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sixstepsrecords’ eighth Passion project, Passion: How Great Is Our God, released April 12 to wide critical acclaim and became the No. 1 best seller in its first week at out on the SoundScan Christian Retail sales chart. The album also landed at No. 74 on the Billboard Top 200 sales chart.

Following seven lauded Passion recordings that have sold well-over one million units, Passion: How Great Is Our God features brand new music recorded live from the main stage at the Passion 05 gathering held Jan. 2-5 in Nashville, TN. The recording captures the heart of Passion 05 and its 11,000-plus attendees with 13 live tracks, including songs by David Crowder Band, Matt Redman, Charlie Hall and Chris Tomlin, among others. The album also features Chris Tomlin’s No. 1 radio hit, “Indescribable,” along with five brand new Passion offerings.

Here is how the critics are responding:

“A ‘must have’ for those who… want to vicariously encounter the live worship experience of a Passion conference. When it comes to modern worship, the Passion movement continues to resonate with college-aged youth across the nation…The album captures the essence of a memorable four-day gathering in Nashville earlier this year, offering a good balance of old and new selections…From the onset, it’s easy to imagine yourself as one of the 11,000-plus attendees heartily praising God. Throughout the disc, the engineers capably reflect the event’s intensity without sacrificing production standards.” – CCM Magazine (June review)

“This is easily the loudest, most rocking disc in the series so far. It’s a great combination of new (‘Indescribable’), recent (‘Majesty’), and timeless (‘It Is Well’) worship classics. In a landscape where a lot of ‘worship’ music has become formulaic, humdrum, and unbearably derivative, it’s inspiring to hear the Passion gang going at it as passionately today as when they first got started almost ten years ago.” – Christian Music Today

“There is just nothing like hearing 11,000 college students shouting praises like ‘No One Like You’ or ‘It Is Well’ at the tops of their lungs. This album just adds to the stack of evidence that there is just nothing like a Passion worship experience. This is a must have modern worship album.” – RadiantRock.com

In addition to the CD, for a limited time, Passion: How Great Is Our God will also be available in a special 2-disc set that contains a Bonus DVD with footage from Passion 05 and 4 full-length song videos, including Chris Tomlin’s “Holy Is The Lord,” a song not found on the companion CD. The Bonus DVD also has the “Reaching” mini-movie, chronicling Passion’s journey to Boston and New York City, and Louie Giglio’s Tuesday night talk, “Waking Up To The Whole Gospel.”

Passion 05, the four-day event, which brought together more than 11,000 college-age students representing every state, 1,100 campuses and eight foreign countries, challenged this generation to live for the glory of God on their campuses and throughout the world. As students continue to unpack what they learned at Passion 05, registration for Passion 06 opened March 1 with a massive response. Five hundred students registered online in just 38 minutes. More details about Passion 06 are forthcoming. To register for the gathering, visit www.268generation.com.

The unique purpose of Passion is to gather college students from campuses and churches across the nation, uniting them across ministry and denominational lines to seek the face of God together in worship and prayer.
Affirming and valuing the work of local churches and campus ministries, Passion seeks to foster unity and connectivity among them, encouraging them to draw strength and encouragement from each other, resulting in a louder anthem of God’s renown.

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