Before you e-mail us your question, check this page out, because we have listed the most commonly asked questions that we are asked in e-mail, and provide an answer to each one. You can also find out more information by browsing other pages of this website.

Q. I'm confused. Why is there Cross Movement Ministries and Cross Movement Records? Are they two separate organizations?

Actually there are THREE separate "Cross Movement" entities. There's The Cross Movement, Cross Movement Ministries Inc., and Cross Movement Records.

The Cross Movement is a hip hop rap group that most people know about by the Christian rap albums they release. This rap group is comprised of four solo artists. DJ Official is the official DJ for The Cross Movement. The Cross Movement is signed with BEC/CMR.
Cross Movement Ministries is a 501(c)3 nonprofit ministry based in Philadelphia, Pa. We dispatch The Cross Movement and other rap groups to do evangelistic concerts, and we also develop evangelistic and discipleship materials that target the Hip Hop Culture. To see our goals, click here.
Cross Movement Records is a record label company based in Berlin, NJ. The Cross Movement artists are signed on this label, and J.R. and T.R.U.T.H. are soon to be signed too.

Q. What artists make up "The Cross Movement" rap group.

At this time The Cross Movement consists of the following artists:

THE AMBASSADOR
THE TONIC
THE PHANATIK
T.R.U.-L.I.F.E.

Q. T.R.U.T.H. is not apart of The Cross Movement rap group?

Right. T.R.U.T.H. is dispatched from Cross Movement Ministries but is not a part of The Cross Movement rap group. However, T.R.U.T.H. often travels with The Cross Movement. You can check out T.R.U.T.H.'s own spot on the web at crossmovement.org/truth.

Q. How do I book The Cross Movement?

For complete booking information, click here.

Q. When is The Cross Movement or T.R.U.T.H. coming to my home town?

To check out The Cross Movement's concert calendar, and also the calendar of events for TRUTH and The Ambassador, click here.

Q. How can I Support Cross Movement Ministries?

Please consider joining our support family! For complete information on how you can support the work of the cross in the Hip Hop Culture mission field, click here.

Q. How do I buy The Cross Movement's CDs and Tapes?

You can purchase The Cross Movement's albums directly from our record label. Here's the label's store address: crossmovementrecords.com/store. You can also purchase albums at your favorite music store. If The Cross Movement's albums are not at your favorite music store, ask for the stores music buyer.

Q. Is it okay to burn or copy your CDs for evangelistic purposes?
Please click here for a fuller response to that question and similar questions.

Q. How do I stay informed with what's going on?

Click here to subscribe to our mailing list and we will keep you updated.

Note: All financial supporters of Cross Movement Ministries also receive regular update letters in the mail. Want to become a Cross Movement Ministries supporter? Click here.

Q. Do you read all incoming e-mails sent to your organization?

We do read all incoming e-mails but please understand that we always can't reply to all of them, since so many come in on a regular basis. We do our very best to get back to as many as possible tho. Occasionally it's just too busy to respond or sometimes technical problems may occur and we apologize in advance, but we do read all e-mails.

Q. I'm an inspiring artist. Any tips?

We get e-mailed this question a whole lot. We intend to develop materials to help disciple people interested in sparking a similar type of works in his or her own area(s). We are just beginning with developing this literature, but for right now we can refer you to the below two articles:

"Ministry vs. Industry," written by The Tonic
"So you Got Talent?" written by The Phanatik

Q. I want to buy a beat from you.

Neither the record label nor ministry sells beats. Try Apostolyc Productions at http://www.apostolyc.com or beats.com. You can also check out JD's personal website The Urban Web Link for resource links that could be of interest.

Q. Do you sell just the soundtracks to your music?

Not at this time.

Q. Where can I buy the House of Reps Music Video?

Music videos are not for sale at this time but you can view them online at the record label website.

Q. Where can I buy the Honor & Glory Video?

A. See above question and answer.

Q. I need some Christian vinyl!

Our record label sells some from time to time. Keep your eye on the record label store. Meanwhile you can check out sphereofhiphop.com for Christian vinyl listings.

Q. What does "coup te dat" mean?

A. A "coup de tat" means that someone is trying to overthrow a government. Peep Dictionary.com for a further breakdown on the definition or just look up the word in a regular dictionary. It's in there. For the direct Web link to the online definition, click here. Very soon we will have all of the lyrics and "not so familiar" words in our lyrics defined on the lyrics page. "Coup de tat" will definitely be one of those words.

Q. Can you put a link to my Website on the Cross Movement Website?

The record label website sells ad space, but other than that, no we do not list unsolicited URLs.

Q. Can you hook me up with a Website, jd?

This page was last updated on 06/04/03.
This FAQ will grow with more questions and answers as needed.