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Christian Rock started in the early 1970s during the [[Jesus Movement]].  During the 1970s it was often called "Jesus Music" or "Jesus Rock".   

Christian Rock started in the early 1970s during the [[Jesus Movement]].  During the 1970s it was often called "Jesus Music" or "Jesus Rock".   

There were two different kinds of Jesus Music.  One was the many songs about Jesus by secular [[top 40]] pop groups that were major hit singles from 1969-1973.  These included songs like "Spirit in the Sky" by [[Norman Greenbaum]], "Put Your Hand in the Hand" by [[Ocean (band)|Ocean]], "Are You Ready" by [[Pacific Gas and Electric (band)|Pacific Gas and Electric]], "Fire and Rain" by [[James Taylor]], "Why Me" by [[Kris Kristofferson]], as well as the musicals [[Jesus Christ Superstar]] and [[Godspell]].  Many of these pop artists were not Christians themselves but songs about Jesus became very popular at the time and many joined in.  The list extends to spiritual but not specifically Christian songs like "My Sweet Lord" by [[George Harrison]], and "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by [[Simon and Garfunkel]].

There were two different kinds of Jesus Music.  One was the many songs about Jesus by secular [[top 40]] pop groups that were major hit singles from 1969-1973.  These included songs like "Spirit in the Sky" by [[Norman Greenbaum]], "Put Your Hand in the Hand" by [[Ocean (band)|Ocean]], "Are You Ready" by [[Pacific Gas and Electric (band)|Pacific Gas and Electric]], "Fire and Rain" by [[James Taylor]], "Why Me" by [[Kris Kristofferson]], as well as the musicals [[Jesus Christ Superstar]] and [[Godspell]]. Some of these songs were in no way Christian and were theologically inaccurate, such as "Spirit in the Sky", in which the doctrine of sin was completely denied.  Many of these pop artists were not Christians themselves but songs about Jesus became very popular at the time and many joined in.  The list extends to spiritual but not specifically Christian songs like "My Sweet Lord" by [[George Harrison]], and "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by [[Simon and Garfunkel]].

The other genre given the Jesus Music label was made by a younger generation of Christians who saw no reason why rock and roll could not be used to spread the Gospel.  Some of these like [[Larry Norman]] were people raised in the church and Christians from a young age, who also liked rock and roll and wanted to use rock in service to God; others like the members of the [[All Saved Freak Band]] and the [[Resurrection Band]] were made up of converts who came out of the secular rock and roll world, drugs, the [[occult]], or the [[hippie]] movement.  Larry Norman, the All Saved Freak Band, and the Resurrection Band were three of the most important of the early Jesus Music bands, and all three were closely associated with the Jesus Movement, a movement among young people, many ex-hippies and ex-drug users, turning to Jesus Christ for salvation and ministering through street-level ministries such as coffee houses and outreach ministries in the inner city.  Also important were the groups such as [[Love Song (band)|Love Song]], associated with Pastor Chuck Smith's [[Calvary Chapel]] of Costa Mesa, [[California]].  Smith's church focused on ministering to young people from the [[counterculture]], and he established Maranatha Music, the first record label solely devoted to Christian pop and rock music.  Besides the aforementioned, other important artists started in the 1970s who would see their biggest success in the 1980s and 1990s.  They include: [[Petra (band)|Petra]], [[DeGarmo & Key]], [[Servant (band)|Servant]], [[Randy Stonehill]], [[Mylon LeFevre]], and the Talbot brothers ([[John Michael Talbot|John]] and [[Terry Talbot|Terry]], formerly of the secular rock band [[Mason Proffit]]).

The other genre given the Jesus Music label was made by a younger generation of Christians who saw no reason why rock and roll could not be used to spread the Gospel.  Some of these like [[Larry Norman]] were people raised in the church and Christians from a young age, who also liked rock and roll and wanted to use rock in service to God; others like the members of the [[All Saved Freak Band]] and the [[Resurrection Band]] were made up of converts who came out of the secular rock and roll world, drugs, the [[occult]], or the [[hippie]] movement.  Larry Norman, the All Saved Freak Band, and the Resurrection Band were three of the most important of the early Jesus Music bands, and all three were closely associated with the Jesus Movement, a movement among young people, many ex-hippies and ex-drug users, turning to Jesus Christ for salvation and ministering through street-level ministries such as coffee houses and outreach ministries in the inner city.  Also important were the groups such as [[Love Song (band)|Love Song]], associated with Pastor Chuck Smith's [[Calvary Chapel]] of Costa Mesa, [[California]].  Smith's church focused on ministering to young people from the [[counterculture]], and he established Maranatha Music, the first record label solely devoted to Christian pop and rock music.  Besides the aforementioned, other important artists started in the 1970s who would see their biggest success in the 1980s and 1990s.  They include: [[Petra (band)|Petra]], [[DeGarmo & Key]], [[Servant (band)|Servant]], [[Randy Stonehill]], [[Mylon LeFevre]], and the Talbot brothers ([[John Michael Talbot|John]] and [[Terry Talbot|Terry]], formerly of the secular rock band [[Mason Proffit]]).