INTRODUCTION

Melissa Helser is a songwriter, worship leader and founder of discipleship school, The 18 inch Journey, located in North Carolina where she also leads Cageless Birds, a collective of artists, with her husband Jonathan. Melissa and Jonathan have been a part of the Bethel Music Collective since 2014, bringing with them a rich history of passionate worship. The Helser’s are known for their hit songs “Raise A Hallelujah”, featured on Bethel Music’s VICTORY (2019) album and “No Longer Slaves”, appearing on Bethel Music’s We Will Not Be Shaken (2015). The Helsers live with their two beautiful children in Sophia, North Carolina, where they spend time crafting songs, art, and goods that encourage others into wholeness and freedom as children of God.