Lecrae peforms at Bethlehem Baptist Church (@Lecrae @Reachrecords) 

The way he did this gave me goosebumps, Made me cry.

I think he was trying to slow down so that people can understand the lyrics

Change is good the youth need something up to day

My first time at church was seeing this dude with my sister Ursala when I was 14 going to hope academy. Love u lecrae!

I was there. And I'll never forget I was there.

Esto es pasión por Cristo!

God bless these dudes. You can tell he hurt from the performance the night before losing his voice and still got up there and did it for the Lord. I admire these guys, word.

God I pray God that you would touch this generation, that you would pour out your spirit on our teens oh God, and have your way, in Jesus name, amen.

JESUS SAVES!!! EVERYBODY!!!

praise HIM....lecrae doing a great job by bringing the gospel to the youth generation !! greetings from germany...hope he will visit us once^^

This video doesn't do justice to how awesome this guy is live.

yes, when he broke down the second verse and flipped it like it was poetry really got the spirit in me stirring....I can' wait to see churches embrace holy hip hop and let us fellow hip hop artist give GOD the glory through our words and craft

The emotions in his voice..... All For Christ! stay blessed and keep repping the kingdom Lecrae

Gotta love my Church!

I saw him livat rock the river. He perfomed this song the exact same way. I have two friends who hated christian rap, but after seeing him live and hearing his message, they now listen to him and are giving other christian rap artist's a shot

this brother is the real deal....not just a rapper but the real deal.....to live is Christ to die is gain.....death toself and alive in Christ is the real Gospel message

Praise God for your life, Lecrae. You inspire, and that's a blessing =)

there is more gospel in this hip hop than in most pulpits

man, the fact that you can hear the emotion in his voice while he's rapping is so good.

@RedeemedCHrisTRAP Praise the Lord! I'm a Pastor with a small church in my home. Most of the members are youngmen from single parent homes. I pray everyday that they will one day Stand on the word as you are. God bless you and forever keep you.

DUDE in the choir wanted to JUMP UP I know He did HOLY SPIRIT MOVES DONT MATTER what COLOR YOU ARE PRAISE GOD!!!!!! GLORY GOD IS GREAT WONDERFUL EVERYTHING

Right after this performance he said his voice was pretty sore. This was on May 31st the morning after only the 2nd stop DWYL tour in Minneapolis (which was an awesome sold out show). The church is John Piper's church which is fairly traditional, but the support there was unbelievable and really cool to see. Keep up the ministry Crae.

WOHOO. NICE!!!

thats huge! id love to see that in my church...my church needs an awakening

i was there i luv christian rap more after hearing him during offertory

When was the last time we saw a Black megachurch invite the Chrisitian Rappers inside? I love this song and the anointing that God has blessed Lecrae with.

Do your thing Lecrae! God bless you

I'm gonna be there

saw him and Tedashii perform @ Exoday, and am now a massive fan!!! Love listening to Hip hop that is not only clean but glorifies GOD!!!! Powerful anointing on him..Go head Crae!!!

He kills it!!!!!!!!! So Sick!!!!!!!!

this gave me the chills

great yo

Such a blessing to see this vid. God Bless, you and the rest of the Reach Fam

love it.bless u all

So powerful

Just awesome.

its awesome at 4:11 you can see him look up as if to say, "that was all for you christ."

Awesome! Keep It Up Lacrae!

Wow

You're awesome Lecrae! Keep up the good work!

I wish i was there

@Acungownz Dude I agree, we need people like him in our church's today.

@TSmity2 I still have not read all the way through the bible, and I am daily humbled in my interactions with my roommate (a seminary graduate), co-workers, and friends, in that they have a better ability to recall Scriptures than I do. They're all very encouraging though, and I try daily to catch up. =)

Amen :)

This is the Lacrae I remember listening to, "nah I'm Christian FIRST!", man we need rappers once again willing to risk it all, that wont bow down to this world, because there are still some sold out, hard core, set apart, Christians looking and waiting for the artist who are Christians first and entertainers second, God help our youth I pray, to sell out all the way for your precious name, because apart from you God we can do nothing.

I want him to preform at my church, dang, how it'll change us.

I was there!!

When are you coming back to Eastern Canada? I can't waitttttttttttt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :0] God bless!

@MrKnifekid thank you!

@911psalms amen. Same with me

@djmelvill It is Kenny Stokes, the assistant pastor.

@mkopl555 He did that on purpose, he turned it into more of a message than just a song. Just 'nother reason to love Lecrae.

@killerdx456 either way, I'm happy it was embraced...thanks for the comment tho...Amen

trying to categorize the music takes the focus of the main picture, like he said - it's Christ in his rhymes: But it simply human nature to take something and split down the middle and insert our thoughts and beliefs in it somewhere. The main objective is to reach someone who has ears and wants to listen - who's lost and desperately making themselves available to be found but are unaware of the right roads to take -- while we are here trying to find the right label to put on the music -

i can only imagine what the church is trying too do...lol rap too it also

You serious?? Lecrae was in Minneapolis!?? In John Pipers church!! wow!! thats amazing! When will you come again to MN?

At 2:10 it sounds like he says Balls!

@MrMtotheTizzle Lol HARD!

@TSmity2 I really want to commend you for the way you've interacted with ArmorOfGodMinistires. It concerns me that a brother would ever take a quarrelsome approach, not kind, not exercising an ability to teach, but being resentful. I see the qualities of the Lord's servant in you, though (2 Timothy 2:24). Thank you for not repaying evil for what is evil--I have a tendency to sin against those that sin against me. I hope that those who read these interactions would do so with discernment.

thats not the crowd.. thats the choir

Wish I could understand more of what Lecrae is saying...

