Elias Dummer

Elias Dummer writes worship songs that wrestle—songs that rise and resolve, breaking open with cinematic tension and release. They live in the space between the soaring and the still, between certainty and searching.

First known as the voice of The City Harmonic, the Juno-winning songwriter has built a solo career that stands on its own. With over 100 million streams, his music doesn’t just hit—it endures. Enough held its ground on the airplay charts for six months, while The Gospel Is Rest continues to quietly gather millions of listens—a testament to the kind of song that lingers long after it’s played.

But Dummer isn’t just a songwriter; he’s a question-asker, pulling at the threads of worship and industry. As co-founder of Worship Leader Research, he has been unflinchingly honest about the uneasy tension between faith and commerce, tackling the kinds of questions that land you in Christianity Today and The Washington Post. Yet it’s in his music that the weight of it all comes through—the reverence, the restlessness, the deep and steady ache of a faith still unfolding.

His latest release, Holy (Wedding Day), is a study in contrast—an indie-folk duet with Abby Siler that pairs haunting intimacy with sweeping, layered vocals. As he reimagines the song he loves, Dummer isn’t just revisiting the past but looking toward what’s next as his most introspective album yet takes shape.