Casting Crowns was created by youth pastor Mark Hall who also serves as a lead vocalist. The band previously served and performed in a youth group in Atlanta.
Discovered by Christian music legend, Steven Curtis Chapman, Casting Crowns got a recording contract and vaulted to popularity in 2003 with songs such as If We Are the Body and Who Am I. The “Until The Whole World Hears” album was the largest selling debut week sales figures by a Christian artist in history!