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QUICK SCHEDULE

Full daily schedules on pages 62, 72, 80

This schedule is for the virtual conference experience. All times Central Daylight Time (Nashville, USA).

After a session is complete, it will become available to view on-demand within several hours, so check back often!

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 4TH

1:30pm ………….Afternoon Session

4:30pm ………….Exhibits/Dinner Break

7:00pm ………….Evening Session

10:15pm ………..Late Night Concert | Shane & Shane: A Great Commission Singalong

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 5TH

9:00am..............Morning Session

2:00pm Breakout Session: John Lennox & Gilbert Lennox

3:30pm Breakout Session: David Platt

7:30pm..............Evening Session

10:15pm............ Late-Night Concert | The Choir Room

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 6TH

8:00am Breakout Session: CityAlight 9:30am..............Morning Session 1:00pm..............Conference Concludes

WELCOME TO SING!

Welcome to Sing! The Great Commission. It is great to see you and to hear you!

Like so many, we grew up inspired and influenced by the evangelistic ministry of Dr. Billy Graham. Who can forget the sound of thousands of voices raised together in different countries all over the world? When we began to write hymns, we were galvanized by how Dr. Graham and his team always included congregational singing in the crusades.

“The Christian faith is a singing faith, and a good way to express it and share it with others is in community singing.”

- Cliff Barrows, song and service leader

for Billy Graham

Always true, it is with excitement and eagerness that we gather with you around this year’s urgent theme and the critical role of congregational singing in the missional life of the church.

We are very grateful to all the presenting musicians, songwriters, speakers, and artists who have joined us. Even as we seek to share the beauty and truth of the Lord Jesus through the best words and music and art we can, we are aware that we have this treasure in jars of clay. The surpassing power and glory belong to him who is the One who shines his truth in all our hearts (2 Cor 4:7)

We pray together, “May the peoples praise you; may all the peoples praise you” (Psalm 67:5).

-Keith, Kristyn and the Getty Music Team

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Welcome from Keith and Kristyn

Vision for Sing! Conference

About Keith and Kristyn

About Getty Music

Speakers and Musical Artists

Day One Schedule

Day Two Schedule and Breakouts

Day Three Schedule and Breakouts

SPECIAL THANKS TO VOM

Getty Music would like to extend our deepest thanks to our Official Missions Partner, The Voice of the Martyrs (VOM). Because of their partnership, we have been able to expand the vision and reach of the Sing! movement beyond what we would have ever dreamed possible, resulting in the equipping of thousands of churches and leaders. Their friendship and support have energized us during this season of ministry, and we could not be more thankful.

The Voice of the Martyrs (VOM) is a nonprofit, interdenominational missions organization that serves persecuted Christians around the world. Founded in 1967 by Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand, VOM is dedicated to inspiring believers to deepen their commitment to Christ and to fulfill his Great Commission — no matter the cost.

As a special gift, every attendee will receive a free copy of “Captive in Iran” from VOM. We highly encourage you to sign up for their free prayer calendar and magazine to know how you can better pray for and serve the persecuted church around the world.

Malcolm Guite

Today we feel the wind beneath our wings

Today the hidden fountain flows and plays

Today the church draws breath at last and sings

As every flame becomes a Tongue of praise. This is the feast of fire, air, and water

Poured out and breathed and kindled into earth.

The earth herself awakens to her maker

And is translated out of death to birth.

The right words come today in their right order

And every word spells freedom and release

Today the gospel crosses every border

All tongues are loosened by the Prince of Peace

Today the lost are found in His translation.

Whose mother tongue is Love in every nation.

Used by permission. From Sounding the Seasons: Seventy Sonnets for the Christian Year (Norwich: Canterbury Press, 2012).

‘For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.

For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.’

2 Corinthians 4:5-7 ESV

VISION FOR SING!

SING! is an initiative of Keith and Kristyn Getty to help individuals, families, and churches deepen their faith through singing. The core values of the SING! movement are:

RICH THEOLOGY • TIMELESS ARTISTRY • VIBRANT SINGING

Keith’s and Kristyn’s Sing! book was released in September 2017 at the inaugural SING! Conference. That first gathering, which commemorated the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, inaugurated a ten-year journey considering the importance of what we sing for all of life.

Lord willing, we plan to meet again September 3-5, 2024, in Nashville and online for Sing! The Songs of the Bible. We invite you to join us as we consider how Scripture guides and inspires our worship.

TEN YEAR VISION

1YEAR 6 YEAR 7 YEAR 8 YEAR 9YEAR 10YEAR

YEAR ONE: 8/18-20, 2017 | SING!

Introducing the overarching concepts of the SING! movement and practically connecting these ideas personally and to family, church, and community life.

2 YEAR 3YEAR 4 YEAR 5YEAR

YEAR TWO: 9/10-12, 2018 | Singing the Psalms: Ancient and Modern Focusing on the Psalms as a blueprint for how and what we sing.

YEAR THREE: 8/19-21, 2019 | Singing the Life of Christ

Building on the foundation of the Gospel story in all we sing and seeing how it shapes the church’s year.

YEAR FOUR: 8/30-9/2, 2020 | Sing! The Scriptures

Exploring the call to preach, pray, read, and sing the Word of God.

YEAR FIVE: 9/13-15, 2021 | Sing: In Christ Alone

Celebrating the preeminence of Christ and the great historic hymns.

YEAR SIX: 9/5-7, 2022 | Sing: Christ Our Hope in Life and Death – Prayers and Confessions

Considering the vital connections between liturgy, prayers and hymns.

YEAR SEVEN: 9/4-6, 2023 | Sing: The Great Commission

Casting a global vision for singing the good news of Christ to all nations.

YEAR EIGHT: 9/3-5, 2024 | Sing: The Songs of the Bible

Looking to the songs of Scripture as a guide for our worship and lives.

YEAR NINE: Sept 2025 | Sing: The Hymnal and the Psalter

Presenting a new hymnal and psalter to serve the church around the globe in the 21st century.

YEAR TEN: Sept 2026 | Leadership

Reflecting on the importance of character and integrity in life, ministry, and singing.

ABOUT KEITH & KRISTYN

Keith and Kristyn Getty are hymn writers, GRAMMY®-nominated artists and the founding leaders of the Getty Music organization who hail from Northern Ireland. Their greatest musical passion is writing and championing great hymns of the church.

Their songwriting journey began in 2000 when Keith wrote the tune for “In Christ Alone” on the back of a Northern Ireland Electricity bill. Many songs, albums, and—most importantly—four daughters later, they still wake up each morning amazed that they get to spend their days crafting melodies and words to encourage and inspire the people of God.

Keith and Kristyn love fostering creative collaborations. They established Getty Music with a view to the year 2050 in the hope that individuals, families, and churches would celebrate the beauty of Christ-centered hymnody. Their hymn writing team includes a growing array of contributors who are as committed to family and the local church as they are to the craft of songwriting. Their group’s songs include 38 of the top 500 titles sung in US/UK churches, and their original publishers, Integrity Music, estimate that more than 100 million people around the globe sing this music every year in a diverse array of contexts. Their hymns uniquely cross genres, finding expression in styles from contemporary to classical as well as folk and global. The Getty Music team is currently developing the Sing! Hymnal, slated to be released in 2025 in partnership with Crossway.

Keith and Kristyn enjoy filling their lives with songs of the Lord, whether at home with their daughters, in the sanctuary of their local church, or all of the places around the world they’ve had the privilege to visit—from Carnegie Hall to the Grand Ole Opry House, the Kennedy Center to Sydney Opera House, with performances for Presidents, Prime Ministers, and television specials on PBS, CBS, BBC, and TBN in between! They host the annual Sing! Conference in Nashville, TN (named after their 2017 book), and are now particularly excited to share Sing! events on each continent, as well as to help lead music next year at the Fourth Lausanne Congress in South Korea.

According to Christianity Today, Keith and Kristyn have “changed the way evangelicals worship.” The hymn “In Christ Alone,” co-written by Stuart Townend, has received numerous accolades, from being named the second most beloved hymn in the UK by the BBC to being selected as one of the top five hymns of all time by the British Hymn Society. Keith was the first contemporary Christian musician to be awarded Officer of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 2018 for his contributions to music and hymnody. Their other acknowledgments include one GRAMMY® nomination, one mainstream Billboard #1, two GMA awards (with 16 nominations), three honorary doctorates, and they have been named Fellows of the Royal School of Church Music.

Kristyn’s creativity has also led to wider opportunities such as recording the entire ESV Bible as an audio version for Crossway and appearances in films including Pilgrim’s Progress, Sabina, and the international edition of Leroy and Stitch. She is delighted to be releasing several children’s books in the upcoming years.

Keith and Kristyn are especially excited about the Getty Music Foundation, a new non-profit organization with a mission to educate hymn writers and spur biblical worship in under-resourced areas of the globe.

Together with their four daughters, Keith and Kristyn live between Northern Ireland and Nashville.

More songs from the team behind “In Christ Alone” and “Christ Our Hope in Life and Death”

KEITH & KRISTYN GETTY

WITH MATT

BOSWELL & MATT PAPA

THE HYMNS TOUR

FALL 2024

DATES & CITIES TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON!

ABOUT GETTY MUSIC

The Getty Music Organization exists to create and curate hymns for the 21st century church. Our passion has always been to join rich theology, timeless artistry, and vibrant singing for the whole family of God in churches around the globe, a work that is expressed through multiple endeavors.

Getty Music began in 2000 as an expression of Keith and Kristyn’s vision toward the year 2050.

Getty Music Publishing is now home for a collection of hymns from a team including Keith and Kristyn Getty, Tommy Bailey, Matt Boswell, Bryan Fowler, Jordan Kauflin, Sandra McCracken, Matt Merker, Matt Papa, Skye Peterson, Ben Shive, and Laura Story.

Getty Music Sing! Conference is an annual festival-style conference in Nashville, TN, with other expressions online and in major events around the world.

Getty Music Touring exists to create events built on the hymns alongside opportunities to educate church leaders. It hosts annual Christmas and Hymn tours along with an ongoing series of international events.

Getty Music Label is a unique record and print label for hymns. It creates audio and video recordings from Keith and Kristyn Getty (including the GRAMMY®-nominated album Confessio: Irish American Roots), Matt Boswell and Matt Papa, the Sing! Live series, and the Getty Kids Hymnal in partnership with Capitol Christian Music Group, along with an extensive print catalog for congregations and choirs.

Getty Music’s Sing! Hymnal is an expansive new resource, to be published in partnership with Crossway in 2025, which will include a family of various print and digital editions.

Getty Music Foundation, a separate and independently operated not-for-profit organization, seeks to invest in educating the next generation of hymn writers and church musicians, with a particular emphasis on under-resourced parts of the world. In 2022 the Foundation supported the translation of Sing! Conference sessions into 15 different languages as well as granted scholarships for delegates to travel to Sing! Events around the globe. This year the Foundation additionally will help host several global teaching events, and in 2024 it will support the Fourth Lausanne Congress in Seoul, South Korea.

GETTY MUSIC HYMN WRITING TEAM

KEITH AND KRISTYN GETTY - Keith and Kristyn Getty have been at the forefront of writing modern hymns for the church. Their songs include “In Christ Alone,” “Christ Our Hope in Life and Death,” “My Worth Is Not in What I Own,” and “The Lord Is My Salvation.” They are the founders of the Getty Music Group and the Getty Music Foundation. They have been involved in The Village Chapel in Nashville, TN for over ten years with their four daughters.

