The Hallelujah Train

Free Church License

Sing these songs in your church

Every Hallelujah Train song is free for churches to use in worship services, livestreams and church videos. No fee, no sign-up and no CCLI report. Just credit the song.

What's covered

You can, for free

  • Sing and play the songs in worship services, small groups, youth nights, camps and church events
  • Project the lyrics on screens and print them in bulletins or song sheets
  • Include the songs in livestreams and recorded service videos
  • Use the recordings as background music in church videos, announcements and social posts
  • Play the recordings before and after services
  • Arrange the songs for your band, including changing the key or tempo

Please don't

  • Sell the songs or recordings, or charge people to download them
  • Upload the recordings to Spotify, Apple Music or other stores as your own
  • Change the lyrics in a way that changes their meaning
  • Use the songs in paid ads without asking first
  • Use the recordings or lyrics to train AI models

How to credit a song

Put this line on the lyric slide, in the video description or in the bulletin. Swap in the song title.

"Song Title" by The Hallelujah Train. © Kolead, LLC. Used by permission. hallelujahtrain.com

Getting started

  1. Pick a song.Most churches start with "Grace Ain't Cheap," "Only by the blood" or "When I Fell On My Knees." Every release is listed on the music page.
  2. Learn it from the recording.Every song is on Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube Music. Lyric slides and chord charts are on the way.
  3. Add the credit lineto your slides, bulletin or video description.
  4. Follow on Spotifyso new songs reach your worship team first.
Follow on Spotify See every song

Questions

Do we need a CCLI license for these songs?
No. This page gives you permission directly, so there's nothing to report to CCLI for these songs. Keep your CCLI license for the other songs you use.
Does this cover our livestream?
Yes. Livestreams and archived service videos are covered, on any platform.
YouTube or Facebook flagged our video. What do we do?
Some of our releases are registered with automatic copyright matching, which can flag a video even when you have permission. A flag like this is not a strike against your channel. Use the platform's dispute option and point to this page: hallelujahtrain.com/church.
Is there a cost later?
No. Use in churches and ministries is free, and we won't change that for songs already released.