Faith Filled Family Magazine April 2017 | Page 60

and his musicianary crew plan to launch Heart of David ( HOD ) Global , a presence-driven , relationship-based worship network .
“ Now that our local base is becoming established , we have a vision to branch out and see a worldwide community of likeminded , like-hearted people who want to host the presence of the Lord in their city , who want to train and equip the Davids and who want to see the earth filled with worship ,” Pino explains .
Any organization is generally only as successful as its leader , and with Pino at the helm , Heart of David has the opportunity to impact countless lives for the cause of Christ . Traveling to an average of 15-20 nations annually , Pino has personally visited more than 55 nations in the two decades he ’ s been leading worship . “ About the time I was 11-years-old , the music lightswitch just came on in me . I was kind of thrown into it at the time , and I ’ ve been leading worship ever since ,” he says . “ I have a big heart for the unreached and I believe worship is the key to unlock the nations .”
Despite amassing an impressive underground following through his consistent touring and independent album releases , Pino maintains strong relationships with numerous mainstream worship leaders who have become the face of the modern worship movement .
“ I feel like we have one hand partnered with our mainstream friends in the surface and one hand partnered with our grassroots friends in the underground ,” he offers . “ We want to leverage any influence we have to bring people together to host His presence .”
A key component of the fresh prototype he ’ s crafting is focused on continuous worship hosted at Heart of David in an effort to create a space where people can experience the true meaning of Church and the fact that it doesn ’ t have anything to do with an actual building .
“ Because of my heart for the day and night worship movement that is exploding all over the earth , I think it would be a shame if Jesus only had a bride on Sunday morning ,” Pino shares . “ I feel like Sunday morning only Christianity is coming to an end , and I really believe that the entire earth , as we get closer to the return of Jesus , is going to begin to not just go to church but be the church seven days a week . And then our weekly expression — whether that ’ s a Sunday morning or a Friday night , whenever your community meets — that is kind of the cherry on top after you ’ ve already been the church for the rest of the week .”
Malachi 1:11 has become a central verse in establishing this vision . “ We ’ re releasing the incense of worship all over the globe because we ’ re crazy enough to believe , What if that verse was actually talking about us ?” Pino asserts . “ And I feel like when we say , ‘ yes ,’ to those realities in the Scripture , we get to step into history .”
Putting this Scripture into action , with a heart rooted in worship , Pino has made his original music accessible to broader audiences through a series of eight independent releases — a mix of studio and live recordings . His latest , Rend The Heavens , is a live project that captures the raw , unbridled chemistry of the evening through original and spontaneous moments of worship . The album debuted on the top of the iTunes Christian chart in the company of new releases from Kari Jobe , Hillsong and Passion . With no overdubs , Rend The Heavens remains an untouched glimpse into a typical worship gathering led by Pino .
“ There ’ s a human element to it ,” Pino reflects . “ So many times we can produce the anointing out of something because we want it to be perfect , but God says it ’ s not about perfection ; it ’ s about authenticity .”
Ironically , the album ’ s most powerful moment doesn ’ t come in the form of a song but in a spoken-word testimony track where Pino candidly shares his family ’ s personal story of longing for a second child . After the birth of their daughter , Pino and his wife struggled with infertility for six years . Yet , the medical advice they were given didn ’ t align with the spiritual guidance they were receiving .
“ The whole time the doctors were diagnosing us with infertility , we would have people speaking over us who didn ’ t even know what we were going through . They ’ d speak over us , saying , ‘ We just feel like God ’ s going to give you guys more kids ,’” Pino