DC Talk, the first pop/gospel act to incorporate elements of hip-hop and grunge, has made a career out of constantly changing its style and image. Yet the public -- both their core Contemporary Christian fans and more secular audience -- seem to love it. The trio's 1995 Jesus Freak, at over a million copies, has sold more than any other gospel album in history. And Supernatural, their latest release, was the highest debuting Christian album in the Billboard chart's history, bowing at No. 4.

Michael Tait, who co-founded the group with Toby McKeehan and later Kevin Smith, says the key to DC Talk's success has been change, the adding and deleting of musical influences from rap to retro rock. "We've changed our musical styles drastically," Tait says. "We have to evolve until we dissolve. Its not so much that we're schizo, but there are three chefs in the kitchen, so the music is a hybrid -- even though at the end of the day, we're a pop band. It's interesting on the Supernatural album. Before, we would write separately and all put songs onto an album. On this one, we worked and wrote together, putting all our feelings on the table for discussion."

Even though the band changes musical influences like other people change clothes, Tait insists the message remains constant: "The spiritual message hasn't changed a bit. Sometime we mention Jesus or God in our lyrics, sometimes we don't. We feel God influences our lives and it's going to come through in our lyrics whether we actually say his name or not." In January, the group began a tour that included a performance for the Pope, before a Papal speech -- a performance that surprised Tait. "But if we can open for Billy Graham," he reasons, "we can open for the Pope."