Integrity Music, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and
Samaritan’s Purse Team to Help Earthquake Victims With
Healing 4 Haiti Music Project to Release March 2
Christian Music Artists Unite to Raise
Money for Haiti
Relief Efforts
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Feb. 25, 2010 – More than a
dozen award-winning artists are combining their musical talents to help make
sure desperately needed relief supplies continue flowing into Haiti, where the struggle for
survival continues for hundreds of thousands of earthquake victims.
Healing 4 Haiti is a collection
of 15 songs from Christian music’s leading artists and worship leaders and
includes the anthem “Come Together Now (Music City Unites For
Haiti),” penned by Michael W. Smith, Cindy Morgan and David Mullen and
featuring a host artists. The songlist also includes tracks from Israel Houghton, DecembeRadio, Kari Jobe, The Afters, Hawk Nelson and many more plus an exclusive version
of Jared Anderson’s new song, “Carry Me.”
Healing 4 Haiti will be
released by Integrity Music at iTunes on Tuesday, March 2 with a retail release
slated for March 16. A minimum of $5.00 per copy of the album sold will be donated to Haiti
earthquake relief. The donations will be used to provide
clean water, shelter, medical care and other critical aid from Samaritan's Purse. It will also support
the work of the Billy Graham
Evangelistic Association's Rapid Response Team, which had chaplains on the
ground within 24 hours of the earthquake providing emotional and spiritual
comfort to survivors. Additionally, net proceeds from “Come Together Now
(Music City Unites for Haiti)”
will go to the Haiti
relief efforts of Samaritan’s Purse and the American Red Cross.
“Every artist and every individual who can use their talent and
ability to shed light on those in need, when it’s all added together, it makes
a huge difference,” says Franklin Graham, president of the Billy Graham
Evangelistic Association/Samaritan’s Purse. “My prayer is that God will use Healing
4 Haiti to touch the hearts of this nation to give generously to the
suffering people of Haiti.”
“What I saw while in Haiti is something we must keep in
front of the minds and hearts of Americans,” adds GRAMMY® Award-winning
artist Michael W. Smith. “The recovery efforts are going to take a long,
long time so we want to do anything we can to raise awareness and to continue
to support organizations doing good work in Haiti.”
The track list with featured artists for Healing 4 Haiti is:
Come Together Now (Music
City Unites For Haiti) Various Artists
Special Message Michael
W. Smith and Israel
Houghton
The Power Of One (Change The World) Israel
Houghton
Love Can DecembeRadio
Healer Kari
Jobe
Special Message Josh
Havens (The Afters)
Falling Into
Place The Afters
Shaken Hawk
Nelson
Special Message Lacey
Mosley (Flyleaf)
Break Your Knees
Flyleaf
Beautiful Feet Lecrae (featuring Dawntoya)
Hello Sunshine Canton Jones
Special Message Canton Jones
I Worship You (Radio
Version) Mary
Mary
Mighty To Save The Tommy Coomes Band
God Of Second Chances Carlos
Whittaker
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Everlasting God Lincoln Brewster
Carry Me (Healing 4 Haiti Exclusive) Jared
Anderson
In God We
Trust Voices
Of Hope
Special Message Michael
W. Smith
Danny McGuffey, Chief
Marketing Officer/Sr. Vice President for Integrity
Music, adds: “We are humbled to be chosen by Franklin Graham and the Billy
Graham Evangelistic Association/ Samaritan’s Purse to participate in this
amazing fund-raising project. The artists and labels involved have really
stepped up to make this a very special album and have given cheerfully to this
great cause (2 Corinthians 9:7).”
Several of the
artists have traveled to Haiti
and visited the work of Samaritan's Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic
Association. (Photos available upon request.)
Additional information for Healing 4 Haiti is available at www.healing4haiti.org.
International relief organization Samaritan’s Purse and the Billy Graham
Evangelistic Association, both headed by Franklin Graham, were on the ground in
Haiti immediately following the tragedy and have expanded their response to
more than $25 million in aid.
About The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association:
BGEA is a
nonprofit organization that reaches millions of people each year through Billy
Graham television broadcasts, Franklin Graham Festivals, Will Graham
Celebrations, "My Hope" World Television Project, Dare to Be a Daniel
youth ministry, The Billy Graham Training Center at The Cove, Decision
magazine, "Hour of Decision" and "Decision Minute" radio
programs, and the Internet.
About Samaritan’s Purse:
Samaritan's
Purse is a nonprofit organization that provides immediate, no-red-tape response
to the physical and spiritual needs of individuals in crisis situations -
especially in locations where few others are working. Samaritan's Purse
has worked in more than 100 countries to provide aid to victims of war, disease,
disaster, poverty, famine and persecution.
About Integrity Music:
Integrity Music
is a division of Integrity Media, a privately-owned media/communications
company that
produces, publishes and distributes Christian music and related materials that
are sold throughout the United
States and in over 160 other countries.
Integrity Media is committed to providing
Christ-centered products and resources to individuals, families and the Church
worldwide.
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[Miscellaneous
Talking Points]
▪ Samaritan’s Purse is providing more than $25 million in clean water, food,
shelter, survival supplies, medical care, and other critical aid
▪ In addition, Samaritan’s Purse has distributed food
to more than 353,646 people in Haiti and also provided food and other necessity items
to 81 orphanages.
▪ Since the earthquake
Samaritan’s Purse medical personnel have treated more than 4,000 people.
▪ The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association had trained
chaplains on the ground within 24 hours of the earthquake
comforting and praying with the injured and grieving.