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Worship Central is a British Christian music praise and worship charity from Birmingham, United Kingdom, founded at Holy Trinity Brompton in 2006 by Tim Hughes and Al Gordon. [1] The charity exists to train worship pastors for churches as well as writing and producing new music for churches.
The charity was founded in 2006 out of London, United Kingdom, where they were located at Holy Trinity Brompton, while now they are based at Gas Street Church. Notable staff members and associate songwriters include Tim Hughes, Ben Cantelon, Al Gordon and Luke Hellebronth.
Worship Central released their first album, Lifting High, [2] in 2009, then Spirit Break Out, [3] in 2011, Counting On Your Name, also in 2011, Let It Be Known [4] in 2012, Set Apart in 2014, Mercy Road [5] in 2017 and Stir A Passion in 2018.
Their albums have been recorded by the labels Integrity Music and Capitol Records. Let It Be Known reached number 45 in the UK Official Album Charts and lasted a record five weeks at number 1 at the Official Christian And Gospel Chart [6] [7] [8]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions in the UK [9] |
|---|---|---|
| Lifting High |
| - |
| Spirit Break Out |
| 48 |
| Counting on Your Name |
| - |
| Let It Be Known |
| 45 |
| Set Apart |
| 66 |
| Mercy Road |
| - |
| Stir A Passion |
| - |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||
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