Live Audacious
Live Audacious is a Christian initiative which aims to change peoples thoughts and beliefs AbOUT Christianity, and encourages young Christians to change their schools and communities. Live Audacious is connected to other Christian conferences and groups, including Youth Alive UK, Youth Alive Australia, and Planetshakers.
Church
The !Audacious City Church is in the center of Manchester, and was formed on the 20th September 2007. The senior ministers are Glyn and Sophia Barrett, along with regional pastors such as Rob and Rachel Ray, and Darren and Elaine Sharp. The vision of the !ACC is to be god-centered, people-focused, and to influence people locally, nationally, and internationally.
There are many different groups and programmes in the church, such as KidsRock -for 3-11 year olds, Urban youth-for high school and college students, Urban Uni-for university students, BOSS-for men, Bling-for women, and A-Team -community outreach.
There are two church campuses in Manchester, and one in Krakow, Poland.
Conference
The !Audacious conference has been running since 2004, in different locations around England, including Sheffield, Portsmouth, and Manchester.
!Audacious 2009 was attended by approximately 1400 people. It changed the format slightly, as it was 6 days long instead of 5. It featured Pastors Russell Evans, Derek Smith, Andy Hawthorne, and Reggie Dabbs, and music by Blush, LZ7, 12:24 and the !Audacious band.
During the week, the attendees took part in the 10,000 hours project, which did community service and outreach around Manchester.
The final day was the first !Audacious Unleashed- an all-day event across Manchester including bungee jumping, music, and a human demolition ball, which concluded with two gigs in the evening.The gigs included performance from Blush, LZ7 and the !Audacious band, preaches from Reggie Dabbs, and breaking the world record for MusicAL Statues
Media
Live Audacious uses many different forms of media to spread their message including radio (via Crossrythms), podcasts, TV (via their website, and GOD TV), music and books.
The !Audacious band were formed in 2004, and release one album every year, at the !Audacious conference (with the exception of 2004). They currently have 5 albums, Revolution, YEAH!, Forget Not, Bounce, and For All It's Worth, and a live album called Mighty.
The current line-up is: Wayne Adkins-Drums
Jenni Dring-Vocals
Matt Hill-Vocals, Guitar
Mark Foster- Vocals
Joel Weaver- Bass
Dave Wooldridge- Guitar [LEGEND!!]