As we enter into 2026, we are ASTOUNDED by how the Lord provided through all the generous donors who gave to our year-end giving drive for Heart of the City Ministries. Thanks to YOU, we raised just over $26,000 out of our $30,000 year-end goal! Praise God! This will be a big help to meeting our budgetary expenses in 2026.
Here is we will be doing with these funds:
-To pay for the printing of 2,000 more We Speak Life and 3,000 more A New Kind of Warrior Native American outreach CD's at $3.40 each (because of demand, we have already stepped out and paid for these CD's). We believe these projects, with their unique Native American style music and powerful testimonies, are some of the most impactful efforts we've ever made in our 30 years of ministry and we want to see them spread to as many Native Americans as we can. Totaling: $17,000
-To fund unfunded Heart of the City Band events. We find ourselves increasingly in settings where the host church or ministry just doesn't have the funds to pay us to come there. We like to be able to come anyway with no charge. Totaling: $3,000
-To pay for video production costs. We see that videos on social media are increasingly important ways to share a message and music and ministry. We want to do more of that as an arm of Heart of the City. Totaling: $10,000
If you would like to still help us with the remaining $6,000, you can donate by mailing a check to Heart of the City Ministries, 2665 4th Ave. Suite 211, Anoka, MN 55303 . Or click the button below to make a one-time credit card donation or set-up an automatic monthly donation.
Thank you and God bless!
About
MUSIC WITH A MISSION
USING MUSIC AS A TOOL TO UNITE
Heart of the City, since 1996, has been bringing a message, model and experience of multi-ethnic worship and Biblical unity to thousands of people through the live performances and many recordings of the multi-ethnic, multi-denominational and multi-generational Heart of the City Worship Band.
In a time when divisions are increasing and becoming more entrenched, the need is great in both large and small ways to build bridges in the name of Jesus. Their Mission is “To bring a message, model and experience of multi-ethnic worship and Biblical unity to Christians, and the Gospel to those who are not Christians yet.”
Through the 11 different ethnicities represented in the Heart of the City Worship Band, along with the generational and denominational diversity amongst them, they seek to model that unity in their music, incorporating styles such as Native American, East Indian, Gospel, Urban Contemporary, Reggae, Salsa, Bossa Nova and others.
Now, since 2018, they are continuing this mission through hosting stylistically and ethnically diverse concerts at the Heart of the City Music Factory in Anoka, Minnesota.
latest news
New Album Released!
We're so excited that finally, after working on it for about a year and a half, we have a new Native American outreach album just released entitled “A New Kind of Warrior”! This project features 14 new original songs and one classic ("We Are One in the Spirit") as well as the stories of 7 Native Americans and how they came to be followers of Jesus. The full band songs are exciting and intense, the instrumental songs featuring Native American flute are beautiful and moving, and these 7 stories are very honest and powerful! Like our "We Speak Life" CD, we will be selling this CD, but we mostly plan to give away thousands of these to Native Americans throughout the U.S. and Canada through our network of Native American friends and ministries.
You can now hear clips of the songs, order the CD or download it at the link below! We will have the album on streaming platforms within about a month too. To watch the 7 Native Americans' stories on YouTube click here or the link below.
Click here to read some of the personal testimonies of those who've received the CDs!