Cruciform Song List (Hymns and pre-2005 recordings)
Music that moves the church to glorify God in worship and move out in mission
Songs ranked a 5 on the Cruciform Continuum, though not technically cruciform, are listed below. These songs may be used by worship leaders to make a more cruciform set of music. Links are provided where available. Do you know of a song to add to this list? If so, please fill out our song submission form.
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Song Name | Artist | Album – Source | Year | Cruciform Rating 2-5 |
Listen / Lyrics | Purchase from Amazon |
A World of Difference | Babbie Mason | Heritage of Faith, Word Records | 1996 | 4 | Listen | Purchase |
Be Thou My Vision | Fernando Ortega | Hymns of Worship | 2003 | 2 | Listen | Purchase |
Blessed Assurance | Fanny Crosby and Phoebe Knapp | United Methodist Hymnal 308 | 1873 | 2 | Listen | Purchase |
Carry the Light | Twila Paris | Hold Up the Light | 1989 | 5 | Listen | Purchase |
Cover The Earth | Israel Houghton | Lakewood Live - Cover the Earth | 2003 | 3 | Listen | Purchase |
Face of Christ | Chris Rice | Smell the Color 9 | 2000 | 5 | Listen | Purchase |
For the Sake of the Call | Steven Curtis Chapman | For the Sake of the Call | 1990 | 4 | Listen | Purchase |
Give Thanks | Don Moen | God With Us | 1986 | 2 | Listen | Purchase |
Glorify Thy Name | Hosanna Music – Kent Henry | Glorify Thy Name | 1986 | 3 | Listen | Purchase |
Go Forth | Brooklyn Taberacle Choir | Be Glad | 2001 | 5 | Listen | Purchase |
Go Light Your World | Kathy Tricolli or Chris Rice | Sounds of Heaven | 2004 | 4 | Listen | Purchase |
Go, Make of All Disciples | Leon M. Adkins and Henry T. Smart | UM Hymnal 571 | 1989 | 3 | Listen | Purchase |
God Follower | Steven Curtis Chapman | Declaration | 2001 | 2 | Listen | Purchase |
Hands and Feet | Audio Adrenaline | Underdog | 1999 | 3 | Listen | Purchase |
He Will Come and Save You | Bob Fitts | HM71 He Will Save You | 1996 | 3 | Listen | Purchase |
Here Am I | Mercy Me | Almost There | 2001 | 5 | Listen | Purchase |
Here I Am Lord | John Michael Talbot | Table of Plenty | 1997 | 3 | Listen | Purchase |
I Wanna Sing | Scott Krippayne | Bright Star Blue Sky | 1999 | 4 | Listen | Purchase |
If We Are The Body | Casting Crowns | Casting Crowns | 2003 | 5 | Listen | Purchase |
If You Say Go | Diane Theil or Rita Springer | We Welcome You | 2004 | 2 | Listen | Purchase |
It’s Rising Up | Matt Redman | The Friendship and the Fear | 1998 | 2 | Listen | Purchase |
Jesus Commands Us to Go | Keith Green | The Ultimate Collection | 2002 | 4 | Listen | Purchase |
Lord, Whose Love Through Humble Service | Albert F. Bayly | UM Hymnal 581 | 1961 | 3 | Listen | |
Lord You Are Good | Israel Houghton | New Season | 2001 | 2 | Listen | Purchase |
My Desire | Jeremy Camp | Restored | 2004 | 2 | Listen | Purchase |
No Greater Love 4:59 | Steven Curtis Chapman | Declaration | 2001 | 3 | Listen | Purchase |
O Church of God United | Frederick B. Morley | United Methodist Hymnal 547 | 1953 | 3 | ||
O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing | Charles Wesley and Carl Glasar | United Methodist Hymnal 351 | 1739 | 3 | Listen | Purchase |
O Zion Haste | Mary Thompson and James Walsh | United Methodist Hymnal 573 | 1875 | 4 | Listen | Purchase |
Our Heart | Travis Cottrell | Proclaim His Power | 1993 | 3 | ||
Pass It On | Tommy Walker | I Have A Hope | 2004 | 3 | Listen | Purchase |
Preach the Gospel | Christafari | Reggae Worship: First Fruits | 1999 | 4 | Listen | Purchase |
Send Me | Lecrae | After the Music Stops | 2004 | 4 | Listen | Purchase |
Send the Light | Charles Hutchinson Gabriel | United Methodist Hymnal 544 | 1890 | 4 | ||
Sending | Charlie Hall | Passion - Sacred Revolution | 2003 | 3 | Listen | Purchase |
Share the Well | Caedmon's Call | Share the Well | 2004 | 5 | Listen | Purchase |
Shine | Generation Unleashed | Generation Unleashed | 2004 | 3 | Listen | Purchase |
Shout to the North | Charlie Hall | Passion: One Day Live | 2000 | 3 | Listen | Purchase |
Show Your Love | Jars of Clay | Who We Are Instead | 2003 | 3 | Listen | Purchase |
Shout Your Fame | Hillsong | Ultimate Worship | 2003 | 3 | Listen | Purchase |
Take My Life | Chris Tomlin | WOW Worship Red | 2004 | 2 | Listen | Purchase |
Take to the World | Derek Webb | She Must and Shall Go Free | 2003 | 4 | Listen | Purchase |
Tell Them | Andrae Crouch | 1985 | 4 | Listen | Purchase | |
The Sheep and The Goats | Keith Green | The Keith Green Collection | 1981 | 4 | Listen | Purchase |
They've Never Heard of Jesus | Scott Wesley Brown | ALl the Best / The Language of Jesus is Love | 1987 | 5 | Purchase | |
This is My Song | Jean Sibelius and Lloyd Stone | United Methodist Hymnal 437 | 1899 | 2 | Listen | Purchase |
We Speak To Nations | Israel Houghton | Sing For Joy | 2002 | 4 | Listen | Purchase |
What In The World | Babbie Mason | Heritage of Faith, Word Records | 1996 | 4 | Listen | Purchase |
You Are Good | Israel Houghton | Mega Church Gospel | 2004 | 2 | Listen | Purchase |
You Said | Hillsong | By Your Side | 2002 | 3 | Listen | Purchase |