KEN REYNOLDS
There comes a moment in our spiritual journey where we discover the gap between our limited view and God's infinite vision. We learn that we think small, but God plans big. We settle for good, yet God longs for great. We look at our community, while God sees the world.
For worship leader Ken Reynolds, that moment occurred once he achieved his dream career, as the founder and director of the Christian R&B group, His Image.
"Our group had just signed a record deal," Ken says. "I was starting to produce. God had granted me what I'd asked for, even though it wasn't His will. I was doing Kingdom work, but I wasn't where God wanted me. And when I finally yielded to Him, my eyes were opened."
As Ken would soon discover, he didn't have the wrong vision. It was just too small.
Ken's musical journey began in his teens, where he embraced almost every genre imaginable. Perhaps few artists consider Michael W. Smith, George Duke, Wagner and Tchaikovsky equally influential.
"In high school," Ken recalls, "I listened to Earth, Wind & Fire, Walter Hawkins, a lot of classical music and a lot of movie scores. And once I started writing songs, it just all came out."
But Ken's love of diversity wasn't confined to music. While attending Madison Square Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Ken received a divine call to connect people through worship.
"During my time at that church," Ken says, "God was molding me, sharing that this was my calling. It's like He said, What you see at Madison is where I want you to go.'"
What Ken saw was a diverse church that blurred the lines of racial and social groups. It was a multicultural congregation that reflected his musical mantra: No boundaries, no walls.
"I feel a call to bridge not only racial, but denominational barriers," Ken says. "I realized that, through my background, God was preparing me all along."
Recorded live at Resurrection Life Church in Grandville, Michigan, One World/One God is the soundtrack to Ken's unique calling. It's a culmination of both his musical and personal passions. It's a celebration of diversity and also a proclamation of God's desire for unity among His people.
For his Integrity Music follow-up to Great Things, it was important to Ken that the means, not just the music, reflected his spiritual vision. Ken formed a dynamic choir from the churches who had shaped his calling, symbolically linking both his past and his present passion. A group of many, coming together as one.
Ken notes, "I wanted to reach back to the influences that led me to where I am, and where I'm going."
