Tony Cummings spoke to the Texas-based worship pastor at Gateway Church, KARI JOBE

Kari: Yes. We need to do more; after this trip we'll probably have more time. Opening that book back up to write, songwriting, sometimes it flows and sometimes it doesn't. I feel like it's flowing again.

Tony: Do you have a studio and time set aside, a producer in place?

Kari: We're in communication - still praying. The plan is to do it in the summer, but that's if the songs are there. I have a baby on the way; he's due in February.

Tony: Is it your first?

Kari: It is.

Tony: That's going to cut down considerably on what you will be able to do.

Kari: We'll slow down a little bit, but if the Lord says to do it, that's what I want to do. We'll do the strategic stuff and the stuff we feel like the Lord says.

Tony: Does your husband tour with you?

Kari: He does. He's usually around, but I don't know where he went just now.

Tony: How many times have you been to the UK now?

Kari: This would be my fourth time but my first time to come and do a worship tour. I sang at Hillsong two summers ago, but this is my first time to stay and do a full tour. I love it.

Tony: Do you ever decline invitations from certain churches on doctrinal grounds?

Kari: I've never really had to deal with that much. I feel like everything that comes across my desk to look at and pray over the Holy Spirit directs, because I haven't been in a place where I felt, 'I don't agree with this'. A lot of the things we do are out of relationship: we have a relationship with those people before we get there, so we know what we're getting into. If there are doctrinal funny things, I probably don't even know about. I'm not always very intuitive on those things; I don't care sometimes: I want to go in and help these people that have come, they're hungry, and my job is to declare the name of the Lord above all names, all agendas, all ideas - anything that sets itself up above the knowledge of Christ. My mindset is, 'Let's just worship. Those things have to fall.' And it's not my job to fix all those things before I leave.

Tony: We're seeing an evangelistic outflow from worship. With the quality of music these days, people are bringing their non-Christian friends, and conversions can happen even without a direct appeal.

Kari: When I do tours, or if I have a whole night that I'm doing, I do an altar call every time. My dad's an evangelist. It's really neat and exciting - sometimes there's so many hands I'm like, 'Wow! What if I wouldn't have led you in this prayer tonight?' Worship just tears down walls people have. When there's an authentic sense of his presence, if you've never known that before, you know something's different. We're spiritual beings and we're created to worship: if you don't worship the Lord, you're going to worship something. When you feel that sense of God's presence, you're nudging your friend and saying, 'What is it?' So when someone from stage says, 'What you're feeling tonight is the presence of God. He invites you into relationship to give you hope for your future, to erase your past' - hey, my hand would go up! It's great to be a mouthpiece for the Lord, to do it incognito and at the end of the night you're like, 'So this is what's been happening: it's God's presence'."

Tony: I've heard a prophecy a few times that alongside a revival of light there would be a revival of darkness. Would you agree with that?

Kari: It's Biblical: the Lord says it's going to be that way. It's not cause to fear, but it is cause to tune in. I want to be doing what I'm called to do and be at the right place at the right time. You don't want to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. It can cause a lot of fear in people - what's going to happen, where's it going; I even have those thoughts. But God is in control, and ultimately we win, because we get to go to Heaven to be with him. I definitely want to keep on - not walk in fear, not be in fear, but be aware, be wise. It's sad because there are so many things. There's a lot of attack against Christians; the Lord said that would start to happen.