News: Chris Whittington launches his ‘Bright Portal’ 10-year anniversary edition
| TEXAS-BASED STEEL INDUSTRY EXEC, SINGER/SONGWRITER, & WORSHIP LEADER, CHRIS WHITTINGTON, TALKS WITH JOURNALISTS ABOUT HIS UNIQUE TESTIMONY AT NRB 2025 Whittington Launches His Bright Portal 10-Year Anniversary Edition Campaign at NRB 2025 in Grapevine, Texas |
| GRAPEVINE, Texas (March 12, 2025) – Texas-based steel industry executive, singer/songwriter, and worship leader, Chris Whittington recently attended the International Christian Media Convention (NRB 2025), held at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas, to promote his upcoming release, Bright Portal 10-Year Anniversary Edition. Slated for a Spring 2025 release, Bright Portal 10-Year Anniversary Edition is the newly remastered and re-imagined version of Whittington’s critically acclaimed debut album, Bright Portal, a collection of melodic, guitar-driven tracks woven with symphonic overtures and lyrics, planted in the truth of Scripture. While attending the convention, Whittington interviewed and met with a wide variety of Christian journalists, sharing his thoughts about the upcoming release, as well as his latest single, “God Will Supply All Our Needs.” He also shared his unique testimony based on his dual vocation as both a business owner and a worship and church leader. “I believe that the success of my company has been tied to my faith in Jesus Christ,” says Whittington, the founder and owner of Houston-based Whittington Steel. “My business success springs out of the same principles I follow as a worship leader and a church leader,” he explains. |  Singer/songwriter, worship leader, and Texas-based steel industry executive Chris Whittington recently attended the International Christian Media Convention (NRB 2025), to promote his upcoming project, Bright Portal 10-Year Anniversary Edition, which is slated for a Spring 2025 release. While at the convention, Whittington interviewed and met with journalists from around the world, including Chris Carpenter, the managing editor of The Christian Post’s online lifestyle magazine, Crossmap.com. Pictured (L to R): Carpenter and Whittington. (Chris Carpenter photo). |
| “One of the Bible verses I try to live by is Psalm 112:5—It is well with the man who deals generously and lends; who conducts his affairs with justice,” he says. “Another primary verse for me is Matthew 6:33—But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” “I believe the Lord has led me to focus on a family-like, mentoring community in our company, and we have seen many benefits in our workplace and in our employees’ lives,” comments Whittington. “God made man to care for His creation, and He did so within His institution of the family,” he continues. “In making Adam and Eve and blessing them with children which came from them, He created the family to share the responsibility of caring for His creation. Even as, in the family, it works best when the family members care for and aid one another in their individual tasks, the same is so in every organization, businesses included. In our business, as we help our employees to buy homes and cars, and encourage them with Bible-based relationship advice, we are privileged to watch them grow into hard working, caring individuals who go on to encourage others in their own families and communities.” |
 Singer/songwriter, worship leader, and Texas-based steel industry executive Chris Whittington recently promoted his upcoming project, Bright Portal 10-Year Anniversary Edition, at the International Christian Media Convention (NRB 2025), While at the convention, Whittington interviewed with Paul Ladd from World Christian Broadcasting. Pictured (L to R): Whittington and Ladd. (Paul Ladd photo). | Whittington also shared some lessons that he has learned about how to bring diverse people together for a common good in the workforce. “We’ve learned that, although each person’s situation can vary, at the core of it all, everyone has a desire to be part of something that’s larger than just themselves,” he explains. “We choose every day to prefer one another in love toward the end goal of making money to support ourselves and our families.” During the conference, Whittington was interviewed and met with media outlets includingThe Christian Post’s online lifestyle magazine, Crossmap.com; Life Today TV with Randy Robison; Bill Martinez Live!; Christ For All Nations; Florida Nations Church; World Christian Broadcasting; MRG Media’s Homeschool Companion; The Christian Car Guy on Truth Network; Walk in Faith TV, and more. |
| “Many thanks to the NRB community for welcoming me to share my music and testimony at NRB 2025,” says Whittington, who launched his Bright Portal 10-Year Anniversary Edition campaign at the convention. “It was an honor to engage with so many exceptional Christ-followers and industry leaders.” To listen to “God Will Supply All Our Needs,” the third single from Bright Portal 10-Year Anniversary Edition, click here. To listen to “Love Is Come,” the second single from Bright Portal 10-Year Anniversary Edition, click here. To listen to “Sing with All the Saints in Glory,” the first single from Bright Portal 10-Year Anniversary Edition, click here. To listen to music from Whittington’s most recent album, Realitorium (2024), click here. For more information on Whittington, visit chriswhittington.com.# # # |
