[2] In 1996 they released a Christmas album titled Repeat the Sounding Joy featuring the Christ Church Choir and the Nashville String Machine.

In recent years, they've shed their contemporary Christian roots and focused on more worship oriented music.

The praise & worship-themed show sought to discover the best song from an unknown songwriter with Michael Ferrin of Texarkana, Texas taking home the top prize.

Once the judging was over, the top five winners came to Austin and the winning song debuted on an Awakening broadcast.

[3] The band gained national attention when Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton approached the plate at home games during the 2008 season to "Saved the Day", a song from the album.

Since all three singers are full-time pastors and make it a priority to be at their respective churches for Sunday services, they have declared a virtual moratorium on Saturday night concerts.

In 2001, the National Day of Prayer 50th Anniversary theme song was "Shine on Us", featuring the trio.

1 on Billboard's Hot Christian Songs chart in August 2009, and stayed at the top for 11 weeks.

[8][9] During the 2010 GMA Dove Awards, Phillips, Craig and Dean performed Revelation Song live with fellow CCM artist Kari Jobe.

[citation needed] The group's first EP, a Christmas project titled Hope for All the World, was released later in 2010.

Randy Phillips, Shawn Craig, and Dan Dean each is the senior pastor of a local church.