Juan Winans

Both David's father and grandfather were preachers in the Pentecostal church, and he himself raised his ten children in a strict religious home.

However, it was not until 1980 that Marvin, Carvin, Michael and Ronald were discovered by Andrae Crouch, who signed them to Light Records as The Winans.

In the winter of 1997 the Winans were asked to compose and perform a theme song for a Detroit NBC affiliate.

It was during this time that Juan first expressed an interest in pursuing music, stating in a 1999 interview for CCM magazine, "I don't think I ever aspired to sing before we put this group together".

However, former members Marvin and Michael have cited "internal problems",[10] and "not really wanting to be an artist"[11] as reasons for the group's breakup.

[14] During this time Winans began attending Bethel World Outreach Church in Nashville, TN, where he led worship service for the next four years.

[16] Winans also collaborated with Hip-Hop legend Heavy D on his critically acclaimed, Grammy nominated album, Vibes, co-writing[17] and singing background vocals for the song No Matter What .

In October 2010 Winans collaborated with producer Warryn Campbell and Lisa Kimmey to compose material for the highly anticipated Tyler Perry film, For Colored Girls .

In 2011, Juan, along with Warryn Campbell, composed and produced the songs, Marchin' On, and disco era remake, Dr. Love for Jessica Reedy's debut album, From The Heart.

2012 began with another Campbell/Winans collaboration, writing and producing You Should Know for Essence Music Festival winner, Greta Prince.

Both became Billboard #1’s on the Gospel Airplay chart and yielded two consecutive Grammy Award nominations for Winans as a songwriter.

In September of 2007, Winans married Contemporary Christian Music artist, Lisa Kimmey, formerly of the award winning singing group Out Of Eden.