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Wickham was raised in a Christian home, the second of three children (brother [[Evan Wickham|Evan]], sister Jillian), and began leading worship for his youth group at Maranatha Chapel at 13 years old. In 2002, he graduated from Calvary Christian School in [[Vista, California]]. As of 2021, Wickham's father, John Wickham is a musician and a worship leader at their church, Maranatha Chapel,<ref>{{Cite web |title=John Wickham Music Official Site |url=https://www.johnwickham.org/ |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=John Wickham Music |language=en}}</ref> and both of his parents were members of Jesus movement band Parable at one time.<ref name = newreleasetoday>{{Cite web| author = Ford, Braden | date = June 21, 2018 | url=https://www.newreleasetoday.com/artistdetail.php?artist_id=1013|title=Evan Wickham [artist profile] | work=NewReleaseToday.com|access-date=June 26, 2022}}</ref> His older brother, Evan Wickham, is also a musician, who used to serve at Calvary Chapel in Vista,<ref name = newreleasetoday/> and later became pastor of Park Hill Church in San Diego, California.<!--<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ajesuschurch.org/park-hill/|title=Park Hill — A Jesus Church Network}}</ref>--> His parents, John and Lisa (née Irwin), encouraged Wickham to learn popular praise songs and to write his own.
 
Wickham attends Light Church, a small chapel based in [[Encinitas, California|Encinitas]], [[California]].
 
==Career==