Their latest album isn’t scheduled to release until September, but Evensong Rising is already making news.
The worship band at America’s oldest church (the 275-year old Stanwich Congregational Church in Stanwich, CT) just became partners with Bread for the World, an advocacy organization active in the fight against world hunger.
Social justice is the new fad in Christian music. Every artist has some organization or movement that they’re passionate about, and soapboxes all over the industry are filled with musicians vying for fans ears as they try to share their issue du jour.
But Bread for the World is different.
They work on a broader scale by organizing and uniting Christians to rise with one voice to influence our nation’s decision makers, urging them to end hunger at home and abroad. They were also instrumental in the Jubilee campaign for debt cancellation in developing countries.
And they don’t seek out partnerships with artists, something they told Evensong Rising’s lead vocalist Chris Sorenson when he first approached them about working together.
That’s not to say they don’t ever partner with musicians. Bread for the World was a founding partner in Bono’s ONE Campaign.
Once Chris explained that the band didn’t want anything in return, and shared their hearts for humanitarian activism, a partnership began to take form.
And it’s a perfect match.
Evensong Rising’s new album releases in September. In their work on behalf of Bread for the World, Evensong Rising will be encouraging audiences to participate in Bread for the World’s annual Offering of Letters, where church members across the country write personal letters and emails to members of Congress on issues affecting hungry and poor people.
To learn more about this partnership and The Rising tour, visit www.therisingtour.net.