Fred Butson and Gabe Johannes joined on with Nate Lamb, Kevin Hall, and Chip Bos and helped start the group Bliss, which was later renamed 'Sevenglory'. Chip left the group shortly after conception to pursue a career as the Technical Director at Central Wesleyan Church in Holland, Michigan. Butson and Gabe Johannes lived in the same suite at Indiana Wesleyan University. Original lead guitarist Nathan Lamb left after several years to start a career in Colorado. Gabe's brother Caleb joined the group after the group's original bassist, Kyle Inman, left to pursue a career as a Technical Director at Kensington Community Church in Michigan. Peter Kohsla, a Midwesternconcert promoter, noticed the band. He became its manager and started promoting the band. Kohsla formed a label called 7Spin Music, and signed the group. Josh Parsons joined the band a couple years later. In 2010, Butson and Parsons felt it was time to move on, which left Sevenglory looking not only for a lead singer but a lead guitar player as well. In mid 2010, friend of the band Jeff Smith signed on as the lead guitarist and 6 months later the group added Canadian singer/songwriter Kurt Felsman as the new lead singer. Felsman is Director of Worship and the Arts at in Valparaiso, Indiana and Smith is the Director of Worship at in Bristol, IN. As of September 2011 Sevenglory consists of Kurt Felsman, Caleb Johannes, Gabe Johannes and Jeff Smith. On September 25, 2011 Sevenglory released a 5-song EP titled To:Calvary. All proceeds from the sale of the EP went to Mission: Mitaboni, an orphanage operated by Kids Alive International, located in Mitaboni, Kenya. The EP includes original songs as well as covers of some of the most popular worship songs of 2011. The entire EP was recorded in the new 7Spin Music recording studio located inside Calvary Church in Valparaiso, Indiana, where three members of Sevenglory are members. In November 2012 the band released is fourth full-length album entitled Always Hope. The band has made it a priority to partner with local church and to hold a lighter tour schedule. Sevenglory continues to play concerts, lead worship at conferences, and play the summer festival circuit. In March 2013 the band released their first single off Always Hope entitled Even Now.
