Covenant Worship

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Covenant Worship
Origin Dallas, Texas
Genres Worship, CCM
Years active2009 (2009)–present
Labels Integrity
MembersNikki Chenoweth-Moltz
Holly McWilliams
Josh Barnett
Mary Barnett
Javi Hernandez
Monique Vasquez
Past membersDavid Binion
Nicole Binion
Gracie Binion
Joshua Dufrene
Colin Edge
Joel Carpenter
Nathan Walker
Website covenantchurch.org

Covenant Worship is an American Christian music worship band from Dallas. The group formed at Covenant Church, an interdenominational congregation, while the church was established by pastors Mike and Kathy Hayes in 1976. The group released, Heaven on Earth in 2009 and Never Going Back in 2010 independently. They have released 4 live albums, Standing in 2012, Kingdom in 2014, Take Heart in 2016 and Sand and Stars in 2017. In May 2017, after the release of Sand and Stars, worship pastors David and Nicole Binion (with daughter Madison "Gracie" Binion or MDSN) felt God was telling them that their time with Covenant Church was coming to an end. [1] Since then Covenant Worship has released 2 live albums, 1 studio albums(with Covenant Church youth worship group Cov Kid), and 1 instrumental album. [2]

Contents

Background

Covenant Worship is from Dallas, where they began in 2009 [3] [4] with four members, David Binion, Nicole Binion, Joshua Dufrene, and Colin Edge, while they were members of Covenant Church, an interdenominational congregation, founded by pastors Mike and Kathy Hayes, in 1976. [3] [4] [5]

Music history

The band started as a musical entity in 2009, with their first independently-made album, Heaven on Earth and it was released on October 27, 2009, from Covenant Worship. [6] The album was their breakthrough release on the Billboard chart, where it peaked at No. 29 on the Gospel Albums chart. [7] Their next album, a studio album, Standing, [8] was released on August 7, 2012, by Integrity Music. [9] The album charted on three Billboard magazine charts, reaching No. 138 on The Billboard 200, No. 2 on Christian Albums, and No. 19 on the Independent Albums chart. [10] They released, Kingdom , on July 1, 2014, with Integrity Media. [11] That album was No. 113 on The Billboard 200, [12] and No. 2 on the Christian Albums chart. [13] They released, Take Heart, on February 26, 2016, with Integrity Music. [14]

Members

Current members [5]

Former Members

Discography

Live albums
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US US
CHR
Standing138 [10] 2 [10]
Kingdom
  • Released: July 1, 2014
  • Label: Integrity
  • CD, digital download
113 [12] 2 [13]
Take Heart
  • Released: February 26, 2016
  • Label: Integrity
  • CD, digital download
–9
Sand and Stars
  • Released: April 14, 2017
  • Label: Integrity
  • CD, digital download
88 [25] -

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