Charles Billingsley • Worship Leader

Gatlinburg:
All worship times

Charles' accomplished career has included a two-year tenure as lead vocalist for the award-winning vocal group, Newsong, and a lengthy list of solo performances (sometimes averaging more than 200 concerts a year) across the nation and beyond. From 2002 until May 2005, Charles and his family resided in Lynchburg, Virginia, serving in ministry with Dr. Jerry Falwell. While in Lynchburg, Charles served as Worship Pastor for the Thomas Road Baptist Church and as the artist-in-residence at Liberty University. As part of his tenure at Liberty, Charles spent time leading worship with Liberty's 9,000 college students each week, and facilitating the school's Worship Degree.

With such a musical history to his credit, it hardly seems right to say he's "just getting started". But that's exactly how Charles feels. So when the time came to record his newest project, Secret Conversation, Charles knew exactly what he wanted to do. He saw the kinds of songs that seemed to resonate most with his audiences as he traveled across the country, and he wanted to be a catalyst to help bring the church body to a new understanding of worship. It's a slightly new direction for an artist who finds himself in a new stage of life.

With the help of a longtime friend and producer, Don Koch, Charles set out to craft a brand new collection of songs that would not only celebrate who Christ is, but ponder His magnitude and greatness. It was a goal that he and Don had in mind from the very first discussion about the album.

"Worship is not a fad," says Charles. "It's biblical. I think we now have a generation who wants to know who God is. They're searching for real truth and real life. So the songs are completely vertical in nature. We intentionally wrote every song straight to God."