Martin Smith, the lead singer for the Arundel, told the AP newswire that each of the musician involved had song-writing ability and they would spend a week, collectively, to write 10 to 12 songs and donate all the proceeds to charity.
The charity will own the copyright of the song, thus ensuring the money will go directly to the poor. Half of the royalties will go to the individual Christian charity of choice, while the remaining half will go to another aid organisation agreed by all the writers.
Michael W. Smith told AP the motivation for him in joining this fund-raising initiative was rooted in Isaiah 58 which stated that if you help the poor then the Lord will shine his face upon us.
"The motivation of this week and all involved so resonates with my heart," said Mr. Smith. "Isaiah 58 is the passage that I go to now more than any other, knowing that if we feed the poor, satisfy the needs of the oppressed and reach out to the downtrodden, the Lord will indeed make his face shine upon us," Smith said.
The Christian artists participating in this project are: Martin Smith, Michael W. Smith, Steven Curtis Chapman, Chris Tomlin, Darlene Zschech, Matt and Beth Redman, Tim Hughes, Paul Baloche, Israel Houghton, Graham Kendrick, Andy Park and Stu Garrard.