''This Is Our God'' is the seventeenth album in the live praise and worship series of

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by Hillsong Church. It was recorded live at the

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on 9 March 2008 by

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, and the Hillsong Live Worship team with a crowd of over 10,000 worshippers. The album opened at No. 2 on the

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Top 50 Albums Chart in Australia.

Album information

''This Is Our God'' is the first Hillsong album since 1996 on which

has not appeared as worship pastor, since

officially became the new worship pastor of Hillsong in 2008. It also features a greater variety of singers, as the church's most traditional worship leaders are not as heavily featured. This is the third album released under their new name 'Hillsong Live'. Even though Hillsong has been using the 'Live' logo on their albums since 2006's Mighty To Save as well as listing these albums under 'Hillsong Live' on their website for some time, ''This Is Our God'' is the first album to be officially released with 'Hillsong Live' listed as the artist name on the spine of the CD and DVD. The majority of the songs were written by

, Michael Guglielmucci, Matt Crocker,

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, and Ben Fielding.

"Healer"

On 21 August 2008, the album attracted controversy when a worship leader from

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and former member of the band

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, admitted that in 2006 he had fabricated a story that he was suffering from cancer when he composed and then performed song "Healer", that appeared on the album. Guglielmucci later said that the story had been fabricated to hide a 16-year addiction to pornography."Hillsong Pastor Michael Guglielmucci" (2008) ''

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, Australia. Representatives of churches with which Guglielmucci had affiliations told the press they were totally unaware of this situation. In an email sent to Hillsong members, the church's general manager, George Aghajanian, said the news was even a shock to Guglielmucci's own family and that the suspended pastor was seeking professional help. He was suspended from the church and actions taken to return the money obtained fraudulently. The track "Healer" has since then been removed from the track listing in future releases of the album.

Track listing

CD DVD # "Bible Reading & Prayer" (Isaiah 42:8-13) (

) # "Your Name High" (

) # "Run" (

) # "Across the Earth" (Matt Crocker) # "Bible Reading" (Philippians 2:6-11) # "This Is Our God" (Jill McCloghry and

) # "He Is Lord" (Annie Garratt and Marcus Temu) # "High and Lifted Up" (

) # "Stronger" (Jad Gillies) # "Bible Reading" (Isaiah 53:1-5) (Mike Guglielmucci) #
Healer
(Mike Guglielmucci) '' *Removed from current releases**' # "You are Here (The Same Power) (Joel Houston) '' *Removed from current releases**' # "Bible Reading" (Isaiah 60:1-5, 18-22) # "You Deserve" (Sam Knock) # "Alive in You" uthor : Mike Guglielmucci & Scott Ligertwood(Jonathon Douglass & Sam Knock) # "Bible Reading" (Psalm 66) (Jill McCloghry) # "Desert Song" (

and Jill McCloghry) # "Sing to the Lord" (

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) # "Where We Belong" (Joel Davies) # "Bible Reading" (Hosea 6:1-3) (

) # "You'll Come" (

and

) # "Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus" (

) # "With Everything" (Joel Houston) # "Benediction" (Revelation 4:8, 11; 5:9-10, 12, 13b; Hebrews 13:20-21; 2 Corinthians 13:14) (Robert Fergusson) # "With Everything" (Reprise/Instrumental) rum : Rolf Wam Fjell, Bass : Ntando 'Bob' Mpofu, Keyboard : Kevin Lee''Note: The DVD sub-menu "Song Selection" contains track listings for songs only. Spoken-word tracks may be accessed directly using navigation buttons while watching the feature'' Documentary # "This Is Our God" # "Desert Song" # "Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus" # "Your Name High" (Intro) # "With Everything"

Personnel

Adapted from

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* David Andrew – keyboards * Grant Baker – audio engineer * Matt Crocker – worship leader, backing vocal, songwriter * Joel Davies – worship leader, backing vocal, songwriter * Trent Dobson – audio engineer * Jonathan Douglass – worship leader, backing vocal * Ben Fielding – electric guitar * Rolf Wam Fjell – drums *

– worship leader, backing vocal, acoustic guitar, songwriter * Annie Garratt – worship leader, backing vocal * Brandon Gillies – drums * Jad Gillies – worship leader, backing vocal, electric guitar * Mike Guglielmucci – worship leader, backing vocal, acoustic guitar, songwriter * Autumn Hardman – keyboards * Nigel Hendroff – electric guitar * Joel Hingston – electric guitar * Andrew Hood – electric guitar * Bobbie Houston – senior pastor * Brian Houston – senior pastor *

– creative director, worship leader, acoustic guitar, backing vocal, songwriter * James Hurley – audio engineer * Peter James – keyboards * Roland James – keyboards * Gabriel Kelly – drums * Timon Klein – electric guitar * Sam Knock – worship leader, backing vocal, acoustic guitar * Braden Lang – vocals * Kevin Lee – keyboards * Steve Leroux – audio engineer * Jill McCloghry – worship leader, backing vocal, acoustic guitar, songwriter * Jim Monk – audio engineer *

– worship pastor, electric guitar, backing vocal, songwriter * Ntando 'Bob' Mpofu – bass guitar * Josh Nickel – audio engineer, post audio * Sam O'Donell – drum technician *

– worship leader, acoustic guitar * Josh Telford – audio engineer * Marcus Temu – worship leader, backing vocal * Matthew Tennikoff – bass guitar * Dylan Thomas – electric guitar * Dean Ussher – electric guitar * Peter Wallis – audio engineer * David Ware – backing vocal * Ben Whincop – audio engineer, post audio *

– senior worship leader, senior lead vocal, backing vocal, songwriter

Charts

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References

External links

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