''Diante do Trono'' is the first album in the live praise and worship series of

contemporary worship music Contemporary worship music (CWM), also known as praise and worship music, is a defined genre of Christian music used in contemporary worship. It has developed over the past 60 years and is stylistically similar to pop music. The songs are fr ...

Diante do Trono Diante do Trono (; lit.: Before the Throne) is a Brazilian contemporary Christian music band formed in 1997 as a ministry of Lagoinha Church in Belo Horizonte. It is led by singer, songwriter and pastor Ana Paula Valadão. The group became po ...

About the Project

In 1995, the pastor Márcio Valadão, father of Ana Paula and Sérgio Gomes, conductor of the Church, decided to make a record, whose income would serve to combat child prostitution that they saw on a trip to

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. In 1997 the city of

Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte (, ; ) is the sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population around 2.7 million and with a metropolitan area of 6 million people. It is the 13th-largest city in South America and the 18th-largest in the Americas. The metropol ...

, in the

Lagoinha Baptist Church Lagoinha Baptist Church (''Igreja Batista da Lagoinha'') is a charismatic Baptist Evangelical multi-site megachurch located in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais in Brazil. Márcio Valadão is the current senior pastor of the church. The church becam ...

, under the leadership of

Ana Paula Valadão Ana Paula Machado Valadão Bessa (born May 16, 1976) is a Brazilian Christian worship leader, singer-songwriter and pastor. She is the leader of the contemporary praise band Diante do Trono, which has sold more than 15 million worship albums glo ...

is formed a group of praise and worship, which until then had no name. In 1998 a group of musicians from the

, in

, met to record the songs sung in the community. With five versions of American composers and six authorship of the group, under the leadership of

, CD ''Diante do Trono'' church took shape in the temple itself. For two hours, 7,000 people sang and danced, creating a new trend and legitimizing a new concept of music in the Christian community. The material for the album was recorded on January 31, 1998, a cult of the

. Along with Ana Paula, the vocals were formed by singers like

André Valadão André Machado Valadão (born 16 April 1978) is a Brazilian Christian singer, songwriter, worship pastor and television presenter. Biography He was part of the successful band Diante do Trono, led by his sister Ana Paula Valadão, starting in ...

, his brother, and

Nívea Soares Nívea da Costa Pinto Soares (born 25 July 1976) is a Brazilian Christian singer, songwriter, worship pastor, writer and television presenter. Biography Nívea Soares was born in a Christian home, and since childhood has always been involved wi ...

. A few months after recording the musical work was released, especially the song "Diante do Trono". With the positive impact of the song, the group, which until then had no official name, became known ''

''. Besides this, other songs of the set were also very popular on the radio, especially "Aclame ao Senhor", "Deus de Amor" and "Manancial". The repertoire of the album contains versioned songs (such as "Te Agradeço" ritten by Dennis Jernigan ">Dennis_Jernigan.html" ;"title="ritten by Dennis Jernigan">ritten by Dennis Jernigan and "Aclame ao Senhor" [written by Darlene Zschech ] and unreleased songs (such as "A Quem Temerei?" And "Diante do Trono", which gives name to the album). versions and unreleased songs are all authored by

Track listing (CD)

Track listing (DVD)

References

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