 Terry Hemmings, Provident Label Group CEO/President and a personal friend of Miller, openly predicted success for Casting Crowns and made them one of his top priorities at the label.While most artists in a similar situation would have received nine months for artist development, Hemmings gave the band four months and sped up the album's release.Most of "Casting Crowns" was recorded and mixed by Sam Hewitt at Zoo Studio in Franklin, Tennessee, with the exception of "If We Are the Body", which was mixed by Steve Bishir at Oxford Sound.