This Is Our God


This Is Our God is the seventeenth album in the live praise and worship series of contemporary worship music by Hillsong Church. It was recorded live at the Acer Arena on 9 March 2008 by Reuben Morgan, Joel Houston, Darlene Zschech, and the Hillsong Live Worship team with a crowd of over 10,000 worshippers. The album opened at No. 2 on the ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart in Australia. The album attracted controversy over the song "Healer", which was removed from later editions.

Album information

This Is Our God is the first Hillsong album since 1996 on which Darlene Zschech has not appeared as worship pastor, since Reuben Morgan officially became the new worship pastor of Hillsong in 2008. It also features a greater variety of singers, as the church's most traditional worship leaders are not as heavily featured.
This is the third album released under their new name 'Hillsong Live'. Even though Hillsong has been using the 'Live' logo on their albums since 2006's Mighty To Save as well as listing these albums under 'Hillsong Live' on their website for some time, This Is Our God is the first album to be officially released with 'Hillsong Live' listed as the artist name on the spine of the CD and DVD.
The majority of the songs were written by Reuben Morgan, Darlene Zschech, Joel Houston, Michael Guglielmucci, Matt Crocker, Brooke Fraser, and Ben Fielding.

"Healer"

On 21 August 2008, the album attracted controversy when a worship leader from Planetshakers Church and former member of the band Planetshakers, Michael Guglielmucci, admitted that in 2006 he had fabricated a story that he was suffering from cancer when he composed and then performed song "Healer", that appeared on the album. Guglielmucci later said that the story had been fabricated to hide a 16-year addiction to pornography. Representatives of churches with which Guglielmucci had affiliations told the press they were totally unaware of this situation. In an email sent to Hillsong members, the church's general manager, George Aghajanian, said the news was even a shock to Guglielmucci's own family and that the suspended pastor was seeking professional help. He was suspended from the church and actions taken to return the money obtained fraudulently. The track "Healer" has since then been removed from the track listing in future releases of the album.

Track listing

CD
TrackSongSongwriterWorship leaderLead supporting vocalTime
01"Your Name High"Joel HoustonJoel HoustonAnnie Garratt03:56
02"Run"Joel HoustonJoel HoustonAnnie Garratt03:21
03"Desert Song"Brooke FraserBrooke Fraser, Jill McCloghry—04:12
04"This Is Our God"Reuben Morgan, Jill McCloghryReuben Morgan & Jill McCloghryAnnie Garratt, David Ware05:49
05"He Is Lord"Ben FieldingAnnie Garratt & Marcus Temu—04:55
06"High And Lifted Up"Darlene Zschech, Mike GuglielmucciDarlene ZschechMarcus Temu, Jill McCloghry04:38
07"Stronger"Reuben Morgan, Ben FieldingJad GilliesDarlene Zschech04:27
08"Healer"Mike GuglielmucciMike Guglielmucci, Darlene ZschechJoel Houston07:06
09"You Are Here "Dave George, Grant PankratzJoel Houston, Darlene ZschechMike Guglielmucci02:52
10"You Deserve"Matt Crocker, James DunlopSam KnockJonathon Douglass, Annie Garratt04:38
11"Across The Earth"Reuben Morgan, Matt CrockerMatt CrockerAnnie Garratt04:30
12"Where We Belong"Reuben Morgan, Joel DaviesJoel Davies05:33
13"Sing To The Lord"Mike Guglielmucci, Matt CrockerMarty SampsonBrooke Fraser06:44
14"You'll Come"Brooke FraserBrooke Fraser, Darlene ZschechJoel Houston05:05
15"Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus"Helen Howarth LemmelBrooke Fraser—01:46
16"With Everything"Joel HoustonJoel HoustonDarlene Zschech07:56

DVD
  1. "Bible Reading & Prayer"
  2. "Your Name High"
  3. "Run"
  4. "Across the Earth"
  5. "Bible Reading"
  6. "This Is Our God"
  7. "He Is Lord"
  8. "High and Lifted Up"
  9. "Stronger"
  10. "Bible Reading"
  11. "" '
  12. "You are Here '
  13. "Bible Reading"
  14. "You Deserve"
  15. "Alive in You"
  16. "Bible Reading"
  17. "Desert Song"
  18. "Sing to the Lord"
  19. "Where We Belong"
  20. "Bible Reading"
  21. "You'll Come"
  22. "Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus"
  23. "With Everything"
  24. "Benediction"
  25. "With Everything"
Note: The DVD sub-menu "Song Selection" contains track listings for songs only. Spoken-word tracks may be accessed directly using navigation buttons while watching the feature
Documentary
  1. "This Is Our God"
  2. "Desert Song"
  3. "Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus"
  4. "Your Name High"
  5. "With Everything"

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic
  • David Andrew – keyboards
  • Grant Baker – audio engineer
  • Matt Crocker – worship leader, backing vocal, songwriter
  • Joel Davies – worship leader, backing vocal, songwriter
  • Trent Dobson – audio engineer
  • Jonathan Douglass – worship leader, backing vocal
  • Ben Fielding – electric guitar
  • Rolf Wam Fjell – drums
  • Brooke Fraser – worship leader, backing vocal, acoustic guitar, songwriter
  • Annie Garratt – worship leader, backing vocal
  • Brandon Gillies – drums
  • Jad Gillies – worship leader, backing vocal, electric guitar
  • Mike Guglielmucci – worship leader, backing vocal, acoustic guitar, songwriter
  • Autumn Hardman – keyboards
  • Nigel Hendroff – electric guitar
  • Joel Hingston – electric guitar
  • Andrew Hood – electric guitar
  • Bobbie Houston – senior pastor
  • Brian Houston – senior pastor
  • Joel Houston – creative director, worship leader, acoustic guitar, backing vocal, songwriter
  • James Hurley – audio engineer
  • Peter James – keyboards
  • Roland James – keyboards
  • Gabriel Kelly – drums
  • Timon Klein – electric guitar
  • Sam Knock – worship leader, backing vocal, acoustic guitar
  • Braden Lang – vocals
  • Kevin Lee – keyboards
  • Steve Leroux – audio engineer
  • Jill McCloghry – worship leader, backing vocal, acoustic guitar, songwriter
  • Jim Monk – audio engineer
  • Reuben Morgan – worship pastor, electric guitar, backing vocal, songwriter
  • Ntando 'Bob' Mpofu – bass guitar
  • Josh Nickel – audio engineer, post audio
  • Sam O'Donell – drum technician
  • Marty Sampson – worship leader, acoustic guitar
  • Josh Telford – audio engineer
  • Marcus Temu – worship leader, backing vocal
  • Matthew Tennikoff – bass guitar
  • Dylan Thomas – electric guitar
  • Dean Ussher – electric guitar
  • Peter Wallis – audio engineer
  • David Ware – backing vocal
  • Ben Whincop – audio engineer, post audio
  • Darlene Zschech – senior worship leader, senior lead vocal, backing vocal, songwriter