By Michaela Gordoni
Today’s biggest rising Christian musician Forrest Frank was a Christian only by name until he went to college, where he truly felt God’s presence.
“When I started college, specifically, I was like, I want to go to college as…just me. I don’t want to be the, like, good Christian guy,” he shared in a recent Elevation Youth video. “Started to go to parties, and…in that quest, I just kept getting lower and lower and more depressed and more insecure.”
“My sophomore year, I remember, I was at a coffee shop, and I just heard this in my head. ‘Go to church.’ And I just look up Wednesday night service. I show up, open up the door and I remember as soon as I walked in the building, whatever baggage was on me fell off.”
Frank fell on his knees and told God that he needed Him. He was overcome with feelings of love and completeness.
“From that moment, my life was forever changed,” he said.
In a video with Not Yet Home, Frank shared that it felt like God became his “father” in that moment.
“I was feeing that intimacy of here’s this dad who’s just wanting to hold me,” he said. “I’m like 30 years old now. I’m a grown man. I have my own son and I still need that feeling of being held by my father.”
He shared that even if God took everything away from him, he would still follow God’s will.
“We can’t hold onto anything,” Frank said. “This life is vapor. It’s all dust compared to Jesus and one day we will be home with him.”
Frank is leading the Christian pop movement with his songs like, “Good Day,” Your Way’s Better” and “Lift My Hands.”
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“This is the most exciting time to be in Christian music,” said Holly Zabka, president of Provident, a Sony subsidiary dedicated to Christian music. “I don’t think we’ve ever been in this season of opportunity.”
Contemporary Christian music (CCM) has grown by 60% across a five-year period. Brandon Lake is also a prominent figure in CCM.
“Lake and Frank’s recent successes are impressive and potentially signal a shift, especially considering how they’ve utilized social platforms and engaged younger audiences,” said Xander Zellner, a senior music data analyst at Billboard.
Frank pulls on his testimony to reach his listeners through his music.
Zabka said people are listening to more artists like Frank because “so many of them struggle with depression, and what they are finding in Christian music is another way to deal with things that [give] them greater meaning in what they’re walking through.”
Frank impacts a lot of people for Christ — hopefully this trend will continue.
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