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were just a movement of people doing life
together, and were very ministry and church
focused, so it felt kind of weird to be called a
band. So we tried to fit in that mold and it didn’t
quite ever feel right.
So, when it came to this album we said, let’s
just take that label away. Who are we? We
are the church, we are the Body of Christ, we
are here to serve the church, that’s what we
do as worship leaders. And who do we write
these songs for? We write these songs for the
church, and these are the songs we want to
sing for our people. So we kind of just wanted
to go back to the simplicity of that where were
not trying to conform to any identity or establish
a big far out there idea, we are just trying to
establish and be who God has called us to be.
And calling the album Church felt appropriate
on so many levels, because this is who we
are. This is who we write the songs for. This is
where it’s recorded. This is where we’re giving
our lives to. It’s just kind of all encompassing.
So that is the long version in how we arrived at
calling the album Church and what we believe
about the album and the themes of the album
and the songs.
[Chris] I don’t even know how many live
albums we’ve recorded, but a good handful
of our albums early on were recorded at our
conferences, which was amazing. It’s amazing
to get into a room with people that are excited
to be there and have come from all over the
country, or the world sometimes. But there is
something really special about recording locally
with a group of believers that you’re pursuing
God with week-in and week-out, and you’re
in each other’s lives. There is something about
that, these songs feel personal not only to
us but to the people in the room, so there is
just an ownership over it. I think it was a huge
honor to be able to lead with people who we’re
doing life with, and these songs were written
out of those life experiences and journeys that
we’ve walked together. Being able to proclaim
these truths with friends and family and people
you’ve laughed with and cried with, its just so
powerful. It’s a special album. We’ve done a
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