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    Rend Collective Releases Two New Songs
    (Sunday, October 06, 2024)
    Rend Collective Announces Fall 2023 Tour
    (Wednesday, August 16, 2023)
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    (Thursday, December 29, 2022)
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    (Friday, July 29, 2022)
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    (Friday, July 15, 2022)
    Rend Collective's Lead Singer Chris Llewellyn Announces Birth of Twins
    (Friday, July 15, 2022)
    MercyMe Announces 2022 Spring Tour
    (Wednesday, December 01, 2021)
    Rend Collective Announces 2020 Revival Anthem Tour
    (Saturday, November 16, 2019)
    Rend Collective Announces Forthcoming Children's Album
    (Monday, August 05, 2019)
    New Rend Collective Single 'Your Name Is Power' Out Today
    (Friday, June 28, 2019)
    Newsboys United to Headline Winter Jam 2019
    (Monday, October 08, 2018)
    'Counting Every Blessing' Sets New Career Precedent for Rend Collective
    (Thursday, October 04, 2018)
    Rend Collective Releases 'Good News: Deluxe Edition' Featuring Six New Live Tracks Available Now
    (Friday, August 24, 2018)
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    (Tuesday, April 03, 2018)
    Rend Collective's New Single 'Counting Every Blessing' Heads for Radio
    (Tuesday, March 20, 2018)
    Former Elevation Worship Leader Mack Brock Releases Debut Single 'Greater Things'
    (Friday, February 23, 2018)
    Integrity Music Announces 'The Cross Was Meant For Me: Worship Songs Of Easter'
    (Thursday, February 08, 2018)
    Rend Collective Drops 'Good News'
    (Saturday, January 20, 2018)
    Rock & Worship Roadshow Tour to Live Stream Dallas Show
    (Friday, March 24, 2017)
    NewReleaseToday Offers Exclusive 40 Song Sampler with Rock & Worship Roadshow Tour VIP Ticket
    (Wednesday, February 22, 2017)
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    (Thursday, February 16, 2017)
    Zach Williams' 'Chain Breaker' Music Video Explodes; Single Stays No. 1 For 3rd Week
    (Wednesday, October 26, 2016)
    Compassion International Announces 2017 Rock & Worship Roadshow Lineup
    (Monday, October 17, 2016)
    HOUSEFIRES III Releases Aug. 12 On The Fuel Music
    (Friday, June 24, 2016)
    K-LOVE Fan Awards Nominees Announced
    (Tuesday, May 10, 2016)
    Urban Rescue To Unveil Wild Heart, First Full Album With Rend Family Records, May 6
    (Monday, April 04, 2016)
    Rend Collective Prepares To Kick Off As Family We Go Headlining Tour, Featuring Special Guest Urban
    (Monday, February 22, 2016)
    Rend Collective Launches Rend Family Records In Partnership With Capitol Christian Music Group
    (Friday, October 23, 2015)
    Rend Collective's Campfire Christmas: Volume 1 Available October 23
    (Tuesday, September 29, 2015)
    For King & Country Song Charts In Top 50 Mainstream Pop Radio
    (Friday, September 25, 2015)
    Adam Cappa Gets Married
    (Tuesday, September 15, 2015)
    TobyMac Receives Rich Mullins Impact Award
    (Saturday, September 12, 2015)
    Rend Collective's As Family We Go Makes Highest Chart Debut For A Christian Album In The U.K.
    (Tuesday, September 01, 2015)
    Rend Collective Hits iTunes Top Ten In Seven Countries
    (Thursday, August 27, 2015)
    Carmen Of 1 Girl Nation Gets Married ; Sidewalk Prophets' Dave Sings At Reception
    (Tuesday, August 18, 2015)
    Francesca Battistelli Expecting Third Child
    (Friday, August 14, 2015)
    Jeremy And Adie Camp's Kids Write A Christmas Song
    (Thursday, July 30, 2015)
    Rend Collective Readies Release Of As Family We Go August 21st
    (Friday, July 10, 2015)
    Holly Starr Gets Engaged
    (Thursday, July 02, 2015)
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    (Friday, June 19, 2015)
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    (Thursday, June 11, 2015)
    Tenth Avenue North Records Guest Vocals for Rend Collective
    (Wednesday, April 29, 2015)
    TobyMac Reveals Details of Upcoming Album
    (Wednesday, April 29, 2015)
    Stephen Christian of Anberlin Contributes to Upcoming We As Human Album
    (Thursday, April 23, 2015)
    Chris August Releases Lyric Video for "Drop Your Stone"
    (Tuesday, April 21, 2015)
    Jimmy Needham Release Behind the Scenes Videos for Upcoming Album
    (Wednesday, March 18, 2015)
    Dara Maclean Releases Video for "Blameless"
    (Monday, March 16, 2015)
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    (Thursday, March 05, 2015)
    Ellie Holcomb Expecting Second Child
    (Friday, February 27, 2015)
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    (Thursday, February 26, 2015)
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    (Thursday, February 05, 2015)
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    (Monday, February 02, 2015)
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    (Friday, January 30, 2015)
    NEEDTOBREATHE Releases Single Featuring Gavin DeGraw
    (Wednesday, January 28, 2015)
    Red, Disciple, Children 18:3 Go Early Morning Carolling
    (Tuesday, December 16, 2014)
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    (Wednesday, December 10, 2014)
    Artists Like Rend Collective, Shine Bright Baby and Shaun Groves Gift Surprise Christmas Music
    (Tuesday, November 18, 2014)
    Rend Collective to Release Surprise Christmas Album
    (Wednesday, November 12, 2014)
    ​Chris Tomlin Announces Love Ran Red Tour
    (Saturday, September 27, 2014)
    Rend Collective Headlining 37-City Tour
    (Friday, August 22, 2014)
    Rend Collective Smashes Previous Sales Record As Worship Album Tops iTunes
    (Thursday, March 27, 2014)
    Rend Collective Experiment's New Album, "The Art Of Celebration," Set To Release March 17th
    (Tuesday, February 04, 2014)
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    (Monday, November 04, 2013)
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    Hailing from a small town off the coast of Northern Ireland, Rend Collective (Gareth Gilkeson, Chris Llewellyn, Ali Gilkeson, Patrick Thompson and Stephen Mitchell) wants to be known as a celebration band. The group’s authentic and energetic style of worship has attracted an international audience, with songs like Build Your Kingdom Here, My Lighthouse, and Counting Every Blessing. Their most recent albums have hit the highest non-Christian charting any worship album has ever achieved in the U.K.