TOMMY BAILEY - Tommy Bailey is an Associate Pastor and Director of Worship at The Village Chapel in Nashville, TN. He is also co-founder of Collision Media, a design and branding firm with a focus on churches and non-profits around the world. Tommy has served on multiple church leadership teams throughout the US and holds a Master in Theological Studies from Covenant Theological Seminary. He is a songwriter whose hymns include a modern rendition of “Come Thou Almighty King.” Tommy is married to Emily.

MATT BOSWELL - Matt Boswell is lead pastor of The Trails Church in North Texas and the President of Doxology & Theology. He is an author and hymnwriter, known for songs including “His Mercy is More,” “Come Behold the Wondrous Mystery,” “Christ Our Hope in Life and Death” and “Psalm 150.” Boswell earned his MA in Christian Ministry, ThM in Biblical Spirituality, and PhD in Christian Worship from Southern Seminary. He lives in Texas with his wife, Jamie, and four children.

BRYAN FOWLER - Bryan Fowler is a GRAMMY-winning producer and songwriter based in Nashville, TN. Over the past decade he has written and produced 20+ number one hit songs at Christian radio as well as many songs being sung in churches all over the world. He has worked extensively with artists such as TobyMac, Chris Tomlin, Steven Curtis Chapman, Shane & Shane, Laura Story, Matt Maher, Keith & Kristyn Getty, Kari Jobe, Newsboys, We Are Messengers, Anne Wilson, Zach Williams, Benjamin William Hastings, and TAYA. Bryan has contributed to many modern hymns including “Rejoice” and “I Am Not My Own.” He is married to Laci and they have two children. Their family is involved at Immanuel Nashville.

JORDAN KAUFLIN - Jordan Kauflin serves as worship pastor at Christ Covenant Church in Atlanta, GA. He is a songwriter whose hymns include “I Will Wait for You (Psalm 130),” “Christ our Hope in Life and Death,” “Come to Jesus (Rest in Him)” and “All I Have Is Christ.” He is passionate about raising up the next generation of worship leaders and songwriters. He is married to Tali and they have five children.

SANDRA MCCRACKEN - Sandra McCracken’s prolific contributions as a songwriter, modern-day hymn writer, and record producer have brought grace and clarity to her soulful, folk-gospel sound. While many of her songs like “We Will Feast In The House Of Zion” and “Thy Mercy My God” have settled into regular rotation in Christian worship services internationally, she has also had songs recorded by All Sons And Daughters, ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy, A Rocha Compilation, Bifrost Arts, and others. She is a guest writer for many publications and is the author of Send Out Your Light: The Illuminating Power of Scripture and Song. Sandra and her family are members of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Nashville, TN.

MATT MERKER - Matt Merker is Director of Creative Resources and Training for Getty Music. Matt and his wife, Erica, are members of Edgefield Church in East Nashville, where he also serves as Director of Congregational Singing. Matt has contributed to several modern hymns, including “He Will Hold Me Fast,” “Christ Our Hope in Life and Death,” “I Will Wait for You (Psalm 130)” and “I Know that My Redeemer Lives.” He is the author of Corporate Worship: How the Church Gathers as God’s People (Crossway 2021). The Merkers have two children and live in Nashville, TN.

MATT PAPA - Matt Papa is a songwriter, worship leader, and author who has written hymns including “His Mercy Is More,” “Come Behold the Wondrous Mystery,” “Christ the Sure and Steady Anchor” and “Christ Our Hope in Life and Death.” He serves as Artist-in-Residence at Marco Presbyterian Church in Florida and also at Cedarville University in Ohio. His latest project, “Almost Home,” showcases a new collection of songs co-written with Matt Boswell. He is married to Lauren and they have five children.

SKYE PETERSON - Skye Peterson is a singer-songwriter based in Nashville, TN whose hymns include “Take Shelter,” “I Am Not My Own” and “Rejoice.” Although she has been writing and recording since high school, she began her career as a musician after studying theology and being inspired by biblical history and hermeneutics. Now writing hymns for Getty Music, Skye is also performing her own concerts and hoping to tell the world that they are not alone and that there’s a King who’s worth singing about. Skye is involved at Church of the Redeemer.

BEN SHIVE - Ben Shive is a producer, songwriter (including co-writing “Is He Worthy” and “Christ Is All in All”) arranger, and keyboardist. His longtime collaboration with singer-songwriter Andrew Peterson is the cornerstone of a career spent in service of artists who advance the Kingdom of Jesus through beauty, honesty, and truth. As a producer, Ben has worked alongside Keith & Kristyn Getty, JJ Heller, The Gray Havens, Slugs & Bugs, Mercy Me, Colony House, Sandra McCracken, Dave Barnes, and many more. As an arranger and keyboardist, his credits include Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, Steven Curtis Chapman, Chris Tomlin, and Ben Rector. Ben’s studio, the Beehive, is located in Nashville, TN, where Ben lives with his wife and four children. Ben serves as an elder at Grace Community Church.

LAURA STORY - Laura Story is a Bible teacher, worship leader, singer/songwriter, and bestselling author. Her songs – which have won Grammys, Billboard Music Awards and Dove Awards – include “Blessings,” “Mighty to Save” and Chris Tomlin’s “Indescribable.” “Blessings” was certified platinum in 2020 and inspired her first devotional book, What If Your Blessings Come Through Raindrops. Her latest book and Bible study series is So Long Normal: Living and Loving the Free Fall of Faith. Laura has a master’s degree of theological studies and a doctorate in worship studies. She has served as a worship leader at Perimeter Church in Atlanta, GA since 2005, but her greatest joy is being a wife to Martin and mother to Josie, Ben, Griffin and Timothy.

Contributing to the Sing! Hymnal Project:

JONNY ROBINSON - Jonny Robinson lives in Sydney, Australia, where he is the co-founder of CityAlight and teaches philosophy at Macquarie University. He enjoys walking and talking with his two daughters.

RICH THOMPSON - Rich Thompson is co-founder and songwriter for CityAlight, as well as Creative Director for the Sydney-based creative agency Cadence. Rich has a deep passion for using both songwriting and storytelling to help spur people on in seeking God’s kingdom, righteousness and justice. Rich is the host of the true-crime podcast, “The Fight of My Life: Finding Ruby” — a series that traces the redemptive story of a survivor of online child trafficking. Rich lives in Sydney, Australia with his wife and three daughters.

Jonny Robinson and Rich Thompson have co-written hymns including “Yet not I but through Christ in Me,” “Christ Is Mine Forevermore,” and “Only a Holy God.”

As featured in the New York Times Guide to Holiday Events

“An original, electric blend of music”

– Los Angeles Times

“A vibrant collection of beloved carols, modern hymns, and spirited Irish reels and jigs that capture the wonder and beauty of Christmas”

– PBS

“Fresh, extended arrangements... energetic, moving, thoroughly Christmassy”

– Broadway World

DEC 2 | FORT WORTH, TX

DEC 3 | SAN ANTONIO, TX

DEC 4 | TULSA, OK

DEC 6 | SHIPSHEWANA, IN

DEC 8 | UTICA, NY

Keith & Kristyn Getty PRESENT

DEC 11 | WASHINGTON, DC

DEC 12 | WASHINGTON, DC

DEC 13 | WASHINGTON, DC

DEC 14 | PITTSBURGH, PA

DEC 15 | BROOKFIELD, WI

DEC 16 | WHEATON, IL

DEC 18 | CEDAR FALLS, IA

DEC 19 | MINNEAPOLIS, MN MORE DATES TO BE

ABOUT THE GETTY BAND

DEBORAH KLEMME (Director of Touring Company, Band Music Supervisor, Violin)

Deborah Klemme is an accomplished classical violinist who has performed on many of the world’s greatest stages as a soloist, chamber player, and orchestral musician. For the past fifteen years, she has traveled the world performing, recording, and serving as Director of Touring for Keith and Kristyn Getty’s Touring Company. She and her husband, conductor Benjamin Klemme, live in Wheaton, Illinois with their three children.

FIONÁN DE BARRA (Music Director, Acoustic Guitar)

Dublin-born Fionán de Barra started playing guitar professionally as the lead guitarist of Riverdance on Broadway in 1999. Since then, as multi- instrumentalist, producer, engineer, and music director, Fionán has worked with numerous notable artists from Ireland and abroad including Clannad, Rodrigo y Gabriella, The Chieftains, The Corrs, Solas, Eileen Ivers, and Moya Brennan. He won a Dove Award in 2019 for Producer on Keith & Kristyn Getty’s North Coast Sessions. Now a Philadelphia resident, Fionán is the founding member of the multiaward winning CelticRoots group “RUNA” with his wife, Shannon Lambert-Ryan.

DEVONNE FOWLKES (Background Vocalist)

Devonne is a power house alto that has been a professional background vocalist for more than 10 years. She is from St. Louis, MO, now residing in Nashville, TN. Devonne has had the honor of touring around the world with artists Nicole C Mullen, Lauren Daigle, and Israel Houghton. Devonne has worked on numerous projects with Smashing Pumpkins, Pharrell, Kathie Lee Gifford, One Republic, Little Big Town, Sheryl Crow, Toby Mac, and Celine Dion, to name a few. She has performed on many television shows, including Billboard Music Awards, Dancing with the Stars, The Voice, Good Morning America, The Today Show, Ellen and the Kelly Clarkson Show.

WENDELL HENRY (Percussion)

Wendell Henry is a drummer and percussionist from Trinidad & Tobago who now lives in Nashville, Tennessee. He grew up studying jazz and world percussion rhythms which shaped his style and sound, making him a very versatile musician. He has performed as a drummer and/or percussionist for Stanley Jordan, Kirk Whalurn, Toby Mac, Mandisa, Michael W Smith, Michael McDonald, Abraham La Boriel, Halfway To Hazard and The Minnesota Orchestra, just to name a few. He also does music production and has been a music director at a church for 5 years.

SHELLY JUSTICE (Vocal Contractor, Backing Vocals)

Shelly Justice is a background vocalist from Nashville, Tennessee. She has sung on various artist projects such as: Don Henley, OneRepublic, Cece Winans, Natalie Grant, Jeremy Camp and many others. You can also hear Shelly at various Disney Parks including Florida, California, Shangai, Tokyo and Paris. Shelly is married to drummer Garth Justice and they have one son, Trey.

GARY MONTGOMERY (Irish Whistles, Flute)

A native of Northern Ireland, Gary follows a strong Northern Irish tradition in playing classical flute. He was a member of Ballyclare Victoria Flute Band, recording for both radio and television, and winning the World Flute Band Championships on 8 occasions before pursuing a career in business. Combining his love for music and his experience in the business world, Gary recently joined the Getty Music organisation as CEO. He is fulfilling a life-long ambition to return to musical performance with the Gettys’ Band.

DAN NEEDHAM (Drums)

Originally from upstate New York, Dan moved to Nashville to pursue a career in Christian music. After graduating Belmont University, he fell into the recording industry and has been heavily involved recording, producing and writing for over 20 years. His career has led him all over the world and beyond Christian music into many genres. Dan has toured with Amy Grant, Peter Cetera, Michael McDonald, and Natalie Grant. He has recorded with hundreds of artists including Michael W. Smith, Marc Broussard, Steven Curtis Chapman, Jonny Lang, ChrisTomlin, Andrae’ Crouch, Nick Jonas, CeCe Winans, Israel Houghton, Phil Keaggy, Josh Groban, Francesca Barristelli, Jeremy Camp, Natalie Hemby and The Gettys.

