Reviewed by Helen Dean

This puts me in mind of a wonderful wedding: a package of experiences, sweet, intense and colourful, with the bride taking centre stage for a day. All the vocalists are women and the songs by Matt Redman, Tim Hughes and Ben Cantelon are of a high quality. There is also Jarrod Cooper's "King Of Kings, Majesty" and Stuart Townend's "In Christ Alone" alongside new songs penned and sung by Cathy Burton and Claire Hamilton. This compilation is assembled with care and is well balanced; Darlene Zschech singing her classic "Shout To The Lord" and Jocelyn Brown interpreting "Praise The Mighty Name Of Jesus" through to the sweet voices of Kelly Minter and Cathy Burton all working well. The absolute classic though is John Mark McMillan's breathtaking "How He Loves" intensely performed here by Kim Walker-Smith of Jesus Culture. There have been plenty of female worship compilations down the years but this is possibly the best.

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This two-cd, twenty-eight track compilation unites some of the strongest females voices currently at work across the global church.

Women of Faith and Power spans the denominations, the generations and the time zones. Featuring Shout To The Lord by Darlene Zschech, Yesterday Today And Forever by Vicky Beeching, Made Me Glad by Miriam Webster, Refuge and Mighty To Save by Cathy Burton and many more by Lou Fellingham, Kelly Minter, Beth Croft, Susan Ashton, Lex Buckley and others.