Best Christian Songs

Top 40 Best Christian Songs for Weddings

These are the Best Christian Songs for Weddings to get people on the dance floor!  According to the Webster Dictionary, a Christian is a person who professes belief in the teachings of Jesus Christ. Therefore, Christian music is music that projects the teachings of Jesus Christ. Christian music can come in any style of music including rock, jazz, country, etc. Whether or not a song is Christian is dependant on the song lyrics or words of the song and the song meaning. Songs can be considered Christian without being sung from a categorized Christian artist. For example, a categorized country artist like Carrie Underwood can sing a song that is both country and Christian like the song Jesus Take The Wheel. Many categorized Christian artists have been accepted into the mainstream radio airplay over the past decades such as Amy Grant, and Michael W Smith.

Christian songs are very appropriate during a wedding ceremony. Christian songs are very commonplace during the unity candle ceremony, processional and other activities encompassed in the wedding ceremony. The wedding ceremony is when a couple professes their faith to one another before the Lord. Special Christian songs can help signify the meaning of certain activities during a wedding ceremony in song. In addition, Christian songs can help portray love for each other, the remembrance of a loved one or a couple's profession of faith.  Also popular during a wedding ceremony is to play Christian hymns.  Christian hymns include Amazing Grace, All Things Bright & Beautiful and Love Divine, All Things Excelling.

Christian songs are also commonly played during a wedding reception. Christian songs would be appropriate for all the formal dances, and cake cutting.  If so desired, Christian music can play during a complete wedding ceremony and reception.  It is the bride and groom's wedding and it is up to them as to the type of music they desire to have played at their wedding.

Our Top 5 Christian songs for weddings are as follows: 1) When God Made You - NewSong, 2) I Will Be Here - Steven Curtis Chapman, 3) The Prayer - Charlotte Church & Josh Groban, 4) I Can Only Imagine - MercyMe, 5) Shackles (Praise You) - Mary Mary

Being former wedding DJs, we've calculated a list of our favorite Christian Songs.  If you have a special song that you think should be added to our list, please add your song suggestion through the comment section below. Be sure to also check out the song lyric link to find song relevance to what you want for in your song choice. Once decided, we provided a link to iTunes to purchase and Amazon.com to purchase and listen to a sample of each song.



Best Christian Songs for Weddings

Song Artist Format Lyrics iTunes Amazon
Above All Things Phil Keaggy
Christian
Lyrics
Above All Things - Phil Keaggy
Alive Rebecca St. James
Christian
Lyrics
Alive - If I Had One Chance to Tell You Something
Answered Prayer Bob Carlisle
Christian
Lyrics
Answered Prayer - I Will Be Here: 25 of Today Best Wedding & Love Songs
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By Heart, By Soul Avalon with Aaron Neville
Christian
Lyrics
By Heart, By Soul - Love Songs - The Ultimate Collection
Cinderella Steven Curtis Chapman
Christian
Lyrics
Steven Curtis Chapman - This Moment - Cinderella
Dead Man (Carry Me) Jars Of Clay
Christian
Lyrics
Dead Man (Carry Me) - Good Monsters
Every Move I Make Fusebox
Christian
Lyrics
Every Move I Make - Lost in Worship
First Love Song Across The Sky
Christian
Lyrics
First Love Song - Across the Sky
Flesh Of My Flesh Leon Patillo
Christian
Lyrics
Flesh of My Flesh - The Definitive Collection: Leon Patillo
Follow Love FFH
Christian
Lyrics
Ready to Fly - FFH
For You Michael W Smith
Christian
Lyrics
For You - Go West Young Man
Give Me Forever (I Do) John Tesh
Christian
Lyrics
Give Me Forever (I Do) - Forever More - The Greatest Hits of John Tesh
Good Thing Going Carolyn Arends
Christian
Lyrics
Good Thing Going - Feel Free
Holding Hands Steve Green
Christian
Lyrics
Holding Hands - Woven In Time
Household of Faith Steve & Marijean Green
Christian
Lyrics
Household of Faith - The Ultimate Collection: Steve Green
How Beautiful Twila Paris
Christian
Lyrics
How Beautiful - 8 Great Hits
How Beautiful Ben Utecht
Christian
Lyrics
How Beautiful - Ben Utecht
I Can Only Imagine MercyMe
Christian
Lyrics
I Can Only Imagine - Almost There
I Promise (Wedding Song) CeCe Winans
Christian
Lyrics
I Promise (Wedding Song) - Purified
I Will Be Here Steven Curtis Chapman
Christian
Lyrics
Steven Curtis Chapman - Greatest Hits - I Will Be Here
Kiss Me Sixpence None The Richer
Christian
Lyrics
Kiss Me - Sixpence None the Richer
Lifesong Casting Crowns
Christian
Lyrics
Lifesong - Lifesong
Love Of My Life Jim Brickman with Michael W Smith
Christian
Lyrics
Love of My Life (Destiny Album Version) - Jim Brickman: Greatest Hits
Love Will Be Our Home Susan Ashton
Christian
Lyrics
Love Will Be Our Home - I Will Be Here: 25 of Today Best Wedding & Love Songs
Made For You Watermark
Christian
Lyrics
Made for You - Constant
Made To Love Tobymac
Christian
Lyrics
Made to Love - Portable Sounds With Bonus Remixes
Nothing's Gonna Keep Me From You Out Of The Grey
Christian
Lyrics
Nothing's Gonna Keep Me from You - The Out of the Grey Collection: Remember This
Shackles (Praise You) Mary Mary
Christian
Lyrics
Shackles (Praise You) - Thankful
So Long Self MercyMe
Christian
Lyrics
So Long Self - 10 (Deluxe Version)
Something Beautiful Newsboys
Christian
Lyrics
Something Beautiful - Go
Strong Tower Kutless
Christian
Lyrics
Strong Tower - Strong Tower
The Prayer Charlotte Church & Josh Groban
Christian
Lyrics
Josh Groban (With Charlotte Church) - Josh Groban - The Prayer
Unfailing Love Jimmy Needham
Christian
Lyrics
Unfailing Love - Not Without Love
Waltz For Jennifer FFH
Christian
Lyrics
Waltz for Jennifer - Ready to Fly
We Live Superchick
Christian
Lyrics
We Live - Beauty from Pain 1.1
When God Made You NewSong
Christian
Lyrics
NewSong - The Very Best of Newsong - When God Made You
Wherever We Go Newsboys
Christian
Lyrics
Wherever We Go - Go
Without Love Stacie Orrico
Christian
Lyrics
Without Love - Genuine
You Must Have Been An Angel Bob Carlisle
Christian
Lyrics
You Must Have Been an Angel - Butterfly Kisses (Shades of Grace)
Your Love Broke Through Rebecca St. James
Christian
Lyrics
Your Love Broke Through - I Will Be Here: 25 of Today's Best Wedding & Love Songs
You've Got Me Steven Curtis Chapman
Christian
Lyrics
You've Got Me - All About Love


Best Christian Songs list is updated periodically throughout the year. If you have a song that you think should be included, please add your song suggestion through the comment section below.

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