JERMAINE PURIFORY (Background Vocals)

Jermaine Purifory of Cleveland, TN was a contestant on FOX’s competition series “American Idol” season 9. Post-Idol he joined Christian artist Michael W. Smith for his U.S. & Canada tour. He continues to tour with several bands & artists throughout the country. Most recently he was the lead vocalist for 60’s soul Hall of Fame group The Impressions for their farewell tour with dates in the U.S., London, Blackpool, & ending the tour in Japan.

DAVID RODGERS (Accordion, Piano, Keyboard, Hammond B-3)

Pianist and composer David Rodgers has toured or performed alongside artists including Keb’ Mo’, Taj Mahal, David Phelps, & Jeff Coffin and has also recorded on numerous records including Keb’ Mo’s Grammy-winning Oklahoma (2019). He has performed worldwide at the Montreux & North Sea jazz festivals among others. His compositions and arrangements span multiple genres, have been performed internationally, and have aired on network television including ESPN and the SEC Network. David holds a bachelor of music degree from Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music where he pursued both classical and jazz piano performance, and a masters degree from Belmont University where he studied commercial composition. He has released two albums as a leader, Songs For A Generation (2017) & Doorways (2019).

LUKE SULLIVANT (Electric and Upright Bass)

Luke Sullivant is a studio and touring guitarist, bassist and multi-instrumentalist who has been based in Nashville for the last 15 years. He has recorded and toured as a session musician and sideman for a very wide variety of artists. In addition to his work with The Gettys, Luke has played for: Kelly Clarkson, Gwen Stefani, Mandisa, Lauren Daigle, Danny Gokey, Toby Mac, Matt Maher, Matthew West, Laura Story, Brandon Heath, Casting Crowns, Jeremy Camp, Nicole C. Mullen, Jeremy Rosado, Terrian, Jon Reddick, Chris McClarney, Blessing Offor, Mark Schultz, and many others.Luke has also scored original music for full-length films, documentaries; and commercials.He also often partners in leading worship alongside his wife Rebekah at the local church they attend in Nashville. Amidst a busy musical career, Luke has always felt drawn to serve the church at large, and has made an effort to keep it central in his family’s life.

MAGGIE WHITE (Fiddle, Mandolin, Irish Dance)

Maggie White is an accomplished fiddler “…completely comfortable handling anything from classical to bluegrass, country to Celtic” (Matt Merta, Fiddler Magazine) who also brings mandolin, singing, and dancing to her energizing performances. She has performed multiple times with artists on the Grand Ole Opry, and was a part of the Young American Bluegrass Idols in addition to placing in the National Old Time Fiddler Competition. During her time in the Celtic band RUNA she was nominated for Irish fiddler of the year. Before graduating Belmont University, she was awarded the Presser Scholarship and was a winner of the Classical Performers Concerto Competition. Originally from Kentucky, Maggie now resides in Nashville, TN. She has toured extensively with Peter Mayer Group and currently tours with Keith and Kristyn Getty. In spring of 2019, she and her husband Zach released their first EP together as a duo, Zach & Maggie. Look for their newest album, Elephant in the Room, released in 2022.

ZACH WHITE (Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Banjo, Dobro)

Zach White is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and songwriter based in Nashville, TN. Born and raised in the Midwest, Zach’s determination to teach himself the staples of guitar at a young age, eventually blossomed into pursuing a degree in commercial guitar from Belmont University, where he met his wife, Maggie. Known for playing a variety of instruments he specializes in acoustic guitar techniques found in Folk music, such as Bluegrass flatpicking, Country thumb picking, or rapid-fire Irish rhythm guitar, including utilizing a clear baritone voice working for both a strong lead and rich harmony. His most unique feature has become his style of songwriting, able to blend catchy, heart-grabbing melodies with witty lyrics. For over 15 years he has held leadership positions at his local churches serving as a full or part-time music director and is often asked to guest lead at churches and events. He and his wife Maggie have played together in multiple bands including Vickie Vaughn Band, RUNA, and Keith & Kristyn Getty. They have also recently begun a new venture of writing and performing as a duo under their names, Zach & Maggie. Their first full-length record, Elephant in the Room, is now available everywhere.

2010 – GEORGE BEVERLY SHEA & CLIFF BARROWS

2015 – PBS

–TIM KELLER

2022 – MALCOLM GUITE

2022 – DANA MASTERS

2015 –JOHN PATITUCCI

2018 –RICKY SKAGGS & ALISON KRAUSS

2019 – ELLIE HOLCOMB

2010 – BILLY GRAHAM

2011 – SCHERMERHORN SYMPHONY CENTER DEBUT

2015 – KENNEDY CENTER DEBUT

THROUGH THE YEARS

2022 – GETTY GIRLS & KLEMME KIDS

2022 –BLESSING OFFOR

2016 – HEATHER HEADLEY

2019 –JONI EARECKSON TADA RECEIVES SING! LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD PRESENTED BY MIKE AND KAREN PENCE

2017 –DAVID CROWDER

2016 – DAVID KIM

2021 – GRAND OLE OPRY HOUSE

2021 – KIRK WHALUM

2014 – CARNEGIE HALL DEBUT

A Word on This Year’s Conference Art

KRISTYN GETTY

For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.

-2 Corinthians 4:5-7

For thousands of years human hands have worked with clay to create useful and beautiful things. Colors and craftsmanship, textures and techniques change from age to age and place to place, showcasing a unique telling of the history of the world. Yet what is true in every case is that they are always artifacts of dust formed by the dust of an earthly hand.

“But clay and clay differs in dignity, Whose dust is both alike…”

(William

Shakespeare, Cymbeline, Act IV Scene II)

We ourselves are made of clay—miraculous clay with the image of God upon us, but still clay. It is the irreplaceable treasure he places within that is of greatest value and significance. This treasure is the knowledge and life of the Lord Jesus. 2 Corinthians tells us that in our vulnerability and in our weakness as clay, God’s glory is seen. Our fragility shows that the power belongs to him.

We gather for this conference as a congregation of clay pots, like the ones you see on the stage which have come from different parts of the world. We bring our distinctive stories and gifts, but we celebrate the greater treasure Christ has placed within. We rest in his great power at work within us as we obediently and humbly and creatively and courageously share the wondrous news of the Lord Jesus.

Each year at the Sing! Conference we commission new visual art to help illuminate our theme. This year it is the Great Commission. We are very grateful to have internationally acclaimed artist Ross Wilson with us again this year. He has drawn for us the clay pot featured in this year’s artwork (a replica of which you can see on the stage made by Irish potter Rory Shearer.)

Ross has also created for us three stunning portraits of three people from the Gospel accounts who had real encounters with Christ. The Lord saw each of them. He spoke to their souls. He sought to draw them to the light of his truth, a light that might shine through the fragile clay pot of their humanity.

The first portrait is of the Pharisee Nicodemus. On day one we will consider the Great Commission at a local level. John 3 details the time Jesus spends with a local leader well-acquainted with the Hebrew culture and religious heritage from which Christianity was born.

Each of us sing and speak and live in the local spaces where the Lord has placed us: our families, our churches, our communities. In these places, often most familiar to us, we seek in every way to make clear how “God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son….”

The second portrait is of the “Woman at the Well.” On day two our theme is evangelism globally. In John 4, filling water into a jar at a well opened up a greater conversation of living water, the greater treasure only found in Christ. Both as a woman and a Samaritan she was considered an “outsider,” someone the disciples thought might be beyond the borders of Jesus’ interest.

Christ is the only hope for all nations. He has called us to go into every corner of the world. Do our songs, our services, and our lives reach beyond our home comforts? Do they reach out to the nations that more might come and see Christ? There are still two billion people yet to hear of him.

The third portrait is of Jairus’ daughter. On day three our theme is evangelism and the challenge for future generations. In Mark 5 Jesus raises Jairus’ twelve-year-old daughter from the dead. His words, “Talitha cumi,” which means, “Little girl, I say to you, arise,” press upon our own hearts as we think about the children around us and those yet to be born.

In light of the very real challenges, we pray that the coming generations might be rooted in the grace and authority of Christ’s word above all other voices. How can we bring clarity and confidence, peace and eternity to the worship gathering times we have in our homes and together as the church?

You can read more about Ross Wilson and the pieces of art later in the program. We hope his beautiful work might help rekindle our passion to proclaim Christ, to share the gospel light he sets within us to everyone we meet. We know that the surpassing power to follow him and make him known belongs to Christ and not to us.

Only one life, yes only one, Now let me say, “Thy will be done;” And when at last I’ll hear the call, I know I’ll say “twas worth it all;” Only one life, twill soon be past, Only what’s done for Christ will last.

-C.T. Studd, British missionary, 1860-1931

Ross Wilson

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

Ross Wilson is one of Northern Ireland’s leading artists and sculptors. He has been a guest speaker at Harvard, Oxford and Cambridge Universities. Wilson’s many portrait commissions include Nobel Laureates Seamus Heaney and Derek Walcott for the National Portrait Gallery, London. He is also the creator of the C.S. Lewis Centenary Sculpture “The Searcher” located in East Belfast. In 2019 he received a BEM from Queen Elizabeth for outreach work amongst underprivileged communites in Northern Ireland.

BEHIND THE ART: ENCOUNTERS WITH JESUS | ROSS WILSON

The portraits are visual interpretations, observations, connecting the lives of three individuals and their unique biblical narratives, each resulting in a dynamic life-changing encounter with Christ.

The desired focus within each portrait is simply to convey a sense of reflective wonder and illumination, to highlight the experience of individual “grace exchange” through the directional love of Christ.

Nicodemus encountered Christ on a search for meaning. Like Nicodemus, I also yearned to leave he darkness of a “not knowing life” and be drawn into the truth of rebirth and redemption.

Like the Samaritan woman at the well, I experienced a deep inner thirst for the living water.

And as a father, way back, I also knew the overwhelming anxiety for a young daughter on the brink.

Each portrait links into the scriptural narrative, yet each portrait is also informed by a profound set of personal experiences.

The process of visualization, of making, had its starting point in text, imagination, and reason. Images evolved through a combination of techniques and a range of mixed media and materials. These materials included graphite pencil, acrylic paint, ink, mono printing, layered paper collage, and spay can aerosol paints; finally each portrait was worked onto a metal panel base. The resulting creative cohesion of imagination, materials, and technique, helped visualize and bring to life three composite portraits, each one a glimpse of a likeness into an encounter with Christ.

In the completed portraits we see the “eyes of the heart enlightened”—given sight into a new and accessible way, into the truth, and the life of rebirth. This is the greatest of all creativity.

ENCOUNTERS WITH JESUS

The Woman at the Well Jairus’ Daughter Nicodemus

Malcolm Guite

POET IN RESIDENCE

Poet-Priest Malcolm Guite was Chaplain for 20 years at Girton College, Cambridge and remains Supernumerary Fellow. He teaches at the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge, and lectures widely in England and North America on Theology and Literature. His books include: Love, Remember (2017); Mariner, a spiritual biography of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (2017); Parable and Paradox (2016); The Singing Bowl (2013); Sounding the Seasons (2012); Theology and the Poetic Imagination (2010) and Faith Hope and Poetry (2006). Malcolm has edited two poetry anthologies for Lent and Advent: The Word in the Wilderness (2014) and Waiting on the Word (2015). After Prayer, Malcolm’s poetic response to George Herbert’s poem Prayer was published in 2019. David’s Crown, Malcolm’s poetic response to all the Psalms, was published in spring 2021. Malcolm has a particular interest in the imagination as a truth-bearing faculty and continues to reflect deeply on how poetry can stimulate and re-awaken our prayer life.

