Reform the Christian Church the five hundredth anniversary of the reformation takes place on october thirty first and its an important date to a lot of people for us the topics but its a great excuse to explore the Christian Faith in german pop music coming up today. The band really going you think it was a musical Church Service. Take a look at religious musicians and germanys christian pop scene. And we need to wrap up elephant. Music is a part of every Church Service sometimes it can really rock critic and priest as a great example the christian pop band formed at one of the socalled base Youth Services the brothers and founders of the bands you went out on and still must have been holding for ten years bought it went to one of their events in their hometown cologne. Outside cologne cathedral a youth Church Service with a difference is in full swing the organizer and headline act is kerney go into pista german for kings and priests the band members include brothers thomas and your new time in. Wasilla kids who want to music its what the church be without music. It was music in the church centuries ago with composers like bach as i knew the church was for the best of the best. So where are they now we want to be the generation to bring new creativity because god is creative. Thinkers isnt it fun celebrating god here in the city center. This is concert meets prayer and it has the blessing of the church the brothers a protestant but they also want to build bridges between denominations several thousand people come to their base events which they organize four times a year in various medication. His name stand up just i really believe that they live what they saying its great. Because they get the faith across really well at the met is not some old church thing sitting on a cold pew because a lot of them was using was a very. Dour as one important person had to miss the event to do a guest performance with a band who was florence joy is the singer of koenig and b. Star and shes also married to thomas the bands lyrics often refer to god in the familia do form a way to make him feel closer and more accessible the gold it was and for sure and then its just nice. When people who dont know about god or believe in god can still apply the songs to their own lives. And i know how much it gives me such joy to sing these songs for someone and to ultimately praise god that way sing oh and. You know and effective in. My. Own free will finalist in the talent show now theyve released two albums as clinical ones pistone the single biggest is from their current album heaven and i. Unfortunately the band are still waiting for the songs to hit the chocks. Here they are getting ready for the concert at cologne cathedral one hundred volunteers were there to help the ns brothers with the event its funded through generations alone so. How do they define a successful concert. When the cathedral starts to shake. Out of here when the cathedral shakes you know when we get emails or Facebook Messages afterwards from people saying hey you really got me thinking a lot of. Misrepresenting nothing. For sign is the kingdom the power and the glory forever and ever amen. This concert lasted about two and a half. Hours just. Sold. My. Soul to. Say. Five thousand people turned up to see them perform and the audience had no excuse not to sing along since the lyric. To display during the. Definitive today youre losing games the church should approach young people come in theyre enthusiastic fresh and full of joy the voice theres nothing more beautiful the bustle of the business. The theme of this Church Service light of hope manifested itself literally at the end of the. Turn to go into peace time pop rockers on a defined mission. Critical and priest on know how to get people interested and thats also the. Three the even jellicoe free church group has been praising god at Church Services and christian Music Festivals the john wrist called praise and worship a bit biggest success so far its got meaning what kind of got if you do has more than one point seven million hits on you tube. A day. To sort of model to so my mom. Who was missing my Balance National council by. George. Thank you so. Much. Christian pop bands make christian music that much is clear but not all religious musicians necessary sing about religion at least not in germany and this opic spot special we want to know how much when it is there in german pop music. That. Might. Have lost power and headlined this event in stuttgart to mark the five hundredth anniversary of the reformation the electro pop duo who are also a couple of stage have performed at Church Events in the past how important is christianity in their lives theres a deposit you know this is the way we grew up and how we were bringing the situation with us. So i think all songs transport a certain sort of friendly start for the music i mean its important for me to have something to hold on to something to believe in. Them i think that faith and organized religion are two different hands that shouldnt get mixed up for me its important to have faith and i live it in my everyday life as one person about was never ever. In germany religion is a private matter and not a game a should griese he works as a radio host for colognes Catholic Doma the audio station contest written a book on religion rock and pop music. Is about wins and. In germany religion is a private affair for instance if you wanted to get statements from actors or politicians or other public figures about religion you probably wouldnt get much out of them as of. Course. In other countries religion is much more part of everyday life and its also expressed in music. Are you. Michael Patrick Kelly meanwhile is very outspoken about his face the Irish American singers twenty seventeen album id shot into the german top ten he currently lives in the very end when. I i. He used to perform with the famous kelly family as a kid then one day hed had enough. In two thousand and four he withdrew from the limelight and lived as a monk in a French Ministry for six years there he drew inspiration from the bible hundred songs in latin hebrew and. He released them in twenty sixteen on a spiritual pop music album titled which is hebrew for spirit. Is a lot. People out there. Have a spiritual dimension to their music but they dont go very public about it and destroy express a chapter in my life through an art form. But whats unique about michael Patrick Kellys album is that he produced it without the support of the major label even so made it into germanys top twenty. Kelly has enjoyed success with both secular and religious pop music. The bands peavy leg is all about the Christian Faith. The musicians belong to and even jellicoe free Church Community in life. They want to praise the lord through their songs with catching up beat pop music. Heavy metal band stocking feet are another german group rocking the christian tunes for more than twenty years the band has been proving that expressions of faith and heavy metal can go together satan doesnt get a look in here. Just give jess unger hawked as a who is good to talk to his kids about their jazz bands for the bands and even heavy metal bands in the christian music scene but. The audience is relatively small though so record sales dont go into the millions of records again its a if you knew