Charlie Hall
Charlie Hall Bio
Since 1991, Charlie has been traveling, songwriting, and sharing
life with people in his home of Oklahoma City, and across the
United States, and even across several oceans. He is counted
among the many talented and often short-statured Passion collective
of visionaries (1).
Known to some as "Poppa," and known to many in
Delhi, and McLeod Ganj, India, as "the strange bearded
man with the tall bodyguard..." , Charlie has created
several albums of diverse music throughout his pilgrimage
as a singer-songwriter/worship leader. The latest collection
of songs is called Flying Into Daybreak, and it captures many
personal, and communal themes that Charlie, and the fellows
in the band are trying to espouse and live out, among their
local communities, the Church, and with one another. Renewing
and encouraging local churches, engaging young and old with
social justice action, widening hearts to see God at work
in the whole world, spurring local artists on to imaginative
and creative expression, and offering songs of rest to those
who are simply tired are some of the hopes of Charlie, and
his band of gypsies.
As many of the Passion collegiate gatherings were recorded
live, Hall was quickly dubbed "a voice" for the
Passion movement, performing on all eight Passion albums,
which have sold well over one million units. While this accomplishment
is a welcome honor, Charlie hopes to work beyond the old models
of success, without spurning the community who has embraced
him and his songs.
Charlie expresses the desire to be "honed into God,
where I'm not part of a culture where I'm trying to make the
people around me think, 'Hey, that's a good Christian.' I'm
just trying to pursue God and not pursue being accepted into
a club...I'm more honed into my pursuit of God in Christ and
how he's forming me and changing and helping me love him and
know him."
For those who have grown up with his antics in Oklahoma City,
whether playing dodgeball with a violent vigor, or witnessing
his interpretative dancing, they know his heart to see the
Church loved from without and within, and to simply love those
who may feel burned out, abandoned, disowned, or orphaned.
With imagination, the grace of God, and a desire to have heart-level
conversation and interaction, Charlie is on a pilgrimage to
the heart of the Father. He welcomes you into the music of
that journey. Courtesy charliehall.com
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