The Altar and the Door

After two Platinum-selling albums (Casting Crowns & Lifesong), one Platinum and one Gold live project (Live from Atlanta & Lifesong Live), numerous awards, and one of the most successful headlining tours in the industry, one might expect a different Casting Crowns. Those who meet this exceptional group, however, quickly realize they are still the same down-to-earth people with ministry at the heart of what they do:  both on the road, and in their local churches, where each of the members serve on-staff or just as members (including lead singer/songwriter Mark Hall, who still holds his post as youth pastor at his home church).

Casting Crowns’ third studio album, The Altar and the Door, draws on its first-hand ministry experience with real people, real life struggles, and the faith that overcomes. “At the altar, everything makes sense,” says Hall. “When we’re in the church and spending time with God, we know what we’re supposed to do and how to live. Everything is black and white. But somewhere between the altar and the door, when we leave and go out into our lives, it all leaks out. Everything gets grey again. It’s like we have these two lives, and the Christian life is the journey between the altar and the door… trying to get the things you’ve got in your head, into your hands, into your feet, and into your life. This album is all about that journey of realization, the struggles we encounter, and the victory of seeing it as possible.”

GMA Canada Covenant Award nominee Bernie Herms co-wrote "Every Man" and "East to West".

Casting Crowns has performed for more than 2 million people, had six multi-format #1 radio singles, and received one Grammy Award and 12 Dove Awards, including 2007 "Group of the Year".

Also available in Live Edition CD & DVD (release date:  August 19, 2008) and in corresponding Printed Songbooks (Piano/Vocal/Guitar and Easy Piano formats).

Release Date: August 28, 2007

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Song List
What this World Needs
Every Man
Slow Fade [also available as an Accompaniment Track]
East to West [also available an an Accompaniment Track and as a Visual Tracks DVD Performance Track]
The Word Is Alive
The Altar and the Door
Somewhere in the Middle [also available as an Accompaniment Track]
I Know You're There
Prayer for a Friend
All Because of Jesus [also available as an Accompaniment Track]