The contemporary Christian music industry survived scandals, pushback from televangelists and the wholesale disruption of the record industry over the past 50 years and kept rolling.

Then in March 2020, COVID-19 brought it all to a halt.

Artists who’d spent decades on the road were suddenly stuck at home, their tour buses unpacked, with no clear indication when they’d be able to get back to playing music in public. For Christian filmmakers Andrew and Jon Erwin, who began their careers making music videos, the pandemic seemed a unique chance to get their musical heroes on camera.

“For the first time in history, all of these artists are off the road,” Andrew Erwin said in a video interview.

So the Erwins, a pair of brothers who’ve made faith-based movies such as “I Can Only Imagine” and “October Baby,” called up Christian music legends Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith and pitched the idea of a documentary about the history of Christian music. The two agreed and signed on as producers. Before long, the project was underway.

The result of their efforts is “The Jesus Music,”