Jesus Commissions The Disciples Jesus Commissions the Disciples on the Mountain

John 20:21-23

“Peace be with you, peace and peace again.”

He gives and gives and gives that lost Shalom

Until at last we know it to the bone

And hear, as prodigals, good news from home.

He gives not only peace, but purpose too,

A sending from the one who has been sent:

“As God sent me so I am sending you

With all my Father’s love and power you’re sent.

You’re sent with good news to a weary world

With love that leads the vilest to repent,

God’s full forgiveness is released through you.

You have Shalom to share! So do not hold

It to yourselves, but share it lavishly

That all who choose may find new life in me.”

Matthew 28:16-20

Now he reveals that this is not the end

But only the beginning of his grace.

Eleven, half-believing, saw his face; It was enough, more than enough, to send

That ragged band of misfits through the world

Amazed and freighted with a weight of glory, By love inspired, by persecution hurled

To earth’s four corners, glad to tell their story:

The story of the God who has come down

Into the midst of everything, come down

To find us all and share in all our pain

That we might share the fulness of his glory

That we might be baptized and born again

And live for ever in the Three in One.

CityAlight

BAND IN RESIDENCE

CityAlight is a ministry of an Anglican church on the side of an infrequently busy road in Castle Hill, Sydney. The church, unsurprisingly, is called St Paul’s Castle Hill. Most of us involved are volunteers. We are not professionals. The vision of CityAlight is to write songs with biblically rich lyrics and simple melodies for the Christian church to sing. We are very pleased to admit there is nothing groundbreaking in what we do. There is nothing especially new or unique or fashionable. We are not on the forefront of anything and do not pretend to be. (It is probably better to be three hundred years out of date than three.) Instead, we are doing what the Christian church has done since Jesus and his disciples sung a hymn and went out to the Mount of Olives. For thousands of years now Christians have been writing simple songs about the great truths of the gospel for their churches to sing. And we are very honored to join in that long tradition, investing it with meaning to people in this generation.

Most churches around the world are not large. Some figures tell us that the average number in Australia is about 70. That means these are churches without large music teams or complicated sound equipment. These are churches with one guitar, or no guitar, one organ, one trombone, two singers – something like that. And we want to partner with those faithful congregations. Our vision is to resource them with simple songs. There is nothing on earth like the sound of a church singing, big or small, ancient or modern, skilled or not. The sound of a church singing has preceded almost every great revival in church history. The church is God’s witness and representative on earth. Is there any wonder that a tremendous power comes about when the representative voice of God in the earth is singing.

We desire to get out of the way so the truth upon which all our songs are built can properly shine. We pray that the lyrics and melodies of these songs would fix eyes and hearts and minds on Jesus. We pray that our songs might join the many thousands of songs written through history to encourage the church, and when they have played their role, to make way for the next ones. And we rejoice that one day the only name left standing will be the name of Jesus, as it should be.

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SING CONFERENCE STAFF AND CREW

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James Ainscough

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Beverly Bartsch ........................... Sr. Accountant

Nigel Campbell............................. Executive Director Live Events

Nathan Carpenter Systems Administrator

Heidi Davis Financial Controller

Judy Getty...................................... Executive Director of Technology and Data

Emily Graves

Customer Experience Manager

Sarah Graves Personal Assistant

Ashleigh Houser........................... Sr. Manager Social Media Brand Development

Ken Johnson................................. Production Manager/A&R Admin.

Deborah Klemme Touring Executive Director

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John Moran

Kristin Pierson

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Cameron Russell.......................... Creative Content Manager

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Grant Soderberg Director of Marketing

Sarah Spaniolo

Conference Executive Producer

Stefanie Tichacek......................... Financial Manager

Elizabeth Tomyn Executive Assistant to Keith & Kristyn Getty

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Jeremy Simmons Monitor Engineer

Nathan Carpenter......................... Video Engineer & Lyrics Operator

Sam Pierson..................................

Stage Manager

Devon Roberts Creative Producer

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Sari Hill ......................................... Lead Logistics Manager

Tara Henderson Logistics Manager

Terrie Aldridge Volunteer Manager

Jayme Locke VIP Manager

Mona Warren................................. Staffing Manager

Shauna Casale.............................. Logistics Coordinator

Meghan Whitney Logistics Coordinator

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Stephen Mathew VP, Development

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Tim Johnson.................................. Production Manager

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Davi Lema Production Manager

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Zachary Hutchinson Senior Tech

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Dan Harding.................................. Blue Mile Design: Graphic Designer

Ken Johnson Creative Director

Special thanks to all the staff and crew involved in producing this event!

THANK YOU TO OUR EVENT HOSTS: Bridgestone Arena (David Kells, Jill Sloman, Joanna Rose, and the whole team), First Baptist Church (Joe Fitzpatrick, Macon Fields, Wesley Lankford, and the whole team)

Thank you to the Van Wingerden family for providing the beautiful orchids for this year’s conference.

SING! CONFERENCE CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA / Benjamin Klemme, Conductor / Jonathan Rea, Chorus Master / Alexxus Berthoty, Choir Coordinator / Lina LaMantia, Choir Support /

Alana Carithers, Orchestra Contractor & Personnel Manager

The Sing! Conference Choir is made up of singers from around the world who give extra time and resources to come lead us in worship with their voices.Thank you to our orchestra, made up of professionals from around the country, for adding such beauty and depth to our music.

All landscape and pottery photography by Gilbert Lennox – photos used with permission.

Special thanks to potter Rory Shearer at Shearer Ceramics in Glenarm Castle, Northern Ireland.

SINGAPORE

We live in the most exciting time to be Christians.

There are more professing Christians than at any point in human history, more churches planting, and the Bible is in more languages than at any point in human history.

Yet the challenges are more fierce than at any point and the global church - a great multitude from all tribes and peoples and languages, bound together in Christ - needs more support than ever before. Deep believers need encouragement to sing together of the incomparable riches of His grace.

Since the Sing! conference began we have been investing time and financial resources in ensuring the conference was available in other languages and we have been able to offer travel grants (with free passes) to Christian leaders around the world.

Now through the newly-founded Foundation, we are translating this year’s Sing! Global conference sessions into at least 10 languages (Arabic, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish), making them freely available through networks across the globe throughout the fall.

The Getty Music Foundation is a charitable organization with a mission to educate churches, families, and individuals across the globe in a biblical view of theology, artistry, and mission in congregational singing. The Foundation’s ministry activities include training global hymn writers; hosting educational events; translating and distributing audio, video, and written resources; and connecting strategic leaders to the work of deepening Christ-centered corporate worship.

2022 2023 2024

In addition to this, in 2022 we intend to bring over 100 musicians and church leaders from around the world to be part of the conference, to help resource, inspire and learn from the communities from which they came.

Keith and Kristyn Getty established the Getty Music Foundation in 2021 as a global expansion of their vision to equip believers with hymns to carry for life. Through an ever-growing network of like-minded partners, the Foundation seeks to invigorate the next generation of hymn writers and musical leaders, all with the prayerful hope that churches around the world might be increasingly marked by rich theology, timeless artistry, and robust singing.

2023 sees the inaugural International Sing! conference, in addition to the annual event in Nashville. We are planning for these to rotate round the continents in four-year patterns, with 2023 being “Sing! Europe” in Belfast, to which we aim to bring over 100 leaders from many different countries in Europe to be part of the multi-day event.

In 2024 and beyond we also look forward to working in partnership with the Sing! Hymnal to continue our mission to educate the global church with this new opportunity.

The Foundation is registered with the IRS as a non-profit with 501c3 status. Operating with an independent Board and staff, it has a single-minded focus on its charitable mission. The Foundation began with a tithe of royalties and income from the Getty Music Group and now welcomes contributions from all who seek to invest in its exciting and impactful mission.

The Foundation is registered with the IRS as a non-profit with 501c3 status. Operating with a separate Board and separate staff team, it has a single-minded focus on its charitable mission.

The Foundation began with a tithe of royalties and income from the Getty Music Group and we are now inviting others to contribute. If you wish to support our mission to equip, educate and encourage the global church, please find out more at GettyMusicFoundation.org

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(in alphabetical order)

ROBERTA AHMANSON - Roberta Green Ahmanson is a writer, speaker, and art collector who works with her husband, Howard, in his private philanthropy Fieldstead & Company. She served for five years as Chair of the board of the Museum of Biblical Art and is a member of the Collectors Committee of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. She and her husband have also sponsored shows at the National Gallery, London, and the Hirshhorn, Washington, D.C. Before all that, she was a reporter covering religion for two Southern California newspapers.

DANNY AKIN - Dr. Danny Akin is married to Charlotte Akin. They have been married since May 27, 1978. They have four sons who all currently serve in the ministry. He has 4 daughters-in-law and 14 grandchildren! Dr. Akin currently serves as the President of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and is a Professor of Preaching and Theology. Dr. Akin and his wife Charlotte have traveled to Sudan, Turkey, Middle East, Kenya, Asia, Central Asia, Thailand, India and Paraguay serving our students and missionaries and helping share the gospel.

MARZIYEH AMIRIZADEH - Marziyeh (Marzi) Amirizadeh is an Iranian American who immigrated to the US after being sentenced to death by hanging in Iran for the crime of converting to Christianity. She endured months of mental and physical hardships and intense interrogation in Evin prison- one of the most brutal prisons in the world. Marzi is a published author, public speaker, and activist for religious freedom. Her first book, Captive in Iran, recounts her capture and imprisonment. Her second book, A Love Journey with God, recounts how Marzi found God, the struggles she experienced as a Christian woman in an Islamic Country, and how God can turn any situation into triumph. She has shared her inspiring story throughout the United States and around the world, to bring awareness about the ongoing human rights violations and persecution of women and religious minorities in Iran.

TOMMY BAILEY - Tommy Bailey is an Associate Pastor and Director of Worship at The Village Chapel in Nashville, TN. For full bio, see the Getty Music Hymn Writing Team section..

JEFF BARNETT - Jeff Barnett is the Director of Worship Sales at Sweetwater. He has 25 years’ experience in worship technology as a live sound and recording engineer, system designer, installer, educator, and musician. Jeff works with thousands of churches and worship artists from all over the world, including Jesus Culture, David Crowder, Shane & Shane, and many more. Jeff enjoys working in his home studio and singing with his a cappella group, Smooth Edge 2. Jeff and his wife Brit are proud parents of six kids.

JEREMY BEGBIE - Jeremy Begbie is Thomas A. Langford Distinguished Professor in Theology at Duke Divinity School, North Carolina, and founding Director of Duke Initiatives in Theology and the Arts. He teaches systematic theology, and he specializes in the interface between theology and the arts. His particular research interest is the interplay between music and theology. He is also Senior Member at Wolfson College, Cambridge, and an Affiliated Lecturer in the Faculty of Music at the University of Cambridge. He is author of a number of books, including A Peculiar Orthodoxy: Reflections on Theology and the Arts (Baker Academic), Redeeming Transcendence in the Arts: Bearing Witness to the Triune God (Eerdmans), Theology, Music and Time (CUP), Resounding Truth: Christian Wisdom in the World of Music (Baker), and Music, Modernity, and God (OUP). A professionally trained and active musician, Begbie has delivered performance-lectures across the world.

