Maranatha praise band live biography

For other uses, see Maranatha (disambiguation).

Record label

Maranatha! Music is a Christian music record label which was founded as a nonprofit ministry of Calvary Chapel in 1971.

The label is distributed by Capitol Christian Music Group, a division of Universal Music.

Background

In the early 1970s Calvary Chapel was home to more than 15 musical groups^[1][2] that were representative of the Jesus movement.

Maranatha praise and worship songs with lyrics

In 1971, Maranatha! Music was founded as a nonprofit outreach of Calvary Chapel to popularize and promote a new, folk-rock style of hymns and worship songs influenced by the Jesus people.^[3][4][5] Some of the early Maranatha!

recording groups were Sweet Comfort Band, Love Song, Chuck Girard, Children of the Day, The Way, Debby Kerner, Mustard Seed Faith, Karen Lafferty, and Daniel Amos. The label's first release was a various artists compilation entitled The Everlastin' Living Jesus Music Concert