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He would play the piano for hours at a time.

During that time, my wife and I grieved and prayed.

My father died that year, we were facing health problems, I had come to a point of burnout from being in pastoral ministry for 19 years, and the church that I had helped plant was entering the first phases of what became a devastating split.

During this same year Chewning started travelling full time with a group of his friends that formed a gospel band known as the Fishermen.

From Lawrence The story behind the writing of this song begins in 1992 when my wife and I experienced what we now call our year of sorrows.

It is stated that a teenage boy named Ray Boltz accepted Christ while attending one of the Fishermen's concerts at a Christian coffeehouse in Hartford City, Indiana.

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They witnessed on the streets, spoke and sung in churches all over.

"The Anchor Holds" was later released for national radio airplay and quickly rose to 1 position on the Inspirational charts.