God Is in the House is the fifth album in the live praise and worship series of Christian Contemporary music by Hillsong Church

Hillsong Church

Hillsong Church is a Pentecostal megachurch affiliated with Australian Christian Churches and located in Sydney, Australia. The church's senior pastors, Brian and Bobbie Houston, began the church in 1983 as the Hills Christian Life Centre in Baulkham Hills...

. It is also the first Hillsong Album where Darlene Zschech

Darlene Zschech

Darlene Joyce Zschech is an Australian Pentecostal worship leader and singer-songwriter who primarily writes praise and worship songs. She is the former worship pastor of Hillsong Church and is currently a member of Compassionart, a charity founded by Martin Smith.-Biography:As a young adult...

 was Worship Pastor.

Making of the album

God Is in the House was recorded live at the Hills Entertainment Centre by Darlene Zschech

Darlene Zschech

Darlene Joyce Zschech is an Australian Pentecostal worship leader and singer-songwriter who primarily writes praise and worship songs. She is the former worship pastor of Hillsong Church and is currently a member of Compassionart, a charity founded by Martin Smith.-Biography:As a young adult...

, Russell Fragar and the Hillsong team.

Album Design

God Is in the House is the first album to feature Darlene Zschech

Darlene Zschech

Darlene Joyce Zschech is an Australian Pentecostal worship leader and singer-songwriter who primarily writes praise and worship songs. She is the former worship pastor of Hillsong Church and is currently a member of Compassionart, a charity founded by Martin Smith.-Biography:As a young adult...

 or the Hillsong team on the front cover. Darlene has appeared on 12 more Hillsong Live covers including All Things Are Possible

All Things Are Possible

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, Touching Heaven Changing Earth

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, By Your Side, For This Cause

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, You Are My World

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, Blessed

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, Hope

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, For All You've Done

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, God He Reigns

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, Mighty to Save, This Is Our God

This Is Our God

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(as a silhouette) and A Beautiful Exchange

A Beautiful Exchange

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, as well as the re-released cover of Friends in High Places and the back cover of Saviour King

Saviour King

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.

The cover artwork (designed by Chris Perry Graphic Design) uses the font Optima

Optima

Optima is a humanist sans-serif typeface designed by Hermann Zapf between 1952 and 1955 for the D. Stempel AG foundry, Frankfurt, Germany.-Characteristics:...

 manually condensed to around 84%. The cover artwork for this album was changed when the new Hillsong logo was created.

Songwriters on this album include: Darlene Zschech, Reuben Morgan, Russell Fragar, Steve McPherson, Lucy Fisher, Dennis Jernigan & Tanya Riches.

Track listing

1. "God Is in the House" (Russell Fragar & Darlene Zschech
   Darlene Zschech
   Darlene Joyce Zschech is an Australian Pentecostal worship leader and singer-songwriter who primarily writes praise and worship songs. She is the former worship pastor of Hillsong Church and is currently a member of Compassionart, a charity founded by Martin Smith.-Biography:As a young adult...
   
   ) Lead Vocalist: Darlene Zschech
2. "Joy in the Holy Ghost" (Fragar) Lead Vocalist: Lucy Fisher
3. "Steppin' Out" (Steve McPherson) Lead Vocalist: Steve McPherson
4. "My Heart Sings Praises" (Fragar) Lead Vocalist: Darlene Zschech
5. "And That My Soul Knows Very Well" (Zschech & Fragar) Lead Vocalist: Darlene Zschech
6. "Jesus, What a Beautiful Name" (Tanya Riches) Lead Vocalist: Lisa Young
7. "Let the Peace of God Reign" (Zschech) Lead Vocalists: Rob Eastwood & Darlene Zschech
8. "I Give You My Heart" (Reuben Morgan
   Reuben Morgan
   Reuben Morgan is the worship pastor and one of several worship leaders and songwriters alongside Darlene Zschech at the Hillsong Church in Sydney, Australia. He has written songs such as "Eagles Wings", "Hear Our Praises", "I Give You My Heart", "My Redeemer Lives" and "Mighty to Save", which won...
   
   ) Lead Vocalist: Steve McPherson
9. "Walking in the Light" (Zschech) Lead Vocalist: Darlene Zschech
10. "Your People Sing Praises" (Fragar) Lead Vocalist: Darlene Zschech
11. "I Believe the Promise" (Fragar) Lead Vocalists: Erica Crocker & Darlene Zschech
12. "Thank You, Lord" (Dennis Jernigan
    Dennis Jernigan
    Dennis Jernigan is a singer-songwriter of contemporary Christian music. He is native to Oklahoma, and headquarters a music-based Christian ministry from there. Jernigan now lives in Muskogee, Oklahoma with his wife and their nine children...
    
    ) Lead Vocalists: Darlene Zschech & Donia Gandjou
13. "Lord of the Heavens" (Lucy Fisher) Lead Vocalist: Darlene Zschech
14. "I Will Run to You" (Zschech) Lead Vocalist: Darlene Zschech
15. "God Is in the House" (reprise) Lead Vocalist: Darlene Zschech

Band

• Worship Leader: Darlene Zschech
• Vocalists: Erica Crocker, Rob Eastwood, Lucy Fisher, Donia Gandjou, Craig Gower, Scott Haslem, Steve McPherson & Lisa Young
• Music Director & Piano: Russell Fragar
• Keyboards: Craig Gower
• Guitars: David Moyse (& Steve McPherson on "Steppin' Out")
• Bass Guitar: Ian Fisher
• Drums: Rick Peteriet
• Percussion: Chris Milne
• Add. Percussion: David Schenk, Paul Thompson & Raymond Floro
• Tenor Saxophone: Karen Packer
• Alto Saxophones: Cathy Coluccio, Megan Howard & Renee Boland
• Soprano Saxophone: Cathy Coluccio
• Trumpets: Mark Gregory, Peter King
• Hillsong Choir Conductor: Ruth Grant
• Hillsong Kidz Choir Conductors: Julia Beaumont, Amour Mah
• Senior Pastors: Brian & Bobbie Houston
• Worship Pastor: Darlene Zschech