you would but there are definitely fans out there who are loyal and enthusiastic. Guy stuff. So what makes these bands so special to fans. We asked concert goers at the store scott reformation even if they all would. I think in germany theres a growing trend that more people are identifying with a certain faith and want to live that. We dont wish might have but it feels like the holy spirit is speaking through these musicians who are spreading a certain message thats really important to me as the scots irish this hour from glasgow paul two more overtly religious bands from most modern christians music just has to be positive and to. Hire. Fire. Religion plays a very small role in john mainstream music the project that side started trying to change that in two thousand and four its made up of various religious drum and pop musicians including. The and bands like you know brought together by the christian rock band leader. Result an album in the top fifty and the top ten singer with a line or youre not alone. My. Next. Big hit. Even the song to be dont be about. Not. Using. The. But. To. Save a knight who was also involved in the track the pop sensation from germany was for a long time considered a role model for religious musicians but that all changed. Savior knight two has sold six million albums and won six echo music awards he turned religion infused pop into mainstream music in germany both as a solo artist and as part of the band soon among hundreds. If not why i dont like the scots a young man that just names of his. Victims when i want to praise god i need to use the latest technology in the newest speech to make a cutting edge music. Or music market. But he also got flak for peddling conspiracy theories and writing controversial songs like to twenty seventeen track money or net and by night do anderson a man himes some said it incited violence against politicians and it sparked an uproar not to justify himself on facebook expressing support for democracy but his days as a poster boy for religious pop were over. In twenty sixteen victims protestant pop academy began offering a degree in church pop music. Teacher five is a teacher here hes a successful german music producer and a devout christian he shows students how to create music that works in a church. You know i like to speak for this kind of work in America Church that i havent yet you know way too much bass drum. When. I was judas will end up in Church Communities that value pop music in everyday culture. In general are getting older and we need new music as a vehicle to attract young people vehicle. Youre going to mention the. Students attending the course on piano accompany. Even get to sing a secular song all of by us singer john legend. To commemorate the reformation scorpions front man mind and design the cover of a reissued luther bible he chose a verse about angels as its key message. Of a man of god cloud on the story when you believe in god and i do then you often wish an angel would come along with an angel to protect you and to show you the way. To this to make. It something thats been on his mind for a while as is clear from his nine hundred ninety one smash hit send me an angel. That was this copy and if iraq about angels but its not just rock and pop music that have been influenced by religion. And shop lyrics to their faith one of them is philip. Went to meet the hip hop preacher in his hometown of sling and your stuff got. The liver putting a risk i thought of it on this. Without you or him gone but im sure i believe that so i only gave it isnt it i havent been badly years old gets like you thought the period is good these kids i got me to part by now but this isnt the usual gangsters and distracts gospel rappers like philip gave it a feed the elephant prefer to say their prayers in run business darvish win the lottery and. Then when people realize youre a christian they get all nervous because they think oh god he might want to missionize me whatever that means for others trying to be interesting because its something new some respond to the positive message and others simply hate it but the reactions really vary thats what makes the music so relevant i wish for thats what it was here for the levant. But just. For the past eight years fear the elephant has devoted himself to gospel rap his biggest success so far is come for natural a track he made with the trio couple decamping its the entrance song of european boxing champion Alexander Jimmy trenka. A visit to a church in his hometown of eslinger in in southwest germany surprisingly the gospel rapper had nothing to do with religion until he was sixteen it was only then that he found. Another beer and if it isnt about was a typical christian prayer event with bad guitar music and hymns and we were sitting there together i joined in to be polite and then something happened that i would never have expected but i started to cry ive been taught that men dont cry but i polled my eyes out and that was the most healing thing id ever experienced to see here lift up. The experience that before my anarchist to study theology and become a deacon the rap. Creature wants to spread faith hope and love to gods neighbor even village and then this line and its all a flower no man no idea cotton can fall down i did mention food he got canned blue cause theyre candies it is going to stick like. The elephant isnt the only one giving gospel music a taste of wrath he cofounded the platform a fight. That has the right say six of the gospel rap acts across germany also present material on the surface. Mention the present Distribution Platform for people who connect on a personal spiritual and musical level people who are familiar and comfortable with these things and together reach out to magazines new to Media Outlets and event organizers to promote gospel rap. Philip does more than just make music hes a trained educator and works for the Nonprofit Organization y. M. C. A. The Young Mens Christian Association as the director of a youth club in essence he sees every day the role god plays in kids lives. And. I think faith is of great significance and not necessarily the church or traditions but the questions like is there a god im i wanted to i matter i do have a purpose is there a future if these things have always occupied people. Theyre also at the heart of the elephant song and his music and social work have at least one thing in common with him theyre an expression of love for god. Sadly our public support specialist drawing to a close but the finished off we take a look at how one man remakes traditional christian music into an international smash it in one thousand nine hundred the german producer to two krikorian monk chanting and letting bible verses and combine them with electronic beats to sing a sadness thats from the music project in the which topped the charts in more than ten countries i found watching the video by for now and see you soon for more pop acts part. People for information. They want to express. On facebook and twitter today in touch. Follow us. Freedom of expression. Of ways has to be defended and. All over the world. Of Freedom Freedom of art. A multimedia project about artists and their right to express their views freely. Come to freedom. Tells us starring stories. Makes us laugh. 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