01Gospel gratitude ·
Thank You For Everything
Kirk Franklin & Karen Clark Sheard
Two unmistakable gospel voices meet in a gratitude-centered new release that gives this week’s issue a strong, joyful opening.
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A Gospel Protocol discovery publication
New Christian Hits.
Christian music worth discovering: one living playlist for gospel, worship, Christian R&B, alternative, hip-hop, and independent records worth hearing right now.
Updated weekly
New Christian HitsLiving playlist · updated weekly
Open New Christian Hits on Spotify ↗Listen here288 songs at baseline · editorially programmed
The playlist is the destination. This page is the field guide.
01 · The weekly issue
Five Christian songs you missed this week.
Five ways Christian music refused to sound like one thing. Each selection is in the live playlist now.
02
Gospel worship ·
He Is King
DOE & Lizzie Morgan
A fresh vocal pairing with the lift of gospel worship and a direct, Christ-centered title that earns its place in the week’s discoveries.
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Story-led Christian pop ·
Roots
Jamie MacDonald & The Chosen
A story-forward collaboration that brings a different color to the issue and keeps Christian discovery from collapsing into one sound.
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Contentment & consecration ·
Heart at Rest
Gospel Protocol
The publication’s disclosed anchor track: a Gospel Protocol song about choosing godliness and a heart at rest over the pressure to possess more.
Owned catalog · disclosed
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Alternative worship ·
Saturday — from Nashville
Benjamin William Hastings & Aodhán King
A room-shaped performance that closes the five with a more intimate, alternative worship texture.
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02 · Browse by need
Start with what you are carrying.
The right song is not always the newest song. Sometimes it is the one that meets the hour honestly and turns your attention toward Jesus.
01Peace
Songs for slowing down when your mind will not.
↗02PrayerMusic that helps turn attention back toward Jesus.
↗03SurrenderSongs for releasing control and trusting God again.
↗04EncouragementTruth to carry into the next hard hour.
↗05Spiritual warfareChrist-centered songs for standing firm.
↗06GriefHonest music that does not rush the hurting heart.
↗07RepentanceSongs that make room for confession and grace.
↗08Identity in ChristReminders that shame does not get the final word.
↗03 · Artist submissions
Submission is free.The standard stays high.
Send one song that genuinely belongs in this discovery world. Following, reposting, payment, or promotion does not affect selection.
- Every submission is considered for editorial fit.
- No guaranteed placement.
- No fee, follow gate, repost gate, or engagement exchange.
04 · Curation standard
Trust is the product.
Selected for songwriting, message, musical identity, and replay value. No paid placements.
- What gets heard
- Strong Christian music across worship, gospel, R&B, alternative, hip-hop, rock, electronic, and singer-songwriter lanes.
- What earns a place
- Quality, songwriting, message, musical identity, replay value, emotional resonance, and fit with the current sequence.
- What never decides
- Payment, follower count, repost promises, personal access, or guaranteed-placement arrangements.