Carr truly depends on God to guide his music ministry, which has seen its share of ups and downs.
"I was doing my music, and I felt like I was making good music, but for some reason people weren't getting it - they weren't hearing me - and I became very discouraged and went through a difficult time, but God gave me the strength to hold on and then the song `For Every Mountain' came, which ended up becoming one of my biggest songs," he says.
"Another song I wrote, `I Almost Let Go,' has a line: I was right at the edge of a breakthrough and couldn't see it. That's what happened during the time I made the For Every Mountain album. There were some transitions at the record company and my album sat on the shelf for six months - six months of not knowing if it would come out, not knowing my future or my destiny. I was right at the edge of the breakthrough I needed to become `Kurt Carr' for the ministry to go where it is and I couldn't see it because I took my focus off of trusting God and put it on looking at the situation I was in."
You'll find Carr in church often, because it's a place where he can connect with people who knew him before the fame. It's also a place where he can be encouraged, inspired and blessed. Carr thankfully remains grounded and humble, despite soaring record sales and ever- increasing popularity.
"I tell people you have to really be careful when you're a celebrity, because people tell you you're great everyday," he says. "You're always seen in your best light - that's why I stay grounded in my church."
He smiles when he recalls being at his church in Los Angeles a few months back, when a little 8-year-old kid exclaimed, "Oh my God Kurt, I didn't know you were so big!" Carr says it was a humbling moment when this little kid just saw him as a choir director at church, not some international celebrity.
As he travels the world, Kurt Carr takes gospel music to places it has rarely or never been before and does his best to bring diverse people together, praising Jesus as One Church.
