These albums explored a broad musical soundscape and charted the couple's changing beliefs from traditional Christianity through a more panentheistic worldview, other religions, and apophatic theology.
Michael began writing and playing music at a young age and studied jazz guitar at both Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo and the University of North Texas in Denton while also touring and working as a performer playing multiple instruments.
[7] She came from a "sports-crazed" family and didn't fully commit to her musical abilities until her senior year in high school.
[7] Michael and Lisa met at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma during their first year.
Michael and Lisa were worship leaders at Resurrection Life Church in Grandville near Grand Rapids, Michigan.
[8] In 2005 Michael and Lisa released a live album titled Battle Cry: Worship from the Frontlines, through Integrity Media.
[20][21][22][23][24] On One Wild Life: Soul, Michael and Lisa wrote a song dedicated to Lucie,[25] their youngest daughter, who was diagnosed with Down syndrome.
This was accompanied by the removal of I Am Mountain and One Wild Life series from online stores and streaming services, the latter being replaced by a 90-minute "director's cut" of the three albums.
While Michael and Lisa continue to make music, future projects would no longer be recorded under the Gungor band name.
[29] Beginning in 2021 the group began releasing singles, including collaborations and original songs and announced they were releasing an album which they described as attempt to make "worship music again that would be enjoyable for people who might not fit the traditional religious boxes".