VOCALS
[ THE CHURCH WILL SING PROJECT | Bruce Adolph ]
Publisher’s note: When I first heard about
[WM] So what is your goal here?
this project I thought it was so unique of an
This album has fresh offerings from many of
the writers that have written the most popular
approach that our readers needed to be aware [Jonathan] It’s our desire for this project to songs in the church today. Writers such as
of it and the opportunity it offers your churches create a conversation about where worship Tony Brown ("Good, Good Father"); Jennie Lee
voices to be heard. I asked Jonathan Mason songs originate and how they make their Riddle ("Revelation Song"); Meredith Andrews
(director of Word Worship Music and creator of way into the Church’s lifeblood; we hope The ("Open
The Church Will Sing album) to tell us about it… Church Will Sing can help elevate the work of ("Whom Shall I Fear [God of Angel Armies]");
Up
The
Heavens");
Scott
Cash
many of today’s great worship songwriters in and Matthews Ntlele ("Resurrecting"), among
[WM] So what is the core idea behind this much the same way the hymnal did for writers others, have all co-written songs as part of this
collective recording project Jonathan? like John and Charles Wesley or Fanny Crosby. new initiative.
[Jonathan Mason] Well, back in the days [WM] How is this record different from a [WM] That is what I like about it. How do our
of paper hymnals, churches would often use “regular” worship record? readers get plugged in?
songs become part of a churches DNA, [Jonathan] What’s different about this project [Jonathan] The easiest way to get involved
memorized by generations of believers, but in comparison to the many new worship is to go to TheChurchWillSing.com where
congregants would also recognize songwriter’s albums launching almost daily, is that this one you can listen to the demos of the songs and
names between different songs regularly sung. hopes to incorporate your actual church’s voice download recording assets and instructions for
Today we have turned more toward the digital on the official recording. It is not artist driven, participation.
world, which isn’t inherently bad, but it’s turned but instead song driven. It’s creating a platform us over to recognize performers over the for songs to grow and thrive within the lifeblood We would love to have as many churches as
creators of the prayers and musical responses of the local church. possible