The 2nd Chapter of Acts was a Jesus music and early contemporary Christian music group composed of sisters Annie Herring and Nelly Greisen and brother Matthew Ward. They began performing in 1972 and enjoyed their period of greatest success during the 1970s. The group disbanded in 1988.
Love Broke Thru is the title of the second solo album by Phil Keaggy released in 1977,on New Song Productions.
Emerging is the title of the only album by the Phil Keaggy Band,released in 1977 on NewSong Records. The album's release was delayed due to a shift in record pressing plant priorities following the death of Elvis Presley. The album was re-released on CD in 2000 as ReEmerging with one original track omitted and four newly recorded songs by the band members.
Ph'lip Side is an album by guitarist Phil Keaggy,released in 1980 on Sparrow Records. To date,it is the only Phil Keaggy release to feature a double-sided cover image,in order to visually convey the "acoustic" and "electric" sides of the album. Corresponding song tracks are listed alongside each image.
The Roar of Love is a 1980 concept album and fourth studio album by Christian band 2nd Chapter of Acts,that recounts the story of The Lion,the Witch and the Wardrobe,the first published book in The Chronicles of Narnia,a series by C. S. Lewis. According to band member Matthew Ward,all the vocals were cut in a bedroom of the house the trio lived in at the time. They converted their garage into a mixing room,knocked a hole in the bedroom wall and ran a microphone cord into it. The songs have a heavy use of synthesizers. It was reissued on the Live Oak label.
Together Live is a live album featuring 2nd Chapter of Acts and Michael and Stormie Omartian,released in 1983. It was recorded at The Church on the Way in Van Nuys,California. As with all 2nd Chapter of Acts recordings,it was produced and engineered by Buck Herring. This is the only 2nd Chapter of Acts album that has not been released on CD.
Singer Sower is the studio album by 2nd Chapter of Acts,released in 1983. It was recorded at Easter Song Studio in Garden Valley,Texas. As with all 2nd Chapter of Acts recordings,it was engineered and produced by Buck Herring.
With Footnotes is the debut album by the Christian group 2nd Chapter of Acts,released in 1974. It contains one of the group's most well-known songs,"Easter Song",which was named by CCM Magazine in 1998 as the No. 4 Christian song of all time.
In the Volume of the Book,released in 1975,was the second studio album from the contemporary Christian music group,2nd Chapter of Acts. The album title is a reference to Psalm 40:7.
Rejoice is an album by contemporary Christian music band 2nd Chapter of Acts released in 1981.
Annie Herring is one of the pioneers of the Jesus music genre,later to be called Contemporary Christian music. She was a member of the trio 2nd Chapter of Acts,for which she wrote most of the songs and sang lead and harmony vocals with her brother Matthew Ward and sister Nelly (Ward) Greisen. During her musical career with the 2nd Chapter of Acts from 1973 to 1988,she also recorded solo albums.
Matthew Ward is one of the pioneers of the Jesus music genre,later to be called contemporary Christian music. He is best known as a member of the trio 2nd Chapter of Acts,in which he sang and performed with his sisters Annie Herring and Nellie (Ward) Greisen. During his musical career with the 2nd Chapter of Acts from 1973 to 1988,he also recorded solo albums.
Hymns is the 1986 studio album by 2nd Chapter of Acts.
This is a listing of official releases by Phil Keaggy,an American acoustic and electric guitarist and vocalist.
Night Light is the title of a 1985 studio album by 2nd Chapter of Acts.
Richard Douglas Trowbridge Souther is an American keyboardist who played on several albums of contemporary Christian and chant-based music. He also placed an album in the Top 10 of Billboard's New Age Albums chart.
Hymns II is the second collection of hymns and the final studio album from 2nd Chapter of Acts,released in 1988. 2nd Chapter of Acts provided the vocals in this release. Annie Herring wrote "Purify Me".
To the Bride,released in 1975,is a two-LP live album featuring Barry McGuire,2nd Chapter of Acts,and a band called David. The album was culled from four concerts performed in the summer of 1975 and is the first of two live albums that 2nd Chapter of Acts recorded for Myrrh Records,although the majority of the concert is performed by McGuire. The album was re-released on two CDs in 2007 with one song excluded.
First Love:A Historic Gathering of Jesus Music Pioneers is a 2004 concert film and documentary that looks back into the Jesus Music of the 1970s. In 1997,a group of Jesus Music pioneers gathered in southern California for three days of music and fellowship. The event was both recorded and filmed,and was released in a 2-CD/2-DVD set simply titled First Love:A Historic Gathering of Jesus Music Pioneers. It was compiled and edited by the spouses of two of the artists who appear in the documentary:Dan Collins and Steve Greisen produced the project. The CD contains each of the 31 songs that were performed during the gathering,and the DVDs shows the live performances of the songs,interviews with the individual performers and groups,interviews with others who were involved in the roots of Jesus Music,and rare pictures and footage of the artists from the 1970s. Other artists who were interviewed for the documentary include pastor Chuck Smith,Pat Boone,Phil Keaggy,and Michael Omartian,among others.
"Easter Song" is a song written by Annie Herring of the Jesus music group the 2nd Chapter of Acts that tells of Jesus Christ's resurrection and the elation Christians feel about this resurrection on Easter. It was first recorded in 1974 and released on the band's debut album,With Footnotes. It continues to be performed,appearing in church hymnals and Easter songbooks as well as on Wow Gold CD. It has been covered by several other artists,including GLAD and Keith Green.