Thumbs up for old people in the background :-P.

@Tubatoofpaste guy with blue blue smock thing is getting into it

@ironoxidey Mostly I just remember keywords from passages I've read before, and look 'em up on BlueLetterBible

@armorofgod Lecrae is doing something special and reaching a different group of people that not many can reach. He has taken hip-hop music and given it a spiritual edge. I would be ashamed if I were you for putting down a Christian brother who has found a way to reach people that I'm sure none of us could through his music.

Some people might not like rap. Did you think about that!

RIGHT. LOL

@ironoxidey that was an accident . . .

I thought it was just me. Is that just how he sounds live or was he sick, etc?

@andiroo42 yes it can. the same way money is used as a tool, but just like music and money, it is not to be worshiped. only God the father and the son should be worshiped. you can use hip hop and videos to show the younger generations that you can worship God and still be real without killing as well.

@ArmorOfGodMinistries Maybe you need to take the Paul Washer route. Unlike you, he went to the Legacy Conference and got to know these guys personally. Just look on youtube for his message to them. Pray for our brothers who are called to urban ministry. Stop slandering (you don't even known them) and pray for them that God protect them from temptation and empower them to preach the gospel to the urban community. Mediate on Romans 12:4-5 and Matthew 7:2-5 brother. I'll be praying for you.

Really think about what some of you are saying? That this isn't worship. Anything is worship if the person or people are really crying out and praising God. Whether it's rock, country, rap, metal, hardcore. They're are so many kids not being reached in the underground and this man is reaching them! All worship I believe falls short in Gods eyes because He is perfect and we are so far from it. All of it probably sounds like garbage. He just see's the heart.

Can Hip-Hop be a Christian tool? Sonic Warfare by Ivor Myers

@911TruthSeeker91 the music used for hymns started as drinking songs, genius. you act like God isn't in the business of redemption.

@jj13jet There's a black guy sitting in the back...

@911TruthSeeker91 If you take someone off the streets and have them listen to Hymns they wouldn't be likely to listen

MUSIC is LUV! RU-vid/reggiewriteous

@jj13jet There were at least three black people behind him...

John Piper...?

Lecrae's hoarse! dang.. repping tho

i still don't understand why people reject hip hop/rap in church... hm...

these white folks wanna get up and get down don't they....lol bless his heart..this guy is truly blessed..

@Acungownz hes just a man, Christ can use you in some way. if you let him

@911TruthSeeker91 So you wouldnt think that something that was made evilly could not be used for Gods glory? It says in the Bible that we were born with sinful nature so following your logic we cant be used because we are tainted While what you are saying is correct that hip-hop was started out as a religion, however that mindset is limiting God from being able to be glorified to the people that listen to that genera of music.

@ArmorOfGodMinistries Um you haven't read Lecrae's lyrics have you? My guess is you also have done enough research to see how he and his contemporaries live their lives. Instead you've slandered public-ally godly men trying to preach the gospel, because you have an aversion to a style of music. People standing in the truth of Christ don't act as you have here. Bless friend, I pray that you are slow to speak next time.

due who the crap diddnt like this vid 2 people ok well den why tey watchen tis

so first you say: 'I'm against the subculture of hip hop. a subculture which dictates how people should talk, walk, dress, look, act, etc.' then you say: 'I'm not saying that when a person wants to join a subculture, it tells him that first he needs to wear certain things, no i'm not saying that at all.' really? because that's EXACTLY what it sounds like you're saying. say what you mean.

2pac is christian also :D

Er...awkward.... Huge fan though

yeah but he also forgives our sins...everyone sins...Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. Matthew 7:5

Hoarse... But good performance

Yeah, he lost his voice a bit, that's shame. But he kills it anyway

according to your statement that hip-hop as a subculture 'dictates how people should talk, walk, dress, look, act, etc.' which means that the subculture is prescriptive. it tells you what to do. this is not true. it is DEscriptive. it tells you what persons within that subculture generally do. you're really good at doublespeak, but you're not convincing anyone bro. saying 'hip-hop is a religion following the prophet krs-one' doesn't make it so.

Why don't you through the idea of hip hop out of your thinking and just listen to and receive the word of God? fecklessmen is correct. The music of all the great old hymns we love and respect today were Saloon Bar Room tunes. The opposition was incredible, but God prevailed. This concept is not new, as is the Saul to Paul conversion. Today you are that opposition, but no one can ever stop what God is doing. Acts 26:14

you are making a categorical error in your reasoning. subcultures are descriptive, not prescriptive. they don't dictate how to talk, walk, dress, act or look, they describe whatthose within that given subculture do. the whole purpose of referring to it as a subculture is to draw a distinction between the culture from which one draws their morals and actions and the subculture which describes certain aspects of their lifestyle. prove what i'm saying to be wrong, and i'll believe you.

but they are HIP HOP artist. they use HIP HOP as a tool to advance the Gospel. they say it themselves

hip hop and rap are too different genres...

A tattoo is on his skin, not his soul...

I would be very hesitant to say that they are not enjoying the sermon or even that the spirit is not working. For this crowd, this is a genre of music that is not often sung or heard. Their reaction may not be the same as those that do listen/sing this genre. Clearly, they appreciated it because they all applauded at the end and even whistled. haha For me even, usually a lot is going on in my head and results as a dead stare on my face...most unfortunately. God's Word does not return void though

they let him rap at a WHITE BAPTIST church🤣🤣🤣