MATT BOSWELL - Matt Boswell is lead pastor of The Trails Church in North Texas, President of Doxology & Theology, and a hymn writer. For full bio, see the Getty Music Hymn Writing Team section.

COLIN BUCHANAN - Colin Buchanan is Australia’s Number 1 kids Christian artist. With a career spanning 3 decades, Colin’s uniquely Bible-saturated songs have influenced generations of kids and families across the globe. Dublin-born Colin uniquely straddles Australia’s Christian and secular media as a respected songwriter, beloved TV presenter, picture book author, radio panelist and live performer. His recent collaboration with CityAlight, Jesus Strong & Kind, has introduced Colin to an even wider audience, showcasing his songwriting talents and moving theologian Sinclair Ferguson to write, “It immediately reminded me of the hymns Horatius Bonar had written for children –full of simplicity and grace in their presentation of the Lord Jesus.”

RUTH CHOU SIMONS - Ruth Chou Simons is a Wall Street Journal bestselling and award-winning author of several books and Bible studies, including GraceLaced, Beholding and Becoming, and When Strivings Cease. She is an artist, entrepreneur, podcaster, and speaker, using each of these platforms to spiritually sow the Word of God into people’s hearts. Through social media, her online shoppe at GraceLaced.com, and the GraceLaced Collective community, Simons shares her journey of God’s grace intersecting daily life with word and art. Ruth and her husband, Troy, are grateful parents to six boys—their greatest adventure.

CITYALIGHT - CityAlight is a music ministry from St. Paul’s Castle Hill Church in Sydney, Australia. The vision of CityAlight is to write songs with biblically rich lyrics and simple melodies for the Christian church to sing. Through songs such as “Grace” and “Yet not I, but through Christ in Me,” CityAlight have encouraged the global church to sing Christ-centered modern hymns.

CAMERON COLE - Cameron Cole has been the Director of Youth Ministries for eighteen years at Cathedral Church of the Advent (Anglican) in Birmingham, AL. He is the founding chairman of Rooted Ministry, an organization that promotes gospel-centered youth ministry. He is the co-editor of Gospel-Centered Youth Ministry: A Practice Guide (Crossway, 2016) and The Jesus I Wish I Knew in High School (NGP, 2022). Cameron is the author of Heavenward: How Eternity Can Change Your Life on Earth (Crossway, 2024) and Therefore, I Have Hope: 12 Truths that Comfort, Sustain, and Redeem in Tragedy (Crossway, 2018), which won World Magazine’s 2018 Book of the Year (Accessible Theology) and was runner up for The Gospel Coalition’s Book of the Year (First-Time Author).

ANDY CROUCH - Andy Crouch is partner for theology and culture at Praxis, an organization that works as a creative engine for redemptive entrepreneurship. His writing explores faith, culture, and the image of God in the domains of technology, power, leadership, and the arts. He is the author of five books (plus another with his daughter, Amy Crouch): The Life We’re Looking For: Reclaiming Relationship in a Technological World, The Tech-Wise Family: Everyday Steps for Putting Technology in Its Proper Place, Strong and Weak: Embracing a Life of Love, Risk and True Flourishing, Playing God: Redeeming the Gift of Power, and Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling. For more than ten years Andy was an editor and producer at Christianity Today, including serving as executive editor from 2012 to 2016. A classically trained musician who draws on pop, folk, rock, jazz, and gospel, he has led musical worship for congregations of 5 to 20,000. He lives with his family in Pennsylvania.

KELLIE CUNNINGHAM - Kellie Cunningham directs the children’s choir program at Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, CA. She serves as adjunct faculty in piano pedagogy at The Master’s University and is a nationally certified teacher of music, having taught piano lessons for over twenty years. Currently a doctoral student at USC Thornton School of Music, she holds degrees from The Master’s University and the University of Oklahoma. Kellie sees music as a means of worshipping the Lord Jesus Christ—the Creator of all art and beauty—and proclaiming the glory of His name.

BOB DOLL - Bob joined Crossmark in May 2021 as Chief Investment Officer (CIO), bringing over 40 years of industry experience to guide the investment process and serve as portfolio manager for multiple Crossmark largecap strategies. Bob dedicates his time as choir director at his local church and also serves on a number of boards including the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, Cairn University, Christianity Today, Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary, Kingdom Advisors, The Lausanne Movement, Movement.org, New Canaan Society, and Word of Life Fellowship. Bob and his wife Leslie currently reside in Princeton, New Jersey and have three children and one grandchild.

MIKA EDMONDSON - Dr. Mika Edmondson is the pastor of Koinonia, a multi-racial presbyterian church in Bordeaux, Nashville. Mika earned his Doctorate at Calvin Theological Seminary, with his dissertation entitled Unearned Suffering is Redemptive: The Roots and Implications of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Redemptive Suffering Theodicy. He was the first African American to receive a Ph.D. from Calvin, where he also contributed as an Adjunct Professor, teaching classes on the Reformed Confessions. Mika has also authored several theological publications and has guest-lectured at many distinguished institutes and conferences on many theological topics including how the gospel informs modern pursuits for justice. Mika is happily married to Dr. Christina Edmondson and has two amazing daughters, Zoe and Shiloh.

SOL & CARLIE FENNE - Sol and Carlie Fenne are members of Gracemount Community Church in Edinburgh where Sol serves as an elder and Carlie serve as part of the women’s ministry. Sol is the director of 20schemes music and together with Carlie works to help train up church planting teams, provide the sung worship at 20schemes conferences and other events as well as write and produce songs that serve the local church in their ministry context. The latest resource from 20schemes music is their first collection of congregational songs: ‘Hymns In Hard Places.’

AJITH FERNANDO - After leading Youth for Christ, Sri Lanka, for thirty-five years, Ajith now serves as its Teaching Director. His primary work is teaching, mentoring, discipling, and counselling younger Christians and leaders. Most of his grassroots ministry has been with the urban poor. He is the author of 20 books published in 24 languages and of numerous booklets. Ajith and his wife Nelun are active in the Nugegoda Methodist Church, a church consisting primarily of first-generation Christians. They have two married children and four grandchildren. Appearing by video.

BRYAN FOWLER - Bryan Fowler is a songwriter and producer based in Nashville, TN. For full bio, see the Getty Music Hymn Writing Team section.

PATRICK FUNG - Patrick was born in Hong Kong and is currently based in Singapore. Patrick is a medical doctor, missionary and ordained minister. Patrick was trained as a physician in Australia with subsequent specialist training in the UK. In preparation for missionary service, Patrick graduated from the China Graduate School of Theology in Hong Kong and Fuller Seminary in the United States. Patrick also obtained a PhD in Chinese Church history from the University of Hong Kong. Patrick is the 10th General Director of OMF International (formerly the China Inland Mission). OMF currently has 1400 missionaries sharing the good news with East Asia’s peoples. Patrick was on the Lausanne Movement International Board until 2022 and is the Program Director for the Lausanne IV Seoul 2024 Congress.

KEITH & KRISTYN GETTY - Keith and Kristyn Getty are songwriters, recording artists, authors, and founders of Getty Music and the Sing! Conference. For full bio, see the “About Keith and Kristyn” section.

MALCOLM GUITE - Poet-Priest Malcolm Guite was Chaplain for 20 years at Girton College, Cambridge and remains Supernumerary Fellow. He teaches at the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge, and lectures widely in England and North America on Theology and Literature. His books include: Love, Remember (2017); Mariner, a spiritual biography of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (2017); Parable and Paradox (2016); The Singing Bowl (2013); Sounding the Seasons (2012); Theology and the Poetic Imagination (2010) and Faith Hope and Poetry (2006). Malcolm has edited two poetry anthologies for Lent and Advent: The Word in the Wilderness (2014) and Waiting on the Word (2015). After Prayer, Malcolm’s poetic response to George Herbert’s poem Prayer was published in 2019. David’s Crown, Malcolm’s poetic response to all the Psalms, was published in 2021. Malcolm has a particular interest in the imagination as a truth-bearing faculty and continues to reflect deeply on how poetry can stimulate and re-awaken our prayer life.

DWAN HILL - Dwan Hill is a 3x GRAMMY award-winning, 2x Dove award-winning, a 2x ASCAP Rhythm and Soul award winner, songwriter, producer, musician, writer, and church leader based in Nashville, TN. He has toured worldwide as the music director for CeCe Winans as well as with renowned artists such as Lauren Daigle, Jonny Lang, Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors, and Tauren Wells. An advocate for the vibrancy and vitality of choral singing, Dwan is the founder of The Choir Room. He has contributed to numerous modern hymns, including “Christ Is All in All.”

JONATHAN & SARAH JEREZ - Jonathan and Sarah Jerez are singer-songwriters with a passion to write and produce music and worship resources that connect the Word of God with our hearts and our daily walk. They are known for songs like “El Dios Que Adoramos”, “Vivir Es Cristo”, “Por Encima Del Sol”, and “Ciudad De Dios”. They live in the west suburbs of Chicago with their five children, where Jonathan serves as the Worship Pastor of Wheaton Bible Church, including its Spanish-speaking congregation, Iglesia del Pueblo.

BOB KAUFLIN - Bob Kauflin is a pastor, songwriter, speaker, writer, and director of Sovereign Grace Music. He is the author of Worship Matters: Leading Others to Encounters the Greatness of God and True Worshipers: Seeking What Matters to God, and blogs at Worshipmatters.com. He is passionately in love with his wife, Julie, father to six children, and Pop-Pop to an ever-growing number of grandchildren.

JORDAN KAUFLIN - Jordan Kauflin is worship pastor at Christ Covenant Church in Atlanta, GA, and a hymn writer. For full bio, see the Getty Music Hymn Writing Team section.

DAVID KIM - Violinist David Kim was named Concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1999. Each season, he performs and speaks at venues around the world. Highlights of David’s 2022–23 season include appearing as soloist with The Philadelphia Orchestra; teaching/performance residencies at Georgetown University and the Australian National Academy of Music in Melbourne, as well as solo appearances with orchestras across the United States. He will also continue to appear as concertmaster of the nine-time Emmy Award–winning All-Star Orchestra on PBS stations across the US and online at the Kahn Academy, as well as present recitals and speaking engagements nationwide.

BEN KLEMME - Dr. Benjamin Klemme is Associate Professor of Music and Symphony Orchestra Conductor at the Wheaton College Conservatoryof Music. Previously, Klemme taught on the faculty at Gordon College, served the Quad City Symphony Orchestra as Associate Conductor, directed the Campus Orchestra program at the University of Minnesota, and led the Vermont Youth Orchestra Association and Santa Fe Youth Symphony Association as Music Director. He has guest conducted the Minnesota Orchestra, Cleveland Pops, Vermont Symphony Orchestra, and National Repertory Orchestra. Klemme studied conducting with Mark Russell Smith, Kathy Saltzman Romey, Carl Topilow, and Louis Lane, and holds degrees in conducting and music education from the University of Minnesota, Cleveland Institute of Music, and University of Northern Iowa.

