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
We're returning to Rosebud and Pine Ridge Reservations June 12th-June 17th!
We plan to go out with a small team of our vocalists from June 12th to the 17th. While out there, we will perform a concert at the Rosebud House of Prayer in partnership with Legacy Fishing Retreats from here in the Twin Cities. We will also perform three one-hour concerts at both the Rosebud and Pine Ridge jails and another concert at the Pine Ridge Community Center in partnership with Overcoming Abuse God's Way ministries, based out of Memphis, Tennessee.
Our main expenses for this trip involve:
1. Renting a 15 passenger van for us, our portable sound system, luggage and instruments
2. Gas
3. Meals
4. Hotels
5. Paying our singers a small honorarium to help towards missing work time
Last year, our expenses came to about $5,800. This year, with gas prices up significantly and one extra hotel night, we see our expenses looking closer to being $6,300.
If you would like to help fund this trip, you can mail a check to Heart of the City Ministries, 2665 4th Avenue, Anoka, MN 55303. Or scan the QR Code below. Or click the button below to make an online credit card donation. And please let us know that this is where you would like your donation to go.
All your donations are tax-deductible.
God bless and THANK YOU!
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!