    In 2018 Rend Collective sold out their hometown show at the SSE Arena in Belfast making it the largest attended Christian concert in the country. With good reason too, Rend Collective continually draw in fans across the world with their electric performances and a good dose of Northern Irish charm. From playing sold out gigs in Canada, mainland Europe, Scandinavia, Brazil, Hong Kong and the U.S. , to the fact that “Boldly I Approach” has become the most popular hymn in the German church: the band are undeniably a global force.

    Despite all this, the band seem to be doing it differently than most other artists before them, living and working—singing and sharing the laundry duties—as a tight-knit family, even touring with their young children most of the time. The word “Collective” is not just in their name, but in their foundations forming the heart and strength of their ministry.

    "Rend Collective came together as a few friends started to pray and seek God. We wanted an authentic outworking of our faith and felt that we would just step out into the unknown and see what happened," Gareth shares. "Before we knew it, people just started gathering around us and we had more than 100 people involved, musicians and artists, bank workers and teachers, and together we tried to figure out our faith."

    Concerning the band itself Gareth comments, "We are a collective of people like a family and not just a band. We want our music to be what we call Organic worship, an honest and natural connection with God, something which is authentic and not artificial. We want to create an environment for people to have genuine encounters with Him and to find themselves singing to Him in ways that they find real"

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    I <3 Rend Collective | Posted February 04, 2015
    Rend Collective has lots of great inspiring music. One of my personal favorites is "My Lighthouse". With a fun beat and inspiring words it's bound to have you dancing and singing to it!

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    LOVE this band! | Posted March 27, 2014
    Last year I spent 3 months training with YWAM about an hour outside of Belfast, and this band reminds me so much of the culture and sound of the Irish music. We would go and hang out with loads of people who all brought instruments and sing with them and clap our hands and enjoy their company, and this is what sound came out of it. I really really enjoy this band because of that AND especially because they take that sound and make it into amazing worship music to our KING! (Rend Collective:) Thank you so much for taking so much joy and putting into a celebration of song with every song!!

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    Way to go! | Posted March 25, 2014
    Thanks for bringing more folks to worship!

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    Beautiful!!! | Posted March 21, 2014
    I hadn't heard about Rend Collective until I downloaded their free mp3 "Create in Me" here on Wednesday and I must say they are amazing. I can't stop listening to them.

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    Wonderful! | Posted May 21, 2013
    I have thoroughly enjoyed the music I have heard from Rend Collective. Watching their videos, I have also gained a lot of respect for their values. Their way of working for worship in community is inspiring.

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    Growing Up | Posted June 30, 2012
    This sophomore effort by Rend is solid. They are using more of a Mumford and Sons stylistic approach that works for them. Praise Like Fireworks is fun and upbeat while You are My Vision and Build Your Kingdom Here showcase their abilities. I would love to see their 3rd album continue with this approach and totally move them into mainstream Christian music with the big boys.

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