GILBERT LENNOX - Gilbert Lennox, father of Kristyn Getty and brother to John Lennox, is a pastor and Bible teacher from Northern Ireland. After many years of church planting work, Gilbert left his career as a school teacher in order to devote himself to Bible teaching and church leadership in Glenabbey Church, which he and his wife Heather helped to found in 1988. After 30 years on staff, Gilbert stepped aside from his leadership roles to focus on preaching, mentoring younger leaders and writing, while having more time for family – he and Heather have four adult children and nine grandchildren. He is the author of numerous Bible study and devotional guides for use in the church and a passionate outdoor photographer and supplies much of the photography for Getty Music.

JOHN LENNOX - John Lennox is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at Oxford University (emeritus) and Associate Fellow of Said Business School at the university. He is an internationally renowned speaker and author on the interface of science, philosophy and religion. His most recent books include Where is God in a Coronavirus World?, Can Science Explain Everything?, Suffering Life’s Pain and 2084: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity. Furthermore, in addition to over seventy published mathematical papers, he is the co–author of two research level texts in algebra in the Oxford Mathematical Monographs series. He has publicly defended Christianity in many settings, including debating prominent atheists such as Richard Dawkins, Peter Singer and the late Christopher Hitchens. Dr. Lennox was also featured in the 2020 film Against the Tide: Finding God in an Age of Science, which follows the professor with Hollywood actor and director Kevin Sorbo as they journey from Oxford to Jerusalem and explore the evidence on which Lennox’s Christian faith stands firm. Appearing by video.

BOB LEPINE - Bob Lepine is best known to radio and podcast listeners as the long time co-host of FamilyLife Today® and as the on air announcer for Truth for Life with Alistair Begg. Bob is also the teaching pastor at Redeemer Community Church in Little Rock, Arkansas which he helped plant in 2008. He is the author of Love Like You Mean It: The Heart of a Marriage That Honors God (2020) and The Christian Husband (1999). He serves on the Board of Directors for National Religious Broadcasters and the Great Commission Collective. Bob and his wife Mary Ann have five children and nine grandchildren.

BLAIR LINNE - Blair Linne is the author of Finding My Father: How the Gospel Heals the Pain of Fatherlessness She is a Bible teacher, actress, spoken word artist, and the creator of the podcast GLO (short for global) with the Gospel Coalition. Blair has toured globally and is known as one of the originators of the Christian Spoken Word genre. Proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ through speaking and spoken word is her passion. She lives in Portland with her husband Shai Linne and their three children.

SHAI LINNE - Shai Linne is a recording artist and author. He has put out numerous Christian hip-hop albums, including The Attributes of God, The Atonement and Jesus Kids. As an author, his first book, God Made Me and You, was published in 2018. His latest book is The New Reformation: Finding Hope in the Fight for Ethnic Unity. Shai also had the privilege of helping to plant Risen Christ Fellowship in September 2015 in his hometown of Philadelphia, PA. He is happily married to Blair. They have three children and reside in Portland, Oregon.

PETER LYNAS - Peter is the UK director of the Evangelical Alliance and co-leads the Being Human project. He is passionate about faith in the public square and previously worked as a barrister in Belfast before studying theology at Regent College in Vancouver, where he served on the board. Peter is a regular commentator on the BBC and other outlets. He is the co-author of Being Human: A New Lens on Our Cultural Conversations which is due for release in October 2023.

CONRAD MBEWE - Conrad Mbewe has served as pastor of Kabwata Baptist Church since 1987. He is a graduate of the University of Zambia, the Cape Town Baptist Seminary, and the University of Pretoria in South Africa. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Missions. He is the founding Chancellor of the African Christian University. He is a blogger and an author. His latest book is God’s Design for the Church (Crossway, 2020). He is also the editor of the Reformation Zambia magazine. He is married to Felistas and they have 6 adult children, and 4 grandchildren.

MEZ MCCONNELL - Mez McConnell is the senior pastor of Niddrie Community Church. He is the director of 20Schemes, a church-planting and revitalization initiative in Scotland. He also serves as the Global Poor Strategist for Acts 29. Mez is the author of numerous books, including The Creaking on the Stairs: Finding Faith in God Through Childhood Abuse (Christian Focus) and Is There Anybody Out There?: A Journey from Despair to Hope (Christian Focus). He’s married to Miriam and has two daughters.

SANDRA MCCRACKEN - Sandra McCracken is a hymn writer, recording artist, producer and author based in Nashville, TN. For full bio, see the Getty Music Hymn Writing Team section

MATT MERKER - Matt Merker is Director of Creative Resources and Training for Getty Music, Director of Congregational Singing at Edgefield Church in Nashville, and a hymn writer. For full bio, see the Getty Music Hymn Writing Team section.

KENT MORRIS - Kent Morris is the Live Sound Market Manager for Sweetwater and a forty-year veteran of the live event arena. He has spent decades on the road with countless artists such as Paul Baloche and Israel Houghton. He’s overseen hundreds of AVL installations in every type of venue imaginable. An in-demand writer, Kent has penned thousands of industry articles for hundreds of print and online publications. He’s the live sound engineer for In Touch Ministries where he mixes each week for First Baptist Atlanta (Dr. Charles Stanley). Kent and his wife Melani are based in Georgia and have two adult sons.

TRILLIA NEWBELL - Trillia Newbell is the author of several books including A Great Cloud of Witnesses, Sacred Endurance, If God Is For Us, Fear and Faith, and the children’s books, Creative God, Colorful Us and God’s Very Good Idea. When she isn’t writing, she’s encouraging and supporting other writers as an Acquisitions Editor at Moody Publishers. Trillia is married to her best friend, Thern, they reside with their two children near Nashville, TN.

MIGUEL NÚÑEZ - Dr. Miguel Nuñez is the senior pastor of the International Baptist Church in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He is the author of two books, Jesus: the Man that Challenged the World and Confronts Your Life and A Church After God’s Own Heart.

PAUL J. MCNULTY - Paul J. McNulty is the President of Grove City College in Western Pennsylvania.. In 2005, the United States Senate unanimously confirmed Mr. McNulty to the position of Deputy Attorney General, the second in command at the U.S. Department of Justice. He also served from 2001 to 2005 as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia and was a leader in our nation’s response to the terrorist attacks of September 11. He is a co-founder of Faith & Law and serves as Chairman of the Board for the Getty Music Foundation.

MICHAEL OH - Dr. Michael Young-Suk Oh is Global Executive Director/CEO of the Lausanne Movement. Michael is of Korean descent, born in America. Michael received his BA, MS, and PhD degrees at the University of Pennsylvania. He also completed an MDiv at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School as well as an MA in Regional Studies, East Asia, at Harvard University. Michael, his wife Pearl, and their five children served as missionaries in Nagoya, Japan from 2004 to 2016. In 2007 he joined the Lausanne Board of Directors as its youngest member. He has served as Global Executive Director/CEO since March 2013.

MATT PAPA - Matt Papa is a hymn writer who serves as artist-in-residence at Marco Presbyterian Church in Florida and also at Cedarville University. For full bio, see the Getty Music Hymn Writing Team section.

ANDREW PETERSON - Recording artist, songwriter, producer, filmmaker, publisher and award-winning author of The Wingfeather Saga series, Andrew Peterson is also host of the popular creative community known as The Rabbit Room and recently launched a film and TV production company, Shining Isle Productions.

SKYE PETERSON - Skye Peterson is a singer-songwriter based in Nashville, TN. For full bio, see the Getty Music Hymn Writing Team section.

JOHN PIPER - John Piper serves as founder and lead teacher at Desiring God and is chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. For 33 years, Piper served as pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church. He has authored more than 50 books, and more than 30 years of his preaching and writing are available free of charge at desiringGod.org. Piper resides in the Minneapolis area with his wife of 53 years, and they have 5 children and 14 grandchildren.

DAVID PLATT - David Platt is pastor of McLean Bible Church in Washington, D.C. and the founder of Radical (radical.net). He holds a Ph.D. from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and has previously served as the president of the International Mission Board. He has contributed to several volumes in the CCEC series (Matthew, Galatians, 1&2 Timothy and Titus, and James) and is the author of Radical, Radical Together, Follow Me, Counter Culture, and Something Needs to Change.

JONATHAN REA - Chorus Master Jonathan Rea leads the Choir Program at the Sing! Conference. He is director of New Irish Arts, whose choir and orchestra perform over 25 Gospel-centred events per year. Jonathan studied music at Cambridge and appears frequently on the BBC as a conductor and a Christian speaker. In 2020 he was awarded a British Empire Medal in the Queen’s Birthday Honours, for services to music in Northern Ireland. He has been involved in local church music ministry for 4 decades and loves sharing practical insights to help congregations sing. He lives near Belfast in Northern Ireland.

SCOTT REDD - Dr. Scott Redd is the president and Stephen B. Elmer Professor of Old Testament at the Washington, D.C., campus of Reformed Theological Seminary. Scott’s interests include literary approaches to the Bible, linguistics and the biblical languages, ancient Near Eastern backgrounds to Scripture, and Old Testament theology. He cares deeply about the teaching of Scripture and its application to all situations in life, particularly in the context of a learning and worshiping community. Scott is married to the love of his life, Jennifer, and together they have five daughters.

MATT REDMAN - Matt Redman is married to Beth and they have five children. His journey as a worship leader and songwriter has taken him to countries such as South Africa, Japan, India, Australia and the Czech Republic. Along the way he has sung in venues such as Madison Square Garden, Wembley stadium, and the Royal Albert Hall - as well as recording in iconic studios such as Abbey Road in London and Capitol Records in LA. Matt’s best known songs include “The Heart of Worship,” “Blessed Be Your Name,” “Our God” - and the double-Grammy winning “10,000 Reasons.”

JONNY ROBINSON - Jonny Robinson lives in Sydney, Australia, where he is the co-founder of CityAlight and teaches philosophy at Macquarie University. He enjoys walking and talking with his two daughters.

ANDREW SCRIVEN - Andrew Scriven is the Director of House of Worship Marketing at Sweetwater. As a vocalist, musician, songwriter, graphic designer, and tech, Andrew has served in nearly every worship-related role within the church, both on stage and behind the scenes. During his time at Stonebriar Community Church (Chuck Swindoll) and Watermark Community Church in Dallas, Andrew discovered his unique passion for helping the local church adopt a tactical theology of worship. Today, he enjoys sharing practical tools and techniques to support the best outcomes for each individual church community.

DAVID RODGERS - David Rodgers is a pianist, arranger, composer, and worship leader. For full bio, see the Getty Band section.

SHANE & SHANE - Shane and Shane are a contemporary worship music band known for popular praise and worship music. The band consists of Shane Barnard (vocals, acoustic guitar) and Shane Everett (vocals). They are based in Texas.

BEN SHIVE - Ben Shive is a producer, songwriter, arranger, and keyboardist. He also serves as an elder at Grace Community Church in Brentwood, TN. For full bio, see the Getty Music Hymn Writing Team section.

MATTHEW SPANDLER-DAVISON - Matthew Spandler-Davison serves as the director of Church in Hard Places, a ministry of Acts 29 to train church planters in poor communities around the world. He’s a church planter and the pastor of Redeemer Fellowship Church in Bardstown, Kentucky. Matthew also serves as the executive director and co-founder of 20schemes, a church-planting ministry in Scotland’s poorest communities. Originally from Stonehaven, Scotland, he’s a graduate of the University of Aberdeen and was awarded a doctorate by The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Matthew is married to Tracy and has two daughters.

