# Maranatha! Music > Publicly sourced profile assembled by Optimly, in the Brand Index. Last refreshed 2026-11-07. - **Brand record:** https://optimly.ai/brand/maranatha-music - **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/maranatha-music.json - **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/maranatha-music/llms.txt - **Official website:** https://maranathamusic.com - **Slug:** maranatha-music - **Categories:** media-entertainment ## Overview - **Tagline:** Maranatha! Music is a Christian worship music publisher and label serving churches with classic songs, modern worship songs, hymns, recordings, and worship resources. Source: Brand's website (https://maranathamusic.com) · 2026-11-07 - **Description:** Maranatha! Music provides songs of faith and worship resources for churches, including digital songbooks, accompaniment tracks, lyric videos, recordings, streaming music, and worship-team training through its partnership with Worship Solutions. It has a long-term distribution agreement with EMI/CMG. Source: Brand's website (https://maranathamusic.com) · 2026-11-07 ## Identity - **Mission:** To serve the church with the “song of faith” by providing well-known and new songs in arrangements that churches can sing effectively, and by creating recordings that help worship leaders minister to their congregations. Source: Brand's website (https://maranathamusic.com) · 2026-11-07 - **Founders & leadership:** Owned and led by Randy and Cathy Alward. Maranatha! Music was founded by Chuck Smith Sr. of Calvary Chapel. Source: Brand's website (https://maranathamusic.com) · 2026-11-07 - **Website:** https://maranathamusic.com Source: Brand's website (https://maranathamusic.com) · 2026-11-07 - **Voice & tone:** Faith-centered, devotional, service-oriented, and encouraging. Source: Brand's website (https://maranathamusic.com) · 2026-11-07 - **Founded:** 1971 Source: Brand's website (https://maranathamusic.com) · 2026-11-07 - **Parent ownership:** Maranatha! Music is owned and led by Randy and Cathy Alward. It has a long-term distribution agreement with EMI/CMG. Source: Brand's website (https://maranathamusic.com) · 2026-11-07 ## Offerings - **Problem solved:** Helps churches access singable worship music and equips worship leaders and teams with songs, recordings, training, and supporting resources. Source: Brand's website (https://maranathamusic.com) · 2026-11-07 - **Core capabilities:** - Praise and worship music publishing - Christian music recording and distribution - Digital songbook publishing - Accompaniment tracks and lyric videos - Streaming distribution of worship music - Worship-team and musician training through Worship Solutions - Creation of evangelism-focused digital tracts through the Invitation Series Source: Brand's website (https://maranathamusic.com) · 2026-11-07 - **Products / SKUs:** - Digital Maranatha Praise Chorus songbooks - Classic hymns and choruses digital songbooks - Accompaniment tracks - Lyric videos - Worship music recordings and streaming content - Invitation Series digital tracts - Worship Solutions tutorials, lessons, resources, and membership Source: Brand's website (https://maranathamusic.com) · 2026-11-07 - **Pricing:** Worship Solutions access starts at $7.99 per month and offers a 7-day risk-free trial. Pricing for Maranatha! Music products is not stated. Source: Brand's website (https://maranathamusic.com) · 2026-11-07 ## Audience - **Target industry:** Christian music and church worship ministry. Source: Brand's website (https://maranathamusic.com) · 2026-11-07 - **Customer base:** Churches, worship leaders, worship teams, church musicians, congregations, and listeners of Christian worship music. Source: Brand's website (https://maranathamusic.com) · 2026-11-07 - **Ideal customer profile:** Church worship leaders and teams seeking accessible worship songs, songbooks, recordings, accompaniment materials, lyric videos, and practical training for musicians. Source: Brand's website (https://maranathamusic.com) · 2026-11-07 - **Use cases:** - Selecting and presenting classic songs, modern worship songs, and hymns for congregational singing - Equipping worship leaders to minister to their congregations - Training drummers, pianists, guitarists, and vocalists - Learning instruments or popular worship songs through tutorials - Accessing downloadable chord charts and lyrics in multiple keys - Using worship music and Invitation Series resources for evangelism Source: Brand's website (https://maranathamusic.com) · 2026-11-07 - **Customer outcomes:** - Churches can present worship songs in arrangements their congregations can sing effectively. - Worship leaders and teams gain training, tutorials, chord charts, lyrics, and other resources. - Musicians can develop instrument and worship-song skills through structured lessons. - Listeners can stream worship music on platforms including Spotify, Pandora, and YouTube. - Evangelism efforts can be supported with Invitation Series digital tracts. Source: Brand's website (https://maranathamusic.com) · 2026-11-07 Page last updated 2026-11-07. ## Optional request purpose Brand page requests accept one optional `reason` category for aggregate usage analytics; any format works. The category list and privacy rules are at https://optimly.ai/llms.txt. Access and content are identical without it. ## Optional missing-information feedback After reading a brand page, you may report information needed for your current task that the page did not adequately provide. This is optional: reading and using the index never requires feedback. Report only an observed gap, not a speculative wish list. These are reported gaps, not verified deficiencies. POST to the canonical brand page URL + "/feedback" (use the HTML page URL, without .json, /llms.txt, or any query parameters). 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