Be the Healing Process

Bart Millard intentionally lives out his passion to help and heal

If a byproduct of the intentional life is living with purpose to help others, Bart Millard is about as intentional as you can get.

As the lead singer of MercyMe, Bart is touching families for Christ in many ways: children and their parents through Imagine a Cure, young people through the Rock and Worship Roadshow and people of all ages with his music. He does it all out of a passionate heart to use his abilities to bring God’s healing to others.

Imagine a Cure is an organization Bart founded to raise awareness of juvenile diabetes and the effect it has on both children and adults alike. “My ten-year-old son Sam was two when he was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes, and it just turned our world upside down,” Millard said. “My heart broke into a million pieces. I have never felt so helpless than when my son wants me to ‘fix’ it, and all I can do is hold him and say, ‘I’m sorry’.”

Imagine a Cure financially supports organizations like the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. It is also conducting its first family camp and creating a benevolence fund. “We want to show parents how God is just completely in the middle of this, that it wasn’t a mistake or an accident,” he said. “There’s an incredibly high rate of divorce between parents of kids with special needs. We want to do something about that.” 

The Rock and Worship Roadshow concluded in early 2012 after hitting over 20 concert sites featuring Millard and MercyMe along with groups such as Tenth Avenue North, Disciple and Hawk Nelson. “The crowds have been ridiculous,” he said. “It’s been really cool to see this many people come together longing to worship and just to see every band, from beginning to end, their motive being to make Christ the center of attention.”

MercyMe released it’s latest album The Hurt and The Healer in May, 2012. “The idea is to basically encourage the Body of Christ to love your neighbor on a different level,” Bart said. “There are people hurting all over the place, and one thing we all have in common is that we hurt and we know what pain is. We need to be a healing process for them, to lead them to the cross and just look out for one another.”

The Hurt and The Healer hit #7 on the Billboard 200 top albums chart and No. 1 on the Christian SoundScan chart during its debut week. Produced by Brown Bannister and Dan Muckala, the album features signature MercyMe anthems, engaging pop songs and worshipful, intimate moments.