Until the Whole World Hears is the fourth studio album by American Christian rock band Casting Crowns.

Released on November 17, 2009, the album was produced by Mark A. Miller and features a sound that has been described as 'pure American rock', 'soft adult contemporary', and 'CCM'.

Lyrically, the album discusses Christian subjects such as God, Jesus, and salvation, with several songs being reinventions of classic hymns.

Until the Whole World Hears received a mixed-to-positive reception from critics and was nominated for Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year at the 42nd GMA Dove Awards.

Casting Crowns' lead vocalist Mark Hall has stated that the band's songs "have always come from our ministry in the church.

They start as messages on Wednesday night, things we're teaching our teenagers and their families";[1][2] Until the Whole World Hears retains that same formula.

[4] "Always Enough" was written when a member of Hall's church was killed in Afghanistan; the band was unable to attend his funeral, as they were on the other side of the United States and couldn't cancel their tour dates.

It was recorded by Sam Hewitt, Michael Hewitt, and Dale Oliver at Zoo Studio in Franklin, Tennessee; the string instrument tracks on the title track and "Always Enough" were recorded by Bobby Shin at Little Big Sound Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, while the string instrument tracks on "If We've Ever Needed You" and "Joyful, Joyful" were recorded by John Painter and Leslie Richter at Ocean Way in Nashville.

Crowd vocals on the title track and "Blessed Redeemer" were recorded by Carter Hassebroek, Darren Hughes and Billy Lord at Eagle's Landing First Baptist Church in McDonough, Georgia (where Hall and several other band members are ministers).

[6] Robert Ham of Christianity Today regarded the album as comparable to the sound of rock bands Creed and Nickelback.

[6] The title track has been described as having a "real rock vibe"[7] infused by electric guitar riffs,[7] while "Shadow of Your Wings" has been described as an "unashamed rock-n-roll jam".

[9] The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified the album gold one month after its release; by January 2015, it had reached platinum status.

[18] "Glorious Day (Living He Loved Me)" was released as the third single off the album[20] and peaked atop the Christian Songs chart.

[22] Andrew Greer of CCM Magazine commented that the album "ups the musical ante a bit, with some borderline poetic verses and interesting musical riffs",[7] but also commented that "many of these tracks still suffer from the 'Crowns Cliché Syndrome,' using lyrical Christian-ese to produce trite rhymes that seem hard-pressed to energize a ready-to-worship crowd".