Thousands of contemporary worship songs have been written since the beginnings of the genre in the 1960s. Most of these were ephemeral and were only used within the church for a short period. A much smaller number have a much greater popularity and more stable long-term fame. Songs (selective) *"" - by Matt Redman *"Awesome God" - by Rich Mullins *"El Shaddai" - by Michael Card and John Thompson, sung by Amy Grant *"How Great Is Our God" - by Chris Tomlin *"I Give You My Heart" - by Reuben Morgan *"In Christ Alone" - by Keith Getty and Stuart Townend *"Lord, I Lift Your Name on High" - by Rick Founds *"Shine, Jesus, Shine" - by Graham Kendrick *"Mighty to Save" - by Reuben Morgan and Ben Fielding *"We Believe" - by Richie Fike, Matt Hooper and Travis Ryan and by Newsboys