Rooted in La Porte, Indiana, The Emerging Sound brings together historic preservation, community building, marketplace ministry, music, wellness initiatives, and extraordinary hospitality — cultivating environments where faith is lived out in everyday life.

Through education, training, stewardship, scholarships, and hands-on service to local churches, there is a single aim: a happy, healthy, and whole people — an emerging sound of life issuing house to house, across the street, and around the world.

The work takes shape across La Porte, where interconnected initiatives — many within the Good Folk family of brands — form a living ecosystem of hospitality, creativity, wellness, and community life: The Old Ruth receiving guests as the personal guests of Darrin and Jennie Lee Riddle; A Whole World of Good and the Upper Room anchoring downtown; Studio 7:14 serving as the center of wellness and restoration directly across the street.

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Marketplace, for-profit ministries that sustain and amplify faith-driven initiatives through commerce, creativity, and hospitality.

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Home of Kingdom-stewarded catalogs — administrating, managing, and distributing the songs of God’s songwriters for revival and lasting legacy.

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A marketplace ministry hub in historic downtown La Porte — mercantile, dress boutique, gift store, craft coffee house, and the Upper Room gathering space.

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A beautifully restored 30,000 sq. ft. mansion on the National Historic Registry — a sabbatical sanctuary for Christian entrepreneurs, creatives, pastors, and leaders.

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A 30-day Christ-centered residential wellness sabbatical for leaders, executives, pastors, and creatives — reset, recover, and finish your race with renewed strength.

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A Christ-centered counseling initiative — biblical counseling, prayer, uncompromising truth, and compassionate care for individuals and families.

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A Christ-centered holistic approach to healing and restoration — biblical counseling, FAR infrared saunas, It’s Not Yoga, PEMF, and much more.

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A Christian music label identifying, developing, and launching biblically faithful artists — equipping “musicianaries” to strengthen the global Church.

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An uplifting festival of music, faith, and community hosted by Jennie Lee Riddle — moments of connection, reflection, and joy.

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A growing community of believers from churches across the city — watchers on the wall who pray, sing, create, and labor together for the good of La Porte.

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Darrin & Jennie Lee Riddle

Jennie Lee Riddle, writer of the award-winning Revelation Song, and Darrin Riddle, mentor and leader — building a creative community that empowers the next generation of artists.

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La Porte, Indiana

Small-town charm and rich history — the serene and welcoming home of The Emerging Sound since 2016.

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As a matter of principle, we habitually reinvest our resources — financial, creative, and operational — into advancing the shared mission. For two decades, Jennie’s songwriting royalties and Darrin’s corporate career have underwritten and fueled this vision.

To expand the impact of this work, we now seek grants and partnerships to accelerate growth and sustainability — ensuring a lasting and transformative legacy for the Kingdom of God.