Critically-acclaimed singer-songwriter Sara Groves has gathered a group of fellow-acclaimed artists and friends Brandon Heath, Derek Webb, Sandra McCracken and author/artist Charlie Peacock, for her ART*MUSIC*JUSTICE tour this fall, which will benefit both the International Justice Mission and Food for the Hungry. The International Justice Mission (www.IJM.org) is a human rights agency that secures justice for victims of slavery, sexual exploitation and other forms of violent oppression. Food for the Hungry (www.FH.org) works in more than 26 developing countries providing disaster and emergency relief, and implementing sustainable development programs to transform communities physically and spiritually.
With dates running from September 19 through October 26 (concert listing below), the tour is a unique concert opportunity to “add to the beauty, seek justice and give God praise,” desiring to further educate the church on God’s heart for justice, gain advocates for the oppressed, and show evidence of a God at work in this world. Each evening will bring inspired music and stories of God’s people in action and their heroic experiences across the globe. Incredible stories of rescue from the International Justice Mission will be told, while giving audience members the opportunity to be involved in Groves “adopted” village in Rwanda through Food for the Hungry.
“God is mighty to save and is actively rescuing the oppressed through His people,” comments Groves. “Scripture references to the ‘slave, the poor, the oppressed’ are not figurative. There are 27 million people enslaved today, after more than 400 years of trans-Atlantic slavery. God is calling us to respond. All of us on this tour want to convey it is not a burden to help but an adventure. We’re excited to get out there and share what God is doing!” To listen to audio of Sara sharing about the tour, and for more tour information, please go to www.myspace.com/artmusicjustice
In ddition, all of the artists on the tour are offering songs on NoiseTrade.com for the price of telling three friends about them or paying any amount they choose in exchange for an immediate download. Webb co-created NoiseTrade.com after the success of giving away more than 80,000 full downloads of his project “Mockingbird.” Through NoiseTrade, any artist can freely distribute their music online via NoiseTrade’s embeddable widget. For the Art*Music*Justice Tour widget, go to www.myspace.com/artmusicjustice
