Christian artist Brandon Lake has gotten rather comfortable in the country music genre. All of this talk about artists switching over to country (Beyoncé, Post Malone, etc.), yet not much has been said about Brandon Lake. I suppose Christian to country isn’t a huge move musically, but nonetheless, the artist behind the hit song “Gratitude” has been working with plenty of country artists lately – and has even made some country music of his own. Back in May, there were two Christian songs that made the Hot 100 chart – the first time that’s happened in over a decade. One is Forrest Frank’s viral smash “Your Way’s Better,” and the other just so happened to be the Christian-country crossover that you’ve probably heard: “Hard Fought Hallelujah” with Lake and rapper-turned-country-singer, Jelly Roll. It seems as though the positive response to that one has inspired Brandon Lake to continue trusting country music fans to connect with his voice and his music. He brought out Cole Swindell for a collab at a recent concert, and has more recently confirmed that a song with Cody Johnson titled “When A Cowboy Prays” is on the way, and teased a track with Lainey Wilson called “The Jesus I Know.” That’s exciting to hear, but that’s apparently just scratching the surface of what Brandon Lake has planned for 2026 in terms of Christian-country-crossovers. As Lake took home “Christian Music Songwriter of the Year” and “Christian Music Song of the Year” at the 2025 ASCAP Awards in Nashville, the Christian artist took time to say that his success thus far has already far surpassed the dreams that he had. Lake also pointed out that his recent success in the country realm has been a God thing, and that more country music collaborations are to come in 2026: “My biggest dream came true years and years ago. This is just the overflow. This is the proof of Ephesians 3:20, that God’s able to do exceedingly, abundantly more than anything we think, ask or imagine, according to the power that He’s placed in us. I’m getting to witness that every single day of my life. This is what’s on my heart. The collision of Christian and country. Revival and redneck-ness, if you will. It’s just an honor to write songs. I’m so excited for 2026 and all the collaborations. I just want to say thank you to the country community already, that with open arms have welcomed me. Thank you Jelly for introducing me to so many folks and kinda getting my foot in the door. Not that I was trying to. Honestly, this has been a God thing from the get go. It’s not like this was a move I was trying to make.” Like I said earlier, it does seem as though the collab with Jelly Roll on “Hard Fought Hallelujah” was what opened the flood gates for Brandon Lake testing out the waters of country music. And from what it sounds like, there’s much more to come for Lake and the country music artists that he’s crossed paths with. There’s already the two aforementioned songs with Lainey Wilson and Cody Johnson on the way, and who knows who else is lined up to collab with the Christian artist. But all signs are pointing towards 2026 being a big year for Christian and country music coming together: “Christian x Country Collision incoming 2026. To God be the glory!” View this post on Instagram The post Brandon Lake Says More Christian Country Crossovers Are Coming In 2026 first appeared on Whiskey Riff.