By Leann Callaway
Correspondent, The Alabama Baptist
As the contemporary group Urban Rescue leads worship at events, they desire to help audiences realize the power of God’s redemptive story that can bring beauty from brokenness by setting the captive free.
“Urban Rescue means to set free the city life,” said singer/songwriter Jordan Frye. “We’re from Los Angeles and we came up with the name in college when we started the band. We try to represent what we hear coming from the city in our worship music. We believe that God is in the business of setting people free. The city is this metaphor of compression, and we want people to realize that being in Christ means experiencing real freedom.
“We want people to know that they are so deeply loved by God. He loves us and pursues us just as we are. There’s nothing we can do to earn His love because it’s a free gift. I have found that the truth of that sets people free in worship.”
‘In midst of brokenness’
“So many times people come in carrying their guilt and shame. It’s amazing to see how God uses these songs to impact people’s lives and draw them closer to Him in the midst of their brokenness and allowing them to receive His love and redemption.”
One of the most personal and poignant songs on the independent worship project’s new album “Wild Heart” is called “Song Of My Father.”
“Growing up, my dad left the scene at an early age,” Frye said. “The song comes from Zephaniah 3:17 where God says, ‘I delight over you with singing.’ That’s an incredible thought to me because I’m just now experiencing the Father’s heart, and I feel like I’m on this journey with the people I’m meeting. It’s one broken person telling another broken person about God’s unending love that He lavishes on His children.”
At a young age Frye dealt with the pain of his parents’ divorce in addition to his mother being diagnosed with leukemia. In the midst of his trials he desired to bring himself and others closer to the Lord while using worship music to find hope and healing.
Desire for restoration
Now as he passionately leads worship at events, Frye hopes to inspire the next generation of worshippers with a desire to see broken cities, churches and communities restored.
During a recent tour in the United Kingdom and Ireland with the Irish worship band Rend Collective, the worship project was humbled and amazed to witness how God is using their songs to impact audiences around the globe. They also had the opportunity to join Hillsong United on a few stops of their Empires Tour.
“It’s pretty special how God is using this music to reach people and we’re just in awe of it.”
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