From the earliest biblical accounts, music has been recognized as a profound and impactful expression of faith, playing a vital role in connecting lives with God’s purpose.
Vision.
To make the world’s most inspiring and transformative music accessible to today’s listeners and future generations.Mission.
To foster a vibrant community dedicated to the protection, preservation, promotion and distribution of Christian Music.
The Loss of Christian Music
Subscription Services
- Music libraries become no longer available when subscription fees are not paid.
- Fees are subject to increases that can present challenges for individuals from losing their music.
- Digital Devices Vulnerable to Cyber Attacks, War, EMP could end these platforms.
Music Storage
- Old media is increasingly becoming unplayable because it degrades and devices supporting them no longer exist.
- Music is being stored digitally without a plan for preservation; placing it at an even higher risk of being lost than that on physical CDs and Vinyl.
Destruction of Media
- Music is lost due to fires and other accidents. In 2008, over 500,000 master recordings were lost due to a fire at Universal.
How to Partner and Preserve Christian Music
We need partners who share the vision of preserving life-impacting Christian songs for today’s and future generations!
- Christian Songs from every genre and era have life-changing impact today!
- Cultural & Social Media Battles Subscriptions, Device Failures, Deterioration, and Fires are potential threats!
- Christian Music is worth saving!
Protect
Secure short- and long-term safe storage for physical and digital recordings.
Preserve
Recordings backed up on Verbatim M DISC™ optical media, the new standard for digital archival storage.
Promote
Promote music through media collaboration & provide distribution of recordings approved by legal owners for Radio and royalty licensed Webcasters.
Nationally recognized partnerships already established.
A Note From Our Founder:
Preserving Christian music is essential for many reasons. The deterioration of physical media, the loss of digital devices, and increasing censorship of the Christian faith all pose significant threats to this powerful genre. Whether due to hardware failures, accidents, theft, or fire, the risks to Christian music are very real.
While Christian persecution is evident in many parts of the world, it is a growing concern even in the Western world, including the United States. Trends show that such issues are becoming more pronounced.
We believe that the Bible predicts increased persecution for Christians, which motivates our commitment to preserving this impactful music for both believers and seekers today and for future generations.
As 2 Timothy 3:12 (ESV) reminds us, “Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.”
We invite you to support this vital initiative through your prayers, ideas, involvement, and financial contributions. Together, let’s preserve, promote, and provide music that carries the profound hope found in Jesus Christ.
In Christ’s Service,
Ron Maxwell (Founder)
I will sing of the Lord’s great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations. Psalm 89:1
How You Can Support Christian Music Preservation
Christian Music Preservation (CMP) is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) ministry of Community Net Vision, with global volunteers that began to collaborate together in 2011. The ministry started as a result of Ron Maxwell, our President and CEO looking for a non-profit organization to donate his large vinyl and CD collection. Ron had been collecting Christian Music since 1984 when he served as Christian Radio Host, and a few years later as a network music director for one of the most respected educational Bible Institute Radio networks. After failing to find an organization that would both accept and preserve the music, Ron was led by the Lord to begin the Christian Music Preservation Project.
Today, CMP’s Vision is to ensure access to the most powerful inspirational music in the world for our current and future generations. Our Mission is to build a community which passionately Supports the Process of Protecting, Preserving, Promoting & Providing over One Million digital songs wherever legally possible. At the same time, we are an advocate of Music Royalties, assisting digital music platforms in their licensing setups and royalty reporting, along with how to provide payments to ASCAP, BMI, SESAC and SOUNDEXCHANGE. We do this for our Streaming Channels that showcase our music preservation project in different formats. In 2021, the stations had an impact for Jesus in every country in the world with over 1.3 Million Listening Sessions.
Today, this project continues to be a collaborative effort of volunteers and supporters around the world who share the same passion for Christian Music. We have worked for years with well-known respected Christian Radio and Music Industry leaders and major institutions, and continue to do so. We are so very grateful for the most wonderful, kind and respectful individuals who make up our team of volunteers in the US, UK and Malaysia, along with Christian Music Industry leaders here in the United States, our Donors, and the Foundation Organizations that provide us Grants.
Integrity is something we strive to accomplish in everything we do. If God is calling you to pray for this ministry, join our volunteer team or financially support us, please know that we welcome you as part of our ministry family!