BEN STONE - Ben Stone is married to Melanie with four teenage children. He has been managing long-only equity portfolios for the last 27 years. At university he spent 3 years aggressively trying to disprove Christianity. Mercifully, he failed. God opened his blind eyes to the fact that he is a great sinner but Jesus is an even greater Savior. Since then he has had the opportunity to share the gospel with over 20,000 people across the financial industry. Amongst other things today, he co-runs Gospel Patrons UK, aiming to raise up the next generation of partners in the gospel.

LAURA STORY - Laura Story is Director of Worship at Perimeter Church in Atlanta and a hymn writer. For full bio, see the Getty Music Hymn Writing Team section.

RICH THOMPSON - Rich Thompson is co-founder and songwriter for CityAlight, as well as Creative Director for the Sydney-based creative agency Cadence. Rich has a deep passion for using both songwriting and storytelling to help spur people on in seeking God’s kingdom, righteousness and justice. Rich is the host of the true-crime podcast, “The Fight of My Life: Finding Ruby” — a series that traces the redemptive story of a survivor of online child trafficking. Rich lives in Sydney, Australia with his wife and three daughters.

RICO TICE - Rico Tice is the Senior Minister of Evangelism at All Souls, Langham Place in London. Joining in 1994 during the later years of the ministry of John Stott, his main role is to help the hundreds of enquirers about the Christian faith who come through the doors of the church each year. He has also developed the Christianity Explored course, which introduces people to Jesus through studying the Gospel of Mark.

KIRK WHALUM - Kirk Whalum is a Grammy Award-winning saxophonist and songwriter known for his collaborations with Barbara Streisand, Luther Vandross, Quincy Jones, and his solo on Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You.” He has recorded over 25 solo albums, including “For You” and the series “The Gospel According to Jazz.” An ordained minister, Kirk also hosts the podcast Bible in Your Ear. In addition to music and ministry, Kirk has a passion to educate young, aspiring musicians and is currently engaged as a music professor at Visible Music College in his hometown of Memphis, TN.

ZACH WHITE Zach White is a guitarist, recording artist, and worship leader. For full bio, see the Getty Band section.

ROSS WILSON - Ross Wilson is one of Ireland’s leading artists and sculptors. He has been a guest speaker at Harvard, Oxford and Cambridge Universities. Wilson’s many portrait commissions include Nobel Laureates Seamus Heaney and Derek Walcott for the National Portrait Gallery, London. He is also the creator of the C.S. Lewis Centenary Sculpture ‘The Searcher’ located in East Belfast. In 2019 he received a BEM from Queen Elizabeth for outreach work amongst underprivileged communities in Northern Ireland.

KIM WOOD SANDUSKY - Kim Wood Sandusky is one of the most influential vocal performance coaches in the global music industry. Her client roster speaks of her track record, such as her work with artists like Beyoncé Knowles, Francesca Battistelli, Toby Mac, Lauren Daigle, Kristyn Getty, Thompson Square, Lauren Alaina, and the list goes on. Kim has an intuitive gift and the expertise to handle artists’ vocal development and vocal issues with care. She formulated a progressive method called the “Kim Wood Sandusky Vocal Builder Technique”TM that meets and exceeds the standards of today’s competitive music industry.

Nicodemus

SCHEDULE

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 4TH

1:30pm-4:30pm......................................... Plenary Session 1

Message from Jeremy Begbie

Message from Rico Tice

7:00pm-10:00pm....................................... Plenary Session 2

Writers in the Round: An Evening of Stories and Songs

Matt Papa/Matt Boswell Album Recording

10:15pm-11:00 pm.................................... Shane & Shane: A Great Commission Singalong

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

- John 3:16-17

10 Missional Hymns Every Family and Church Should Know

TOMMY BAILEY, ZACH WHITE, TOM YARBROUGH, KEITH & KRISTYN GETTY | THE VILLAGE CHAPEL, NASHVILLE, TN

One of the key challenges of the Christian life is avoiding the lure of drift. Drift leads to ambiguity and away from the life-giving clarity of mission. No individual, family or local church ever drifted into faithfulness. In his kindness, our Lord sends us out each morning with something to do. Our charge, wherever we are planted, is to make disciples by bearing witness to Christ in the power of his Spirit to the glory of God the Father. Applying that mission to our daily work, play, and rest requires wisdom and creativity. It requires paying attention to the Word of God in the context of the people of God.

In our local churches or in our living rooms, every time we gather to worship, we should be reminded afresh of the treasures of the gospel in Christ. But we don’t stop there. Our task is not complete until the people in our pews or sofas are recommissioned: sent back to offices, schools, and neighborhoods with renewed eagerness to bear witness to the goodness, beauty, and truth of Christ. Missiologist Lesslie Newbigin said it well,

“Only half of the pastor’s work is to gather the people together for worship. The other half is to send them back to their daily tasks equipped to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world. If we forget this second part, the other can be positively dangerous.”

Part of our work in the weekly gathering is to consider prayerfully how the songs we sing, the sermons we preach, and the prayers we pray aid in keeping our people on mission and far from the lure of drift. Our gatherings should begin and end with the proper worship of God. We cannot faithfully live on mission without first loving the Mission-Giver. Our worship of God, however, must culminate in a faithful response to his call.

As pastor and prophet, Moses lovingly called the children of Israel back to the clarity of their mission in the great text we call the Shema. Its opening sentence frames the mission of God’s people as a response of love: “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart” (Deut 6:4-6). What follows this call to worship is a cascade of imperatives given to shape and concentrate their mission: make disciples by bearing witness whenever you teach, talk, write, and walk. In other words, all of life should be shaped and bound by the mission of God given by the Word of God in the context of the people of God.

Facing A Task Unfinished

Key lyric:

Facing a task unfinished

That drives us to our knees, A need that, undiminished, Rebukes our slothful ease, We who rejoice to know you

Renew before your throne

The solemn pledge we owe you

To go and make you known.

There is perhaps no other classic hymn that more artfully and clearly calls the Church to missional fidelity and joyful evangelism.

Let the Nations Be Glad

Key lyric:

Through the ages gone before, Through the trial and the sword, Many saints and martyrs conquered Though they died. Still we, holding out the cross— Crossing oceans, suffering loss— Shall endure all things

To win the crown of life.

O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing

Key lyric: My gracious Master and my God, Assist me to proclaim, To spread through all the earth abroad The honors of your name.

One of the great missional prayers from all of Wesley’s hymns: “...Assist me to proclaim.” May that be the longing of every disciple, family, and church.

Jesus Shall Reign

Key lyric:

People and realms of every tongue

Dwell on his love with sweetest song, And infant voices shall proclaim Their early blessings on his name.

All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name

2 3

This up-tempo song boldly states the reality that obeying Jesus is costly. We may be called to give our lives for the One who gave his life for us. Yet those who have gone before us counted it the ultimate privilege to die for the sake of the gospel.

Key lyric:

Let every kindred, every tribe

On this terrestrial ball

To him all majesty ascribe, And crown him Lord of all.

Missional hymns recalibrate our view of earthly kingdoms. There is only one true Lord over all the nations. Presidents and Prime Ministers come and go. Hymns like this one remind us of the joy that all tribes can find in crowning Jesus as the Lord who reigns with perfect righteousness.

Isaac Watts’ versification of Psalm 72 helps us envision the universal rule of Christ over every people and tongue. Great missional poetry such as this kindles our imaginations, leading to deeper wells of courage and joy.

May the Peoples Praise You

Key lyric:

All the earth is yours and all within; Each harvest is your own. And from your hand we give to You

To make Christ known

This rousing song reminds us that the nations belong to the God who made them. He is the Lord of the harvest. What an encouragement that God is the one who draws sinners to himself!

O Church Arise

4 5 6 7

Key lyric: Our call to war: to love the captive soul, But to rage against the captor; And with the sword that makes the wounded whole, We will fight with faith and valor.

Below are 10 missional hymns that have been a gift to our congregation as we seek to stay faithful to our Lord’s calling.

All People That on Earth Do Dwell (Doxology)

Key lyric:

All people that on earth do dwell, Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice; Him serve with mirth, his praise forth-tell; Come ye before him and rejoice!

As a call to worship or as a closing hymn, this beautiful text, drawn from Psalm 100, compels God’s people to offer our wholehearted praise to God both in word and deed.

Behold Our God

Key lyric:

Who has held the oceans in his hands?

Who has numbered every grain of sand? Kings and nations tremble at his voice; All creation rises to rejoice.

To remain faithful to the missional call, we must maintain a big view of God. This song lifts our gaze to God’s power and authority over all nations and peoples.

The Lord Almighty Reigns

Key lyric: Certain of that day, Christ we will proclaim. Oh that more would share the prize: Salvation in his name!

Then greater will the anthem ring, A mighty chorus, rising to the king. Missional songs help us keep eternity in view. They broaden our horizons, our perspective. This song beckons us to imagine the final day when all tribes and tongues will sing “Hallelujah” to the Lamb who was slain.

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TUESDAY

The Woman at the Well

SCHEDULE

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 5TH

9:00am-12:00pm.......................................

Plenary Session 3 l Bridgestone Arena

Message from John Piper

Interviews with Miguel Nuñez & Ajith Fernando

Message from Conrad Mbewe

2:00pm-3:00pm.........................................

Mainstage Breakout: John Lennox and Gilbert Lennox

3:30pm-4:30pm

Mainstage Breakout: David Platt

7:30pm-10:00pm.......................................

Plenary Session 4 l Bridgestone Arena

Message from Shai Linne

Interview with Patrick Fung

Message from David Platt

10:15pm-11:00pm.....................................

Late-Night Concert | The Choir Room

The hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him.

- John 4:23

How Every Family and Church Can Pray for the World Each Day

MICHAEL OH

Four years ago, when I did my first interview with Keith for Sing!, I mentioned that every Christian has a shared identity: we are part of the global family of God. And every Christian has a shared calling: we are to be about God’s global mission.

What is a critical implication of both truths? We are to be in regular conversation with our Father on behalf of the world.

“Lord, you have promised that the redeemed will come from every tribe, language, people, and nation (Rev 7:9). We long to see that promise become a reality. That is our eternal family. That is our earthly mission. Use us toward that end!”

The Great Commission is a clarion call to each Christian, to our local church families, and to the whole body of Christ. But it is not the only Bible passage that directs our prayers and our actions toward God’s global gospel mission and glory. Those passages flow from Genesis to Revelation.

When we pray, “Hallowed be thy name,” we are praying for the whole earth to worship our God! When we pray,“Thy Kingdom come,” we are praying for the most glorious expressions of God’s grace and beauty in all the earth to become more and more of a reality.

Jesus’ clearest description of his “house” is not about architecture but intercession. He said, “My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations” (Mark 11:17). Tragically, the temple had become a “den of robbers.”

How would someone looking at your family or your church describe it? As a house of… what?

Our aspiration, our calling, is to be a house of prayer for all the nations. What does that look like? And how can we align our family homes and our church homes toward that vision?

By regular, globally broad, informed, and hope-filled prayers.

Operation World is the definitive guide to prayer for the nations. They have both a website (operationworld.org) and a free mobile app. It has been an honor for the movement that I lead, Lausanne (lausanne.org), to partner with OW over the past years. They are in an exciting season as they prepare not only for the 8th edition of OW but for some new digital resources that will equip to Christians to pray such prayers.

Gathering for regular (ideally daily) prayer is not just a goal for every family but a gift the Lord has offered. That gift is only possible because of the shed blood of Jesus Christ.

