Ronnie Freeman

Ronnie Freeman Musician/Worship Leader

When Ronnie Freeman released his laid-back, piano-based pop debut five years ago, it was simply one more step in a logical progression that had begun when he first stood behind a mic in Montgomery, Alabama, as a 7-year-old and performed “Rise Again” for his church. A skilled songsmith and accomplished worship leader, Freeman began to see his audience expand after the release of his Rocketown debut.

“For me, there’s a magic in the live connection,” Ronnie says, explaining the bond he feels with his audience. “I think it comes from being vulnerable. In a strange kind of way I feel like I’m the guy in the audience. It’s like I’m sitting out there next to him listening. I don’t feel like the stage separates me from anyone else in the room. I don’t believe in pretension. I just love going out and connecting with people. I think every artist hopes people will connect with their songs, and I do hope that, but even more than that I want them to connect with my heart, personally in order to see Christ exalted.”

Everybody’s got those closets in their heart, the ones that are filled with all sorts of trash and clutter, that you don’t want to open or acknowledge. For me, I see now that that’s what I was doing with my life. I let God and other people into some parts of my life, but there were those closets I just kept closed. There were some dark corners I needed to open up and let the light of Christ into and just clean out.”

As Ronnie recognized the need to progressively surrender more fully to the convicting and illuminating work of God’s Spirit, the Nashville-area church where he serves on staff as a worship leader and “artist-in-residence” encouraged him to take a three-month sabbatical in order to “reach a new place of intimacy with the Lord” where he penned his latest album “God Speaking.”
It’s humbling yet identifying to be the guy reaching in and saying to those who are in some hard places, ‘Come on, grab hold and let the righteousness of Christ run over you like a waterfall.’”