Hillsong United: Across the Earth - Tear Down The Walls 2009 / Hillsong United

There's a generation across the earth who are being awakened to real love and who are starting to walk in it. Rising up with hearts as one; our value nailed to a cross that we would find value in the broken and the hurting and the lost. Hillsong United seeks to give voice to this generation. Birthed and anchored in the youth movement of Hillsong church, UNITED is about seeing a generation encounter God in a way that changes us from the inside out; so that together we can change our world.

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With songwriters as well as worship leaders: Joel Houston, Jad Gillies & JD at the forefront. “We’re just getting started,” says Joel. “There are a lot of people who need to know Jesus. If our worship is just great youth meetings, nice songs, lots of jumping around and a few CDs, then we’re missing it. Our vertical expression must have a horizontal effect. So, we’ll continue to worship, praise and honor God with heart, soul, mind and strength the best we know how, but the fruit of that must be a generation who are totally committed to reaching the lost and helping those who need help, locally and globally.”

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Track	Title (Click title to listen)
1	Freedom Is Here
2	No Reason To Hide
3	More Than Anything
4	King Of All Days
5	Desert Song
6	Oh You Bring
7	Tear Down The Walls
8	Soon
9	You Hold Me Now
10	Arms Open Wide
11	Your Name High
12	Yours Forever

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WHO IS HILLSONG MUSIC AUSTRALIA?
For 15 years, Hillsong Music Australia (HMA) has been producing and distributing this music and resources that today reach people in some 90 countries.

From Hillsong Church's Live, United and Kids praise and worship albums, to leadership teaching and training designed to equip church leaders and individual Christians, HMA is all about resourcing the Church world-wide.

OUR PURPOSE
Hillsong Music is a vital part of what God has entrusted to Hillsong Church to do both in Australia and internationally with its primary function being resourcing and equipping the Church around the world. Senior Pastor Brian Houston says of the success of the music "All we've ever done is just have church. This is what God has anointed us to do. It's about reaching and influencing people. The worship is what it is because of the spirit of the church. The songs reflect the heart of the church."

The worship team at Hillsong Church is led by Pastor Darlene Zschech, writer of Shout To The Lord which is said to be sung in more than 30 million churches worldwide every weekend. Darlene works with a dedicated team of singers and musicians, as well as a highly trained production team who, week in and week out, give of their time and energy to lead their church into an atmosphere of worship. It is this dedication that is reflected on the albums. God is continually raising up new songwriters within the team with the result that new songs are being taught to the church almost every weekend.

Through our music and resource, our goal is to:

* Enable people to enter into new dimension and atmosphere of praise and worship to the Lord
* To empower people, ministries and churches through relevant, bible-based teaching, leadership and praise and worship.
* To share some of what God is doing here at Hillsong with other Christians around the world, as well as people outside of the Church.

OUR HISTORY
Hillsong Music Australia is the resource arm of Hillsong Church, a rapidly growing Church in Sydney, Australia pastored by Brian and Bobbie Houston. Hillsong Church (formerly the Hills Christian Life Centre) had its first service on 14 August 1983 with a congregation of 45 people meeting in a high school hall.

From its humble beginnings as a single desk operation, HMA has grown to the dynamic music label it is today.

"Hillsongs" as it was originally called recorded its first album in 1988. 'Spirit And Truth' was a studio recording featuring eleven songs. The sphere of influence of this album was the church and a few friends of the church. From there, came 'Show Your Glory' in 1990. Also a studio recording, this was the first album to be marketed and distributed outside Australia, edging its way into the European market.

'Hillsongs' operated from a one room office based from the church for some years but as it began to grow, the marketing and distribution of the resources was taken on by Christian Marketing Australasia.

In time, the music began to become more established and the annual Hillsong Conference rapidly grew. As the popularity of the music spread throughout Australia and beyond, various distribution companies around the world began to seek after the distribution rights to the music in their territories. Today, Hillsong Music is distributed in close to 90 countries and territories worldwide. The music has also been translated into a number of languages the world over.

In July 1997, Hillsong Music Australia took over the Australian marketing and distribution responsibilities. HMA now distributes directly to all Christian retail stores nationally.

In January 1999, Hillsong resources were released into the mainstream Australian market by Warner Music Australia. Then in July 2003, an agreement was entered into with Sony Music Australia to distribute the Hillsong Live albums into this growing market sector.

Every week letters and emails are received telling of the impact Hillsong Music resource is having in people's lives. From every corner of the earth the music coming out of this 'local church from Down Under' is impacting people in ways that only God can be glorified for. What a privilege to work in partnership with Him.

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Reviewed by Iain on 18 September 2009

Now I'll be the first person to admit that I'm not one of those people who goes out buys every album Hillsong produces, so when United released a new album I was a little skeptical. How wrong I was. This is a fantastic live album from United, full of passion and zeal - a CD that you won't want to stop playing. The songs have a lyrical integrity about them, and while there are a couple of songs that have appeared on previous Hillsong releases (namely 2 songs from the "This Is Our God" album released in 2008), United do them justice and don't wreck these songs that we are already familiar with (and know well). This CD is well worth purchasing.

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