[1] God He Reigns was recorded live at the Sydney Entertainment Centre on 27 February 2005 by Darlene Zschech and the Hillsong team with a congregation of 10,500.

God He Reigns was released at the annual Hillsong Conference in July.

The majority of songs were written by Marty Sampson, Darlene Zschech, Reuben Morgan, and Joel Houston.

Raymond Badham, Ned Davies, Mia Fieldes and Miriam Webster also contributed to writing songs.

Initially, there was doubt as to the commercial success of the album as the release coincided with the release of new albums by Guy Sebastian and Paulini, but in that week more copies of God He Reigns were sold than every other CD in Australia combined (including pop charts, alternative, rock, et cetera).