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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.
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SAVE THE DATE! We're excited to be participating this year in Giving Tuesday, on Tuesday, December 1st. This #GivingTuesday please join us as we work toward reaching our year-end goal of raising $30,000.
Here is what we are raising these funds for:
- To pay for the printing of more outreach CD’s. After having given away 15,000 of our Native American outreach CD’s since December of 2020, we have responded to requests for many more by stepping out in faith and printing 2,000 “We Speak Life” and 2,000 “A New Kind of Warrior” Native American CDs as outreach tools to Native Americans, and other unreached groups through Street Level Ministries, along with 1,000 "Healing in You” CDs that will be given out with food through ABCCM in Asheville, North Carolina. CDs cost us $3.70 each. Totaling: $18,500
- To fund unfunded Heart of the City Band events. We find ourselves increasingly in settings where the host church or ministry doesn't have the funds to pay us to come there. We like to be able to come anyway with no charge. Totaling: $5,000
- To pay for Concert Performance Royalties at the Music Factory. For each of our events, we have to pay performance royalties to the royalty collection agencies BMI, ASCAP and SESAC in order to legally hold live music concerts. These fees have increased to about 10% of our gross ticket sales. Totaling: $3,500
- To pay for Music Factory concerts that don’t break even. Every concert we book involves us taking an educated risk. We never know for sure what the turnout will be, but with our national artists we still have to guarantee them their honorariums, flights and hotel costs. Sometimes we lose money when bringing in an artist at the Music Factory. A financial buffer to cover some of those losses reduces stress. Totaling: $3,000
If you'd like to support us in our mission and help us meet this goal, you can donate by simply mailing a check to Heart of the City Ministries, 2665 4th Ave. Suite 5, Anoka, MN 55303. Or you can click the button below to make a one-time credit card donation or set up an automatic monthly donation. All donations are tax-deductible.
New Album Released!
We're so excited that finally, after working on it for about a year and a half, we released a new Native American outreach album in 2025 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 have been selling this CD, but we mostly give away thousands of these to Native Americans throughout the U.S. and Canada through our network of Native American friends and ministries. Since it's release, we have given away over 4,000 CDs!
You can now hear clips of the songs, order the CD or download it at the link below! We have the album on streaming platforms 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!