GRAMMY-winning band Casting Crowns' third studio album, The Altar and The Door, is set for release Aug. 28, according to the group's label, Beach Street, Provident-Integrity.

Casting Crowns singer/songwriter Mark Hall said the new album "is all about that journey of realization, the struggles we encounter and the victory of seeing it as possible."

Hall, who serves as youth pastor at Eagle's Landing First Baptist Church in Atlanta, said: "When we're in the church and spending time with God, we know what we're supposed to do and how to live. Everything is black and white. But somewhere between the altar and the door, when we leave and go out into our lives, it all leaks out."

"It's like we have these two lives, and the Christian life is the journey between the altar and door-trying to get the things you've got in your head, hands, feet and life."

The first radio single from The Altar and The Door is scheduled to hit radio in June, Beach Street, Provident-Integrity said. Starting in late summer, Casting Crowns will headline "The Altar and The Door" fall tour with Leeland and John Waller.

Casting Crowns' new project follows its two platinum-selling albums (Casting Crowns and Lifesong), two Recording Industry Association of America-certified live DVD projects (Live from Atlanta and Lifesong Live) and numerous awards, including the past two Group of the Year recognitions from the Gospel Music Association Dove Awards.

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