Bethel Music, the worship ministry of Redding, CA-based Bethel Church,
launched its first-ever studio album, TIDES, to unprecedented international
acclaim.  Released Sept. 3 with global distribution through Fuel Music
Distribution, the album became the biggest retail debut ever for Bethel
Music, selling nearly 15,000 copies and marking a 134% growth over last year
's debut of its best-selling album, For The Sake Of The World.  This week,
TIDES not only hit No. 30 on the Billboard Top 200 and No. 12 on the Overall
Digital Albums (between Neko Case and Avenge Sevenfold) charts, but also No.
1 on the overall Top Christian/Gospel Albums and Praise & Worship Billboard
retail charts.

"Bethel Music is an amazing ministry sharing music that not only resonates
with and impacts people across this nation, but across the world," says Tony
Patoto, The Fuel Music Management Co president.  "This new partnership
between Bethel and Fuel Music Distribution highlights what can be achieved
with focus, determination and expertise and with incredible music, ministry
and vision."

TIDES further sold more than 10,000 singles, including 4,000 copies of the
Jenn Johnson led "Chasing You." One of the most downloaded digital Christian
singles this week, "Chasing You" is a song about following God with
insatiable abandon.  While other artists have garnered significant airplay
with their recordings of Bethel Music songs, "Chasing You" went to radio
earlier this month, becoming the first Bethel Music single to ever be
serviced directly to radio.

In addition to "Chasing You," TIDES is filled with songs of adoration,
instruction and worship that speak not only of what God has done, but also
what He is doing now, in the highest and lowest of tides.  Taking the new
music and worship favorites like the 2013 Dove Award nominated "One Thing
Remains" to the masses, Bethel Music's Brian and Jenn Johnson, Jeremy
Riddle, Steffany Frizzell Gretzinger and William Matthews have recently seen
capacity crowds across the West Coast in cities like Los Angeles, Las Vegas
and Portland.  

"Our events are not just singing worship songs, but also amazing nights of
ministry time as well," says Joel Taylor, Director of Bethel Music.  "We are
partnering with each city to press in and experience God's presence that we
believe is shifting spiritual atmospheres."

Over the last four years, Bethel Music has grown from being a local church
music ministry to becoming a global outreach featuring a cadre of
songwriters and worship leaders, a half-dozen CDs, chart-topping songs, and
both online and on-campus worship schools.  TIDES is again extending Bethel
Music's reach.  An expression of passionate emotion, anthemic declaration,
and sometimes surprising experimentation, the album features original songs
and music led by the aforementioned artists, as well as Matt Stinton and
Hunter Thompson.

The album also addresses the popular maxim that "the only thing you can
count on is change." Brian Johnson's answer is that there is one more thing
you can count on.  "Through it all," he declares, "God is in control.
Through the whole album, there's struggle, there's tension, but then there
is a reminder that God is always in control."