The basis for which Judith Christie McAllister has built her ministry and her artistry is simply this - to worship. Everything that comes out of her in teaching, in ministering, in song and certainly in her most recent vehicle In His Presence Live! - the thing that absolutely defines her – is WORSHIP.
McAllister widely referred to as the 'preeminent woman of worship' explains her philosophy and definition of worship in three dimensions. "First, worship in the context of the individual, I believe that when the believer lives in the perfect will of God for their lives, there they will find worship in its truest form. We worship and give God glory, when we are walking in the purpose that God has preordained us to walk in. That is our Destiny - This is where we can find Worship."
Continuing, she said "secondly - worship in the framework of the worship service, is the time when the people can meet with their God to bless Him and receive from Him." "Thirdly, worship in the perspective of Music is many things, namely the song of the Lord, the ability of the people to sing unto the Lord. Praise & Worship Music should be and must be a song of the 'people' (i.e., the congregation) to the Lord."
"Worship is the destination that we reach through our vehicle of praise and it is in my initial function as worship leader, I find my purpose, which is to lead the people into the presence of God."
In His Presence Live! is exactly what McAllister knows best - how to lead listeners into worship. McAllister quickly shies away from using the term 'artist.' "I don't see myself as that at all ... that word 'artist' doesn't suit me really," she said. "I am a minister who is blessed to have had CDs released that hopefully it will bless the world."
Much like the word artist becomes inappropriate in describing McAllister, so are words like project or album. In His Presence Live! is genuinely more like an experience - an interactive and participatory moment in time where you literally get pulled into communing with God right along with McAllister, and those ministering with her.
Without restriction, the new release is entirely music that is aimed at (no matter who we are or where we are) leading us into His presence and into a personal exchange with God. In His Presence Live! combines the structure and sophistication of McAllister's classical training and the power and intensity of Praise, taking the listener through the cycles of worship and the amazing expressions of God.
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