Gracia Soberana Música Records In Mexico
Fabrizio Rodulfo leads Gracia Soberana Música and was recently involved with a new album recording in Mexico. Knowing how important our music is for our wider mission, he shares this update…
This past April, we had the joy of recording a live Spanish-language album with Gracia Soberana Música at Iglesia Gracia Soberana in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, under the leadership of Pastor Carlos Contreras. Over two evenings—April 16 and 17—we gathered with around 450–600 people each night to worship, sing, and celebrate God’s grace together as we recorded De Muerte a Vida: Canciones del Libro de Efesios (“From Death to Life: Songs from the Book of Ephesians”).
This project has been several years in the making. In 2023, we held our first songwriting retreat in Guadalajara, followed by a second retreat in Louisville in early 2025. During those retreats, songwriters from Sovereign Grace churches and like-minded friends wrote nearly 80 original Spanish songs together. After much prayer, collaboration, and review, we selected 12 songs for this album.
Every song on the project was written entirely in Spanish and rooted in the book of Ephesians. As we studied Paul’s letter, we wanted to write songs that highlighted the centrality of the gospel, our identity in Christ, and how the gospel shapes our life together as the people of God. One meaningful aspect of the project is that all the songs were intentionally written in the plural, focusing not only on personal faith but also on our shared life as the church.
The recording itself was especially meaningful because it brought together people and churches from across different regions. Musicians and singers from Sovereign Grace churches in Costa Rica, Tampa, Louisville, and Ciudad Juárez participated in the band and team. Our dear friends Jonathan and Sarah Jerez, along with David and Karen from Monterrey, contributed not only vocally, but also significantly through songwriting and collaboration throughout the process. The church choir from Ciudad Juárez also joined the recording, adding depth and congregational strength to the singing.
For many of us, these nights felt historic. This was the first fully Spanish and fully live album recorded in this church, a church that has played such an important role in the history of Sovereign Grace Churches in Mexico. Seeing hundreds of believers singing these new songs together reminded us again of the beauty of the gospel and the unity we share in Christ across nations, cultures, and churches.
We are deeply grateful to everyone who prayed, wrote, served, sang, organized, mixed cables, welcomed guests, and helped make these nights possible. So many people contributed behind the scenes to create an environment where the church could sing boldly and joyfully.
Lord willing, the album will be released next year. Our prayer is that these songs would strengthen our churches and serve the global Spanish-speaking church by grounding believers in the gospel and in the promises of God for all who are in Christ.
