United Pursuit
| United Pursuit | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | United Pursuit Band |
| Origin | Knoxville, Tennessee |
| Genres | Worship, folk rock, indie folk, indie rock |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Website | unitedpursuit |
| Members | Will Reagan Brock Human Brandon Hampton Andrea Marie Reagan Michael Ketterer Jake LeBoeuf John Romero Yoosung Lee Nathan Fray |
United Pursuit (also known as, United Pursuit Band) is an American Christian music worship band from Knoxville, Tennessee, where they started making music in 2008, but were founded in 2006. They have released two live albums, Live at the Banks House (2010), and Simple Gospel (2015). The 2015 album was their breakthrough release upon the Billboard magazine charts. Aside from live recordings, United Pursuit has produced several studio records, the first of which was Radiance in 2008, which was a compilation of music written by several of the United Pursuit artists. Other studio records put out by United Pursuit featured a particular United Pursuit artist. Two of these records, In the Night Season (2009) and Endless Years (2012) featured Will Reagan and were released under the brands "Will Reagan and United Pursuit Band" and "Will Reagan and United Pursuit". The Wild Inside (2014) featured Michael Ketterer and was released under the brand "Michael Ketterer and United Pursuit". United Pursuit is also known for their weekly Tuesday gatherings from which many of their songs were written. These gatherings were birthed in a residence on Banks Ave in a North Knoxville neighborhood. This residence is commonly referred to now as the Banks House. Over the course of several years, these gatherings have grown in number, pushing United Pursuit and others out of the Banks House and into, at one point, a larger living room and eventually other commercial and public spaces. After much transition, United Pursuit's Tuesday gatherings found a home at a renovated commercial space near downtown Knoxville. This space, now commonly referred to as the Fifth Avenue House, continues to grow as a commercial space and currently caters to both United Pursuit and independent events such as wedding, concerts, etc... The music released and the Tuesday gatherings held by United Pursuit over the years has been the product of their humble beginning with a simple desire to commune with God and each other. The name United Pursuit is in itself reflective of the heart of the United Pursuit community, "doing life together as we seek God through both song and relationship with others".
United Pursuit originated in Mozambique, at Iris Harvest School of Missions led by Heidi Baker. Soon to be band members Will Reagan, Brock Human, and Nathan Fray attended this school together, where they grew in relationship with God and each other. Upon leaving this school, the three purchased a house on Banks Ave in North Knoxville in an effort to be intentional in seeking God in the manner that they had in Mozambique. Will Reagan, Brock Human, Nathan Fray, and several others began gathering on Tuesday evenings at the Bank's House to worship and, in general, be intentional about spending time with God. At some point during this new season of worship gatherings, they felt that there were no longer words enough to describe how they felt about God, given the songs they knew. From this place, Will Reagan and others began making up words to sing over simple chord progressions they had written. These Tuesday gathering would eventually evolve into a free-flowing, spontaneous period of time, where there were no rules and no time limits, but rather a single desire to be in communion with God. As these Tuesday gatherings progressed, the small community in North Knoxville began to grow and new songs continued to be written in the space they made in their lives. In the coming years, the group built relationships with now current band members Michael Ketterer, Brandon Hampton, John Romero, Yoosung Lee, and Andrea Marie who married Will Reagan in 2011. United Pursuit has since released four studio albums and two live albums all under the independent record label United Pursuit Records, which they created, with the exception of Simple Gospel, which was co-released with a publishing deal made with Capitol Christian Records. Despite having no help from any record label during the first several years, the music and story of United Pursuit has reached across the world by both word of mouth and social media.
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