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THE SOUND THAT ACCOMPANIES WHAT GOD IS DOING ELEVATION WORSHIP’S CHRIS BROWN By Alexander MacDougall Jonsal Barrientes, Tiffany Hammer, Chris Brown, Davide Mutendji, Anna Sailors Pinkham, Jenna Barrientes The name Chris Brown has been associated with that comment, and what the chief components parents were in full time music ministry, so I was Elevation Worship almost since its inception. of this change in your life were? What was the always around music and had a love for it from Both as a worship leader and songwriter, music that you were listening to back then? the time I was a kid. I started writing songs in Chris has been contributing significantly to the modern church for over a decade now. Leading high school and got more serious about music. [Chris Brown] I grew up in church and my Simultaneously, my passion for the Lord was worship for the new Elevation Worship single, increasing and my desire to serve the Church “My Testimony”, the anthem is contained within with my music was clearer. And so, when I was the collection of new songs entitled, Graves about seventeen, I felt pretty certain what God into Gardens, recently released. was calling me into, although I really didn’t have a good picture of what it would look like. I was [WM] I’ve read that music and ministry listening to a lot of punk music at that age, and “merged” for you when you were seventeen a good bit of pop as well. I’ve always been years old. Please explain what you mean by 18 My Testimony May 2020 attracted to easy, bubble gum melodies. Subscribe for Free...