Worshipworks Ministries International


Pastor Joe & Becky Cruse Worshipworks Ministries International in Austin Texas is the ministry founded by Joe and Becky Cruse, formerly with The Cruse Family, one of America’s first families of Contemporary Worship Music.

Worshipworks Ministries International is also home to:

City Worship Centre, a spirit filled church located in the Southwest Austin/Dripping Springs area, and

Institute for the Arts, a three year Worship School for Worship Leaders and Musicians.

AWE 2010

Institute For The ArtsCity Worship Centre


Catching UP 8/25/2010
Hey friend! I know it’s been quite some time since you’ve heard from us here at Worshipworks Ministries International so let me try and catch you up to speed. This has been a very busy summer for the team but a very productive one. We had wonderful times of revival in Fellowship of Ft [...]

WMI Summer Update 2010
How are you today? I pray you are enjoying summer and finding some good time to rest and reflect on the goodness of God. It’s been two weeks since the last writing and we have much to tell. Even though classes aren’t in session, WMI and the travel team find themselves busy with opportunities [...]

Prayer and Praise
Hello—we trust this writing finds you incredibly blessed! It’s exciting to see what God is doing in the church these days. God is moving by His spirit and peoples’ lives are being changed and blessed daily! Psalms 103:2 says, “Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits”. [...]

Seek Ye First
This is the day the Lord has made—I WILL REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IT! And this is also a week that is going to be life changing for so many. Beginning tomorrow night, Thursday (6/24) @ 7:00 pm, we are holding our first city wide Worship Conference called A.W.E.—Austin Worship Explosion. On Thursday [...]

What do you dare ask or think?
Are you having a blessed week? I certainly hope so! God our Father has been so good to us, Jesus is interceding on our behalf, and the precious Holy Spirit has empowered us to do the greater works. What more could we dare ask or think? Ephesians 3: 20 [...]

The Door of Opportunity is Open
How are you today? We are in revival at Fellowship of Ft. Bend in Rosenberg, TX this week and the meetings have been wonderful. The people are very hungry and the Lord has been faithful to meet us in every service. Keep us in your thoughts and prayers this week. We are [...]

Psalm for the Day
I trust this “short but sweet” letter finds you abundantly blessed and enjoying these early summer days! Psalms 116 says— 1 I love the Lord because he hears my voice and my prayer for mercy.? 2 Because he bends down to listen, I will pray as long as I have breath!? 3 Death wrapped its ropes [...]

Speak and Decree
I wanted to encourage you today with some thoughts on prayer that I came across several years back. The following excerpt is by Dutch Sheets, well-known author and minister on the power of intercessory prayer. “The Word of God is called a “seed” in the Scriptures. The root word in Greek is speiro. Spora and [...]