{"id":24909,"date":"2026-05-17T11:04:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T11:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=24909"},"modified":"2026-05-17T11:04:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T11:04:36","slug":"chris-tomlin-invites-hannah-harper-to-sing-at-the-cross-together-after-american-idol-win-in-a-heartfelt-moment-that-moves-fans-to-tears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=24909","title":{"rendered":"Chris Tomlin Invites Hannah Harper To Sing \u2018At The Cross\u2019 Together After \u2018American Idol\u2019 Win In A Heartfelt Moment That Moves Fans To Tears"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"tdi_43\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_44  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_58  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span6\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_59 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top featured-post-image td_block_template_1\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_59\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"entry-thumb td-animation-stack-type0-2\" title=\"Chris Tomlin Invites Hannah Harper To Sing \u2018At the Cross\u2019 Together After \u2018American Idol\u2019 Win\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.churchleaders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hannah-harper-chris-tomlin.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.churchleaders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hannah-harper-chris-tomlin.jpg 642w, https:\/\/cdn.churchleaders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hannah-harper-chris-tomlin-331x221.jpg 331w, https:\/\/cdn.churchleaders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hannah-harper-chris-tomlin-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.churchleaders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hannah-harper-chris-tomlin-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cdn.churchleaders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hannah-harper-chris-tomlin-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.churchleaders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hannah-harper-chris-tomlin-300x200.jpg 300w\" alt=\"Hannah Harper\" width=\"642\" height=\"428\" \/><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">L: Hannah Harper. Screengrab from YouTube \/ @AmericanIdol. R: Chris Tomlin. March 4, 2022.\u00a0Charliehooks,\u00a0CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_60\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_61  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_68  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span6\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_69 td-pb-border-top cl-post-content td_block_template_1 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_69\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<p>Grammy Award-winning Christian artist and worship leader\u00a0<strong>Chris Tomlin<\/strong>\u00a0publicly invited \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d winner Hannah Harper to sing his song \u201cAt the Cross (Love Ran Red)\u201d with him. Harper performed the song during the show\u2019s \u201c<strong>Songs of Faith<\/strong>\u201d episode and reprised it after her win was announced Monday, May 11.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cHannah Harper, huge congrats on winning American Idol,\u201d Tomlin said in a social media post of Harper closing the \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d finale with his song. \u201cI love hearing you sing At The Cross!!!\u00a0 Let\u2019s sing it together sometime!\u00a0 God bless you and your family in this next season of your life.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"churc-4141487435\" class=\"churc-inline-1-desktop churc-entity-placement\">\n<div id=\"inline-desktop3\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/5500201\/cl_desktop_inline3_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F2852912698401533%2F&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=267&amp;t=0\" width=\"267\" height=\"591\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-origwidth=\"267\" data-origheight=\"591\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Hannah Harper Gives God \u2018All the Glory\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Hannah Harper, a mom of three who grew up singing in her family\u2019s bluegrass-gospel band, won this year\u2019s season of \u201cAmerican Idol,\u201d letting her faith in God shine from the beginning of her journey on the show.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Harper<\/strong>\u00a0auditioned with an original song titled, \u201cString Cheese,\u201d about how God helped her with her struggle with postpartum depression. Harper\u2019s audition actually moved judge Carrie Underwood to tears. During the finale, Harper performed \u201cString Cheese,\u201d which has achieved over 120 million views, according to host Ryan Seacrest.<\/p>\n<div id=\"churc-4166377906\" class=\"churc-inline-2-desktop churc-entity-placement\">\n<div id=\"inline-desktop4\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/5500201\/cl_desktop_inline4_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>During the Top 20 performances in March,\u00a0<strong>Harper<\/strong>\u00a0performed a rendition of the song \u201cAin\u2019t No Grave,\u201d and she gave a heartfelt, emotional performance of Tomlin\u2019s \u201cAt The Cross\u201d on March 30, receiving praise from all three judges. Lyrics to the song read in part:<\/p>\n<p><i>At the cross, at the cross<br \/>\n<\/i><i>I surrender my life<br \/>\n<\/i><i>I\u2019m in awe of you<br \/>\n<\/i><i>I\u2019m in awe of you<br \/>\n<\/i><i>Where your love ran red<br \/>\n<\/i><i>And my sin washed white<br \/>\n<\/i><i>I owe all to you<br \/>\n<\/i><i>I owe all to you, Jesus.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Seacrest asked\u00a0<strong>Harper<\/strong>, \u201cWhat was special about the performance of that song here tonight?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>L: Hannah Harper. Screengrab from YouTube \/ @AmericanIdol. R: Chris Tomlin. March 4, 2022.\u00a0Charliehooks,\u00a0CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Grammy Award-winning Christian artist and worship leader\u00a0Chris Tomlin\u00a0publicly&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24910,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24909"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24911,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24909\/revisions\/24911"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}