Rend Collective to celebrate decade of Christian rock 'Campfire' in Columbia, Springfield

How long can one "Campfire" keep burning? If you're the Irish band Rend Collective, at least a decade.

The Christian rockers will celebrate 10 years of the 2013 album by that name with a fall tour that includes two Missouri stops: Oct. 8 at the Missouri Theatre in Columbia, and Nov. 12 at the Gillioz in Springfield.

The band's third record, "Campfire," was in fact recorded around an outdoor fire circle and quite appropriately begins with a simply strummed and sung version of "Kumbaya."

Anthemic choruses, acoustic instrumentation and a warm, fitting glow mark the set, which also includes "Build Your Kingdom Here," "You Are My Vision" — a modern rewrite of the hymn "Be Thou My Vision" — and a take on worship songwriter Matt Redman's popular "10,000 Reasons."

The songs here "are rousing, redemptive, and inclusive, skillfully infusing contemporary Christian music with the the boot-stomping retro-folk of bands like Mumford & Sons and the Lumineers," AllMusic's James Christopher Monger wrote.

Rend Collective's most recent album, "Whosoever," hit the atmosphere last summer.

Tickets for the band's shows in Columbia and Springfield run from approximately $25 to $75. Visit https://rendcollective.com/pages/tour for more details about each show.

Aarik Danielsen is the features and culture editor for the Tribune. Contact him at adanielsen@columbiatribune.com or by calling 573-815-1731. He's on Twitter @aarikdanielsen.

This article originally appeared on Columbia Daily Tribune: Rend Collective marks album's 10th with Columbia, Springfield shows