15, 1999


• An Education with a Backbeat
  by Yvi Martin in Greenville
  As published in Christianity Today magazine, November 15, 1999


• Greenville College Receives Major Gift from Jars of Clay for New Digital Recording Equipment
  Greenville College news release, December 8, 1997


• "Jars of Clay" With "Plumb" Line to Greenville College At St. Louis' American Theatre Oct. 27
  Greenville College news release, October 21, 1997


• Charlie Lowell in Focus
  An interview with Robyn Florian '88, Greenville College RECORD, Spring 1997

Original band members Dan Haseltine, Charlie Lowell, Steve Mason and Matt Brownleewe formed Jars of Clay while participating in the CCM program at Greenville College. The band moved to Nashville in 1994 soon after meriting the Gospel Music Association's coveted Spotlight Talent Competition. At that time, Brownleewe resigned to pursue other CCM opportunities and Matt Odmark, a childhood friend of Lowell, became the newest member of the foursome.

Jars of Clay have experienced unprecedented success under the direction of Essential Records and executive producer, Robert Beeson. Their self-titled freshman project garnered over 1.5 million in unit sales, Dove Awards for New Artist and Group of the Year in 1996 and '97 respectively and airplay for the single, "Flood," on MTV and VH1. They continue on this journey with the release of their sophomore project, Much Afraid, which shipped platinum.

If I Left the Zoo, the band’s third album for Essential/Silvertone Records, grabs hold of the unexpected and stands it on its head. Incorporating a unique blend of organic and playful music - reminiscent of the group’s self-titled, debut album - with inspirational and witty lyrics, If I Left The Zoo refreshes the spirit and ignites the soul.
--Jars of Clay biography, Essential Records

Jars of Clay takes its name from II Corinthians 4:7.
“We have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.”