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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!

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We Speak Life Project

We're excited about the songs with the beauty and power of the Native American-style music on this CD! But what really makes this project extra special and unique, is that we've included the testimonies of six Native Americans - 3 women and 3 men - from different generations, different tribes and different locations, sharing how their lives were changed when they surrendered their lives to Jesus!  

This project presents the hope, healing and power of the Gospel in a unique way that has great potential to transform many more lives like those of these six Jesus followers on this project. The Reservations are filled with spiritual strongholds of poverty, pain, abuse and addiction with roots that are complex, historical and so difficult to uproot. 

But as heard in these six stories, Jesus can truly tear up these roots of death and bring new life and hope through the Gospel! 

The Impact has Been Great!

Since its release in December 2020 we have given away over 7,900 of our new We Speak Life CDs! The majority of these have gone out to Native Americans in many locations.

Click here to read some of the personal testimonies of those who've received the CDs!

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