John Mark McMillan is a singer/songwriter within the Christian music industry.

In 2005, he released his debut album The Song Inside the Sounds of Breaking Down, which included the track "How He Loves." The song made huge waves despite the album being released independently, and has been covered by several well-known artists within the Christian music industry (David Crowder Band, Kim Walker, Todd Agnew, Flyleaf, The Glorious Unseen). The song has incredible sentimental meaning to McMillan considering its origins. The song was penned following the death of a dear friend who, during a church staff meeting, prayed out loud "If it would shake the youth of a nation, I will give my life today." John McMillan was awoken in the middle of that very night by a phone call; the friend had been killed in a car crash.[1] The song took more than a year to surface in the Christian mainstream, but has gone on to become a commonly played worship song on Christian radio and throughout church organizations.