For the past 15 years, the Christian rock band Fireflight has been on a mission to equip, encourage and engage hard-to-reach youth with the gospel.
The group is made up of lead singer Dawn Michele, drummer Adam McMillion, bass player Wendy Drennen and her husband, guitarist Glenn Drennen.
With their musical success the group has soared to new heights with a Grammy nomination, being featured on the promotional soundtrack for NBC’s “Bionic Woman” television series and winning Taco Bell’s “Feed the Beat” campaign which catapulted the band onto a performance at the Winter X Games.
These unique opportunities have increased their platform and ability to connect audiences to Christ.
While performing concerts and touring across the country, the group desires to reach audiences with messages about hope, identity and acceptance found through a relationship with Christ.
“Being on tour gives us the opportunity to be in front of larger audiences and share our message,” Michele said. “We’re a very relational band and we really believe that the biggest impact on someone’s life is made through relationships.
“Our concerts are a very unique experience for many people in the sense that it’s a feeling of community. We want to seek God, speak openly with the people that He puts in front of us and share with them that God loves us so much that He gave Himself for us so He could have a relationship with us.”
On May 5 the group celebrates their 15th year as a band with the release of their fifth album, “INNOVA.” The album’s lead single, “Resuscitate,” debuted at No. 19 and quickly rose to No. 1 on Billboard’s Christian Rock chart, becoming Fireflight’s eighth No. 1 radio hit.
The group looks toward the future with great hope and believes the best is yet to come.
“We may not understand why God has put us on the path that we’re on, but He always has a purpose,” Michele said.
“There’s always a purpose and a time of waiting. We’ve always asked God to speak through our music and put messages in there that people can relate to and take something away from. We try to take the experiences that we’ve gone through and write about how God has helped us through those times to encourage others who are facing similar situations.
“It’s God who breaks through the confusion and stills the destructive forces in our lives. He comes at our weakest moment and breathes new life into us.”
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