Globally broad prayers are important not only because they lift our eyes from self-oriented prayers (which the Lord delights to hear as well) to include the world and eternity; globally broad prayers also give us critical perspective on the sufferings of others. That perspective helps us in turn to more deeply appreciate the blessings in our own lives and to show greater compassion to others. Rather than saying, “Thank God I’m not them!” may the Spirit move us both to pray and act in response to the question, “If I had been born into their circumstances, how would I want my family to respond?”

Informed. OW provides context that is critical to understanding, which is critical to strategic prayers. “God, bless the missionaries” and “God, bless those people” are prayers that can surely be used by the Lord. But praying with more knowledge and specificity surely is even better. The information in OW about each nation, along with the prompts for specific prayer needs, were gleaned from real believers on the ground sharing about their circumstances.

And finally, hope-filled. The most wonderful assurance is that God will do what God promises to do. When we pray for God to save the nations and even to use our lives and actions toward that end, we can have confidence that he will do it! We’re on the winning team. We’re praying prayers that will be answered—usually in much more glorious ways that we can even imagine.

My concluding my admonition to you, your family and your church is to pray, but don’t just pray.

Do something about it.

Be the answer to the prayers you pray.

Is there something you can do in addition to your prayers for the nations and peoples you pray for?

You could reach out to people in your city from an ethnic group you have chosen to pray for particularly. You could visit a worship service of a church of the ethnicity or language of the people group for which you have been praying. You could financially support a missionary to a particular nation or people group.

These are just a few ideas and practices that could help your family home and church home to be what Christ would say, with a smile, is a house of prayer for all the nations.

DR. MICHAEL YOUNG-SUK OH is Global Executive Director/CEO of the Lausanne Movement.

Jairus’ Daughter

SCHEDULE

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 6TH

8:00am-9:00am Mainstage Breakout: CityAlight

9:30am-12:30pm....................................... Plenary Session 5

Message from John Lennox

Message from Andy Crouch

1:00pm....................................................... Conference Concludes

Taking her by the hand he said to her, “Talitha cumi,” which means, “Little girl, I say to you, arise.”

- Mark 5:41

Raising Families and Strengthening Churches in a Tech-Saturated World

ANDY CROUCH

The central words of Israel’s worship life are directly connected to family life:

Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart. Recite them to your children and talk about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise. Bind them as a sign on your hand, fix them as an emblem on your forehead, and write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. (Deut 6:4-9)

Even today, observant Jewish families place these very words, written by hand on a small scroll of parchment, in a small case on the doorposts of their homes. The home is the place where worship of the true God starts: the place where we remember and recite God’s Word, and where we learn to respond to God with our heart, soul, strength, and—as Jesus added when he called this the greatest commandment—with our mind as well.

And while it doesn’t say so directly in this text, I believe the very best way to learn to worship, at home or in our churches, is to sing.

Worship is more than singing, of course. But there is something about singing that is fundamental to Jewish and Christian worship— starting with the Psalms, continuing with the hymns that grew out of the early church and the renewal and revival movements of subsequent centuries, and finding new expression in the chants and laments of the fields and cities where even those who had been robbed of dignity by enslavement found ways to sing a new song.

Singing may be the one human activity that most perfectly combines heart, mind, soul, and strength. Almost everything else we do requires at least one of these fundamental human faculties: the heart, the seat of the emotions and the will; the mind, with which we explore and explain the world; the soul, the heart of human dignity and personhood; and strength, our bodies’ ability to bring about change in the world. But singing (and maybe only singing) combines them all.

When we sing in worship, our minds are engaged with the text and what it says about us and God, our hearts are moved and express a range of emotions, our bodily strength is required, and—if we sing with “soul”—we reach down into the depths of our beings to do justice to the joy and heartbreak of human life.

To sing well—not in the sense of singing in perfect tune or like a professional, but in this sense of bringing all our heart, mind, soul, and strength to our singing—is to touch the deepest truths about the world. It is to know wisdom. And it’s also to develop the courage and character to declare that God is this good, that we are this in need of him, that we are this thankful, that we are this committed to be part of his story.

All this would almost have gone without saying in any prior era. But today, our homes and our churches are saturated with a set of human inventions and practices that we call “technology.” And I don’t think it’s any accident that we are, collectively and on the whole, singing less, and singing less well, than human beings, let alone Christians, in any prior era.

The fundamental problem with technology, as far as singing goes, is that it displaces and replaces human effort and skill. Technology is adopted because it seems to do valuable things more efficiently, quickly, and above all effortlessly than human beings can do on their own.

Few human activities have been more disrupted by technology than music. To make music at all, let alone to make it well, requires a great deal of practice, patience, and presence. But to listen to recorded music—the record of someone else’s performance—requires very little of us. I am pretty sure that more music is being played, in the sense of being transmitted through the air into human ears, right now than at any point in history. But I am quite sure there is less music being made, in the sense of being produced by skilled human beings together in a real time and place, than at any point in history.

So there may be music played on speakers and, more likely, in earbuds in most of our homes much of the time. But music is being made in our homes far less often. Just a few generations ago, before our homes were saturated with technology, it was common practice for whole families to make music together—around a piano, a guitar, a fiddle, or just on a front porch with nothing but voices, hands, and feet. To do that today would now seem quaint if not downright embarrassing to many. Yet if the members of the family have put in the time to learn to make music, rather than just spending countless hours with music on in the background, making music is one of the most gloriously rewarding things you can do together as a family.

Almost all our ancestors learned how to do this from their parents and grandparents as a matter of course—but today we learn, at far too early an age, how to simply press play.

We are also singing less in many churches, where the level of amplification and, paradoxically, the musical skill of the amplified musicians often drowns out and crowds out truly congregational song. Even in churches where the people still sing enthusiastically, I am not sure we are singing well, in ways that actually develop heart, soul, mind, and strength. The lyrics we are given are shallower and simpler, as are the tunes and the chord progressions. Melodic ranges are either compressed down to a handful of notes, or extended for emotional effect with octave jumps that only a handful of unusual voices can actually produce. And if I can judge by my travels, we are singing an ever-shrinking repertoire of ever more familiar songs that dominate the worship-music market.

What is at stake in this transition from creation to consumption, from human skill to device-based entertainment? Ultimately it is nothing less than the formation of human beings able to love with heart, soul, mind, and strength. Whenever we turn to technology to displace and replace us, we give up an activity that could have formed us, could have shaped us into someone who has new skill, insight, range, and repertoire to meet the unpredictable and challenging circumstances of life. This kind of formation is what Deuteronomy envisions—day after day, engaging God’s Word and way as we rise up and lie down, leave home and return, becoming the kind of people who have learned to love.

I don’t worry that much about introducing technology into places where it can make human life and labor safer and more efficient—into the factory or office, the hospital or the highway. But I do worry about letting it saturate the most formative environments, the places where we are actually invited—and commanded—to become fully mature persons through diligent practice. And there are simply no more crucial formative environments than the church and the home.

So wise parents, and wise pastors, will dramatically limit the ways that technology replaces shared human effort and skill, and encourage one another and the persons entrusted to our care to set down the devices, take up formative practices, and embrace the hard and beautiful work of becoming people capable of love. And there is probably no better place to start than learning, again, how to truly sing.

ANDY CROUCH is partner for theology and culture at Praxis.

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Getty Music would like to extend our deepest thanks to Likewise Worship for hosting this year’s Attendee Lounge. This is a warm, inviting space where conference attendees can have conversations and connect with their teams for fellowship and discussion, located on the concourse level of the Bridgestone Arena. Likewise Worship seeks to reduce the number of worship leaders who consider leaving ministry by serving and preserving worship leaders by providing community, care and competency.

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NRBTV

We are so grateful for the continuing support of NRBTV for helping to supply all of the conference name badges and lanyards. NRBTV equips you to live differently with programming that inspires deep thinking and provides the practical tools you need to put your faith into practice. A thoughtful and thoughtprovoking television option, our channel helps you learn, know, apply, share and live God’s truth. To learn more, please visit https://nrbtv.org where you can view content that will inspire you to a deeper faith, including many segments of the SING! Conference.

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Getty Music would like to extend our deepest thanks to our Official Missions Partner, The Voice of the Martyrs (VOM). Because of their partnership, we have been able to expand the vision and reach of the Sing! movement beyond what we would have ever dreamed possible, resulting in the equipping of thousands of churches and leaders even amid a global pandemic. Their friendship and support have energized us during this season of ministry, and we could not be more thankful.

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Crossway

Keith and Kristyn and the entire Getty Music Team are especially grateful to Crossway for their partnership in making the Sing! Conference what it is. Their dedication to Christ-centered messaging has been a great encouragement and help in our efforts to bring the Sing! Conference together. Crossway is a not-for-profit Christian ministry that exists solely for the purpose of proclaiming the gospel through publishing and other means in order, by God’s grace: to bring men, women, and children to Christ as their Lord and Savior; to help individual Christians and the church grow in knowledge and understanding of the Christian life; to bear witness to God’s truth, beauty, and holiness, and to the Lordship of Christ in every area of life; and to glorify our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in every way.

Compassion International

The entire Getty Music Team is grateful to Compassion International, both for their work with children across the world and their partnership in hosting the Ryman concert. Compassion serves over 25 different countries and over four million children. Through frontline church partners, they provide children with the opportunity to rise above their circumstances and become all God has created them to be.

Master’s University

For the fourth year in a row, Getty Music would like to express its deepest gratitude to Master’s University for helping to provide the official conference app where you can find the latest information about sessions, maps & directions, special features, and more about the Sing! Conference. Since 1927, The Master’s University has transformed young people to have an impact for Christ in the world. They have degree programs for every level of education and have been at the forefront of online Christian education. Learn more about how you can take the next steps in your educational journey at www.masters.edu.

The Voice of the Martyrs (VOM) is a nonprofit, interdenominational missions organization that serves persecuted Christians around the world. Founded in 1967 by Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand, VOM is dedicated to inspiring believers to deepen their commitment to Christ and to fulfill his Great Commission no matter the cost.

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We are so thankful for our friends at Sweetwater Sound for their incredible support of the Sing! Conference the last 6 years as our official audio/visual partner. Sweetwater is the world’s leading music technology and instrument retailer, offering highly knowledgeable sales engineers, in-house technical support, and a special emphasis on Churches and houses of worship. Learn how they can help transform your church worship space or online broadcast today at www.sweetwater.com.

This year, Sweetwater has partnered with us to provide the exciting Sweetwater Village experience where you can meet their vendors, ask questions, and experience hands-on demonstrations with products and services relevant to your church.

Praisecharts

Getty Music would like to thank PraiseCharts for helping to create and supply our conference songbook for Sing! 2023. PraiseCharts is your go-to source for praise and worship sheet music and tracks and features a large, online sheet music catalog of popular praise and worship songs offering lyrics, chords, vocal chart arrangements, orchestrations, plus multitracks and patches, all ready to download and play. Go into services feeling confident in the song resources at hand, knowing the band will sound great, and you will make the most of your limited time and budget. Explore these excellent church music resources at www.praisecharts.com.

Virginia Martin Howard Foundation

Getty Music greatly acknowledges the generosity of The Virginia Martin Howard Foundation for contributing to programming on the vital importance of equipping children, families and schools with the great hymns of the faith. The Virginia Martin Howard Foundation’s primary mission as a foundation is to support, develop, and encourage sacred music.

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