Bethel Music Shares Heart-Rendering Story Behind their New Song "Raise a Hallelujah"

By Timothy Yap Feb 18, 2019 06:32 PM EST

Bethel Music shares the story behind their new song "Raise a Hallelujah" via a video. "Raise" is a song from their new record VICTORY.

The video tells of the battle for the now three year-old Jaxon, the son of Bethel Music CEO Joel Taylor, the global church community rose up like a mighty army and joined in prayer and worship all over the world. Within the first 24 hours, the video received 51K views and 214 comments on Instagram alone. The miraculous account is a pillar of Bethel Music's latest VICTORY album, and specifically inspired "Raise A Hallelujah," it's flagship song that was written from a spontaneous prayer in the darkest hour of Jaxon's sickness.

"Raise A Hallelujah" and other VICTORY hymns are a part of the current set list for Bethel Music's "VICTORY Tour." The 31 date stretch finds the collective touring together for the first time in over a year, and continues to sell-out in markets like Miami, Birmingham, Houston, Dallas and more.

Click here to experience Bethel Music's VICTORY. "VICTORY Tour" tickets are available at bethelmusic.com/victory-tour.

"VICTORY Tour" Routing:
* all dates subject to change
Kansas City, MO - Feb. 18
Vancouver, B.C. - Apr. 12
Spokane, WA - Apr. 14
Seattle, WA - Apr. 15
Portland, OR - Apr. 16
San Francisco, CA - Apr. 23
Vacaville, CA - Apr. 24
Los Angeles, CA - Apr. 25
San Diego, CA - Apr. 26
Phoeniz, AZ - Apr. 27
Albuquerque, NM - Apr. 29
Denver, CO - Apr. 30
Minneapolis, MN - Oct. 6
Chicago, IL - Oct. 7
Detroit, MI - Oct. 8
Nashville, TN - Oct. 10
Columbus, OH - Oct. 11
Brooklyn, NY - Oct. 12
Boston, MA - Oct. 13
Baltimore, MD - Oct. 15
Charlotte, NC - Oct. 16

About Bethel Music:
Bethel Music is a worship ministry that formed as an organic extension of Bethel Church in Redding, CA. In less than 10 years, Bethel Music has grown from being a local church music ministry to becoming a global outreach featuring a cadre of songwriters and worship leaders, with both online and on-campus worship schools. The Bethel Music Artist Collective includes Brian and Jenn Johnson, Amanda Lindsey Cook, Jonathan David and Melissa Helser, Hunter GK Thompson, Paul and Hannah McClure, Kalley Heiligenthal, Josh Baldwin, Cory Asbury, Kristene DiMarco, Sean Feucht, Emmy Rose, Bethany Wohrle and Brandon Lake. Together these artists have seven acclaimed albums that all went to the top of Billboard's Top Christian Albums chart, in addition to a GRAMMY® nomination, seven GMA Dove Awards and a GMA Covenant Award. Bethel Music's multi-artist double-disc live recording Have It All (2016) hit No. 1 on the overall iTunes Albums chart and No. 6 on Billboard's Top Albums chart, becoming Bethel Music's highest retail debut on the charts ever proceeded by Starlight, Bethel Music's first full-length album recorded live on tour, and among their latest to top the chart. Victory, their awaited latest, is available now.

The heart of Bethel Music is to be a steward of the worship being created and released at Bethel Church, making it a resource available to the world. In addition to thousands of people that attend Bethel's weekly worship services, another 350,000 plus people subscribe to the online stream of the services at www.bethel.tv. WorshipU, Bethel Music's online school of worship, features ongoing training programs underneath seasoned instructors, with tracks including worship leader, songwriter, sound engineer, team essentials, producing a song and worship fundamentals, available at www.worshipu.com. More about Bethel Music can be found at www.bethelmusic.com.

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