Episode 383: Selling Out Arenas & Staying Surrendered | feat. Forrest Frank
August 3, 2026
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5 min readForrest Frank is currently selling out arenas on his first major tour, but he arrived there by a route that makes little sense by industry metrics. Before his pivot to Christian music, he had a song with the band Surfaces that surpassed one billion streams on Spotify—a number that places him in an extreme minority of artists worldwide. He could have coasted on that success, making more of what already worked. Instead, he and his wife felt a clear calling to step back. He had been writing worship music privately for years without any intention of releasing it. Then a single song kept surfacing during his personal time with God, day after day for weeks. He finally released it. Four days later, another song came. The floodgates opened. Now he is playing to crowds of 18,000 people per night, and the concerts have become something he never planned for: a healing tour.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:47) **Tour Life and the Movement of God** - JP and Forrest Frank open on the tour bus, discussing the unique atmosphere of the tour.
- 2 (06:39) **Handling the Weight of Revival** - JP asks Forrest how he manages the pressure of leading a revival without "screwing it up."
- 3 (12:32) **Exhaustion for the Kingdom** - Forrest describes the physical toll of the tour and the spiritual perspective that sustains him.
- 4 (17:01) **What's Different About This Revival** - JP compares this tour to other movements he's witnessed (Asbury, Passion, Unite).
- 5 (19:06) **The Power of Confession and Freedom** - Forrest explains the theology of dragging sin to the light to break the enemy's grip.
- 6 (21:38) **From Secular Success to Surrendered Ministry** - Forrest shares his transition from the band Surfaces (with over a billion streams) to making explicit Christian music.
- 7 (25:52) **Keeping Motivations Pure Amidst Fame** - JP asks how Forrest stays humble when people scream his name and he makes money.
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Show Notes
This week we sit down with Christian artist Forrest Frank — live from the tour bus — to talk about what it looks like to steward massive success while keeping your heart fully surrendered to God. Forrest opens up about eight years of grinding before his breakthrough, how he stopped sneaking Jesus into his music and started giving him every breath, and why the surrendered life is available to everyone — not just the people in the arena. This one will leave you fired up!
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