 Singer/songwriter, worship leader, and Texas-based steel industry executive Chris Whittington has collaborated with fellow Texan and CCM pioneer, producer Kemper Crabb, on his previous releases, Bright Portal and Realitorium, as well as his upcoming release, Bright Portal 10-Year Anniversary Edition. Pictured (L to R): Whittington and Crabb. (Photo courtesy of Chris Whittington) | About Bright Portal 10-Year Anniversary Edition and “God Will Supply All Our Needs”:“Chris Whittington’s music flows with all the lushness of Eden, but remembers that we are still living east of there,” says R.C. Sproul Jr., author and theologian. Bright Portal 10-Year Anniversary Edition, the newly remastered and re-imagined version of Whittington’s critically acclaimed debut album, Bright Portal, is a collection of melodic, guitar-driven tracks woven with symphonic overtures and lyrics, planted in the truth of Scripture. For Bright Portal 10-Year Anniversary Edition, the musician collaborated again with the producer of the original Bright Portal project, fellow Texan and CCM pioneer Kemper Crabb, known for his work with Caedmon’s Call, Radiohalo, and ArkAngel. Whittington, the owner of Houston-based Whittington Steel, brought in award-winning mastering engineer Bob Boyd (CeCe Winans’ Grammy Award-winning album, Believe For It) to remaster all of the songs featured on the original Bright Portal project, as well as a new bonus track, “God Will Supply All Our Needs.” |
| Boyd, a 3-time Grammy, Dove, and Juno Award winner, has created a sonic upgrade that truly shines. Technology changes everything! Bright Portal 10-Year Anniversary Edition comes on the heels of Whittington’s 2024 CD release, Realitorium (featuring guitar great, multiple Grammy nominee, and 7-time Dove Award winner Phil Keaggy), and the 2024 Downe In Yon Forest medieval Christmas concert, where he traded lead vocals with Kemper Crabb as he did in the original PBS broadcast (which had 200 million views, according to Nielsen). The singles from Whittington’s recent Realitorium project have been consistently landing at Number 1 and Number 2 on Play MPE’s DJ streaming charts in the UK, South Africa, and Norway throughout the past six months. Now, the trend is continuing. The first three singles from the upcoming Bright Portal 10-Year Anniversary Edition—”Sing with All the Saints in Glory,” “Love Is Come,” and “God Will Supply All Our Needs”—have each landed at Number 1 or Number 2 on the same charts. “My life has been a twisting path filled with surprises, but music has remained a constant,” says Whittington. “Bright Portal 10-Year Anniversary Edition is a collection of all of my musical influences so far in my life, including David Bowie, Kemper Crabb, Led Zeppelin, and Caedmon’s Call.” The songs on Bright Portal 10-Year Anniversary Edition include the original cuts from Bright Portal: “Sing with All the Saints in Glory” (the first single on the new project), “Love Is Come” (the second single on the new project), “Coram Deo,” “Love Again,” and “Fill the Temple,” as well as the bonus cut, “God Will Supply All Our Needs” (the third single on the new project). “God Will Supply All Our Needs” taps into Whittington’s rock roots and displays the signature guitar and unique instrumentation that his listeners have come to expect. It features a Beatlesque vocal blend and an infectious melody that listeners will carry with them from the first chord. Whittington wrote the song during the 2008 financial crisis. It is based on Luke 12:27-31, where Jesus compares how His Father God cares for the beautiful lilies of the field to how He desires to care for all of His children. “God Will Supply All Our Needs” was heavily influenced by the poverty that Whittington, his mother, and his five siblings experienced growing up in the 70s in Houston, Texas, after his business executive father abandoned the family. “I learned first-hand that no matter how bleak things looked, I could truly trust God to supply all my needs,” says Whittington. “As difficult as it was to live through, it taught me not to be afraid—God would always take care of me and my loved ones. And I have been able to share that message with others in full confidence.” |
| About Chris Whittington:In addition to his musical talents, singer/songwriter and worship leader Chris Whittington overcame a childhood of poverty to become a successful businessman.As the founder and owner of Whittington Steel, a Houston, Texas-based steel company, he balances his career as a business founder and entrepreneur with being a ministry and worship leader. He is equally passionate about both callings. |
| For more than two decades, Whittington’s artistry, leadership in the church, and heart for those in the community have made an eternal difference in lives close to home as well as across the globe. Whittington has earned critical acclaim from many musicians, pastors, authors, and fans, who have continued to applaud him for his ministry and life’s work. Whittington has shared the stage with top contemporary Christian artists and worship leaders, including Caedmon’s Call and CCM pioneer Kemper Crabb. Whittington and Crabb, his long-time collaborator and producer, met in a record store in the 70s and became fast friends. Both are part of a creative church community committed to learning how to think biblically about everything. Whittington and his wife, Joanne, who are celebrating 45 years of marriage this year, have raised four grown children. They reside in the Houston, Texas, area. |  For more than two decades, singer/songwriter, worship leader, and Texas-based steel industry executive Chris Whittington has been writing worship songs for the church as well as for those beyond the church walls. Pictured: Chris Whittington. (Photo by Cinnamon Auld) |
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