"Casting Crowns" was released on October 7, 2003 and debuted at number 198 on the "Billboard" 200 selling 6,000 units; it also debuted at number 11 on the Christian Albums chart and number 9 on the Heatseekers Albums chart.By March 2004, the album had sold 168,000 copies in the United States, in large part due to the success of "If We Are the Body".