Is there a distinction between leading worship and performing for a crowd? It’s a line musicians and audiences in the faith community have long struggled to define. But instead of choosing a side, The City Harmonic would rather ignore it altogether.

“The best expression of loving God is loving your neighbor, not closing my eyes and ‘loving God,’” frontman Elias Dummer says. “So if the guy in the back row with his arms crossed is my neighbor, I have to care about his expectations if I’m serving him.”