Paul Baloche

One of today's most influential worship leaders, songwriters and artists, PAUL BALOCHE presents his first Christmas project, CHRISTMAS WORSHIP, 10-29 from INTEGRITY MUSIC. The goal of this three-time DOVE AWARD-winning artist and local worship pastor was to create a CHRISTMAS album that would minister to and resource the church. The project contains new songs of celebration along with unique arrangements of much-loved traditional CHRISTMAS carols seamlessly blended with modern worship choruses.

Drawing from his own personal experience as a local pastor working to help his congregation worship during what may be the busiest time of the year, BALOCHE says, "We all love the content of CHRISTMAS carols, but often they don't facilitate a vertical expression of worship towards the LORD. So the idea of this album was to take classic CHRISTMAS carols that we all enjoy singing and combine them with modern worship choruses to encourage worship all throughout the CHRISTMAS season."

Produced by BALOCHE, MICHAEL ROSSBACK and BEN GOWELL, CHRISTMAS WORSHIP features special guest vocals by AARON SHUST on "Follow That Star," ALL SONS & DAUGHTERS on "King of Heaven," KATHRYN SCOTT on "This Is Love," ONAJE JEFFERSON on "Offering" and JENNIFER HOLM on "Prepare Him Room." The album also features additional vocals by RITA BALOCHE, who also wrote "Prepare Him Room" and "Follow That Star" for the album.

In addition to his wife, PAUL was joined in the songwriting process for Christmas Worship by such acclaimed writers as JASON INGRAM, LINCOLN BREWSTER, GRAHAM KENDRICK, GLENN PACKIAM and KATHRYN SCOTT. These "contemporary" songwriters crafted new choruses to seamlessly blend with the great classic Christmas hymnody from writers like CHARLES WESLEY, ISAAC WATTS, GEORGE FREDERICK HANDEL and JOHN FRANCIS WADE.

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