‘Our Hope Is That People Would Give Their Lives to Christ’—Brandon Lake and Phil Wickham Release Nationwide Concert Film ‘For the One’

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Grammy Awarding-winning contemporary worship singers Brandon Lake and Phil Wickham have teamed up to release a feature film titled “For the One.”

The film’s nationwide release is equal parts live concert footage and behind-the-scenes access of the Summer Worship Nights tour. The tour sold over 175,000 tickets, with many arenas being sold out across the nation.

Wickham told ChurchLeaders that he and Lake were prompted to make “For the One” after they witnessed God “doing something really special on these nights that [was] like nothing we’d seen [before].”

“Specifically in people that were coming to worship nights by the thousands—lifting up their hands to receive Jesus and recommit their lives to Jesus in a way,” he added. “We were like, ‘Whoa, have we been missing out on giving people this opportunity because we just thought everyone would [already] be saved at worship nights?’”

“It’s been amazing to see people come to Jesus in these vast ways,” Wickham added.

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After they completed their 2023 Summer Worship Nights tour, the artists’ team approached them with the idea of putting the concert on the silver screen. At first, Wickham said they were “like no, we’re not really theater guys. We’re worship leaders.”

But as he and Lake started dreaming about what the film could be, and the title “For the One” came up, Wickham said that he was “100% behind this. If we could extend the ministry of these nights in theaters around the country where people can experience worship and the gospel, I’m like, ‘Let’s go for it.’”

“Our hope is that people would give their lives to Christ,” Lake told ChurchLeaders. “We want this to be an evangelistic opportunity. It’s obviously called ‘For the One’ because this is for the one that saved us and made us new, but it’s also for the one who might be far from God. That doesn’t have a relationship with God.”

Lake continued, “We’d love nothing more than for the end result, over the few nights it will be in theaters, for people to bring the ‘ones’ in their lives—their neighbors, their friends, their family members who don’t know the Lord.”

The “Gratitude” singer described the film as a “fun concert experience” and shared that audiences don’t need to have a relationship with God to enjoy the experience.

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Jesse T. Jackson
Jesse is the Senior Content Editor for ChurchLeaders and Site Manager for ChristianNewsNow. An undeserving husband to a beautiful wife, and a father to 4 beautiful children. He serves as the chairman of the deacons, a growth group leader, and is a member of University Baptist Church in Beavercreek, Ohio. Follow him on twitter here (https://twitter.com/jessetjackson). Accredited member of the Evangelical Press Association.

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