Ask Mark Hall, frontman and songwriter for the highly popular Christian band Casting Crowns, about his music, and chances are you won't get the kind of elaborate answers or insights about the subject ...

Casting Crowns is a Grammy-winning contemporary Christian band formed in 1999 by youth pastor Mark Hall. Known for their heartfelt lyrics and worship-driven sound, the group quickly became one of the ...

The first Sunday in May, Matt Rothacher stood on the crushed cement where his church used to be, holding a smashed guitar he had pulled from the rubble. The Valley Church's lead pastor looked out on ...

Oct. 26—ALBANY — Even though his band, Casting Crowns, is recognized as one of — if not the — most pre-eminent acts in Contemporary Christian Music, having collected multiple Grammy, Dove, and ...

WYOMING -- Mark Hall believes youth ministry is for families, not just teenagers. "We're just as involved with adults as well as kids," Hall said of his role as youth pastor at Eagles Landing Baptist ...

In the years since the contemporary Christian music boom of the mid-’90s, it has become commonplace for openly religious artists to flourish in numerous genres, from indie-rock (Sufjan Stevens) to ...

“There’s no goofy lyrics or funny Casting Crowns song,” said Brian Scoggin, Casting Crowns’ drummer. “There’s no fluff in Casting Crowns at all. It’s the meaning of the songs, which is why people love ...

The Christian faith is new and uncertain territory for Marisa Ramirez, she said. That's why the 15 year old from Matador and a handful of teenage friends from the Faith Fellowship church she recently ...