Higher Vision

Before Higher Vision church recorded its worship album For Your Kingdom — before the southern California congregation’s heart-touching songs became what they are today — one all-important question was asked.

“What is the sound of our team, our family, our church?”

One answer is how the album comes to life. An excited crowd begins to cheer with anticipation. Then instrumental snippet “Continuum” launches into standout track “Higher,” and it bursts through the speakers. Bass. Guitar. Electronica keyboards. Pulsating drums duel with a saxophone.

Given those opening elements one might assume Higher Vision is packed with a lot of young, adrenalized God followers. And it is. But the 12-year-old Los Angeles congregation is actually quite diverse, with many races and cultures and ages among the 2,000 to 3,000 folks who come through its doors every week.

And that diversity takes center stage in the song selection on For Your Kingdom.

With For Your Kingdom’s vibrant music, inspired songs and exultant vocals — and not just those leading the congregation on microphones, but the sound of everyone who filled the room with their voices when tape was rolling — it’s more than primed to impact the lives of listeners far beyond Higher Vision church.