Molly Ijames was born in Flint, Michigan and holds a B.S. in Music Education from Bob Jones University. From 2000–2006, she was a music teacher and church pianist in three church and Christian school ministries in Michigan and Missouri. She moved to Greenville, South Carolina in 2006 to work for SoundForth Music, the music-publishing branch of BJU Press, and began studying composition with Joan Pinkston. This association led to her first published choral anthem in 2007. Since then she has had several choral and instrumental arrangements published by Lorenz and others. Her composition Song of Bethlehem was awarded first place in the 2008 John Ness Beck Foundation competition.

She currently serves as composer, editor, and product coordinator at SoundForth and is highly involved in the music ministry at Cornerstone Baptist Church. She frequently travels with the president and chancellor of Bob Jones University to play for various dinners and church services. She also accompanies and composes for campus choirs, annual choral recordings, and university chapels.

Molly also enjoys running, scrapbooking, traveling, and spending time with her sister Erin.