Mercy Avenue is a culmination of previous bands, Not Forgotten, Grandeur, Hoo Doos, even borrowing a friend from Whosoever Will. All coming back to worship once again longing to share fresh songs and life forged experiences to cheer on and encourage God’s Kingdom to keep up the good fight and not grow weary in doing Christ will.

Formed in 2023 we lead worship for local recovery groups in the Joplin MO area. We have a heart for serving God and consider it an honor to be able to praise him and do his work. We play a mix of covers and original music, but have recently been focusing on originals.

The drive behind starting Facing Giants came from a calling Jessica Banks felt in 2023 towards putting her skills and passion from the band world into a new kind of project - a Christian band. A later in life Jesus follower, she felt inspired by the nostalgia of 90s & 2000s worship music like Michael W. Smith and Casting Crowns but wanted to add a rock/pop edge and write some new music of her own. After posting to online message boards, she got plugged in at a local church in Lenexa, Kansas on the worship team.

Daniel Trublu Gray, Christian songwriter and bluesman brings together an ensemble of artists to bring Heaven to Earth.

Jeff is a Christian singer/songwriter based in Central Iowa with three Nashville (with a 4th on the way) record releases. He and each of the band mates are born-again Christians whose mission is to "connect people to Christ through music." The band was formed out of the local church worship ministry. They have been leading and performing in churches for over 20 years as well as at concerts, festivals, and fairs. One of their most favorite events in addition to recent annual appearances at Nehemiah Fest is the Iowa State Fair where they have regularly performed since 2012.

Service Station is comprised of members of Grace Community Church praise band in Smithville, Missouri. Our mission is to serve, strengthen and encourage the body of believers and to reach the unbeliever through the testimony of our music.

Kansas City Christian Rock band bringing Jesus to the lost.

With message of hope, wrapped in an acoustic rock package, 9th Hour is an Adult Contemporary Rock band that has a mission - To reach the lost with a musical message of hope in knowing Jesus Christ (Mt. 10:6); To encourage believers to be bold in sharing their faith (Mt. 10:32); and To "sing a new song, play skillfully and shout for joy" (Psalm 33:3). This not your Granny's gospel band! 9th Hour gets their name from Luke 23:44-46 - "It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour, for the sun stopped shining.