In September 2018, West announced that his ninth studio album
Yandhi would be released later in the month. He later postponed the date to November 2018 in order to record in
Uganda. The album was postponed a second time in November with no set release date. On the first Sunday of 2019, West began the first "Sunday Service" rehearsal, where he performed gospel iterations of his discography and other songs with a choir group, The Samples and frequent collaborators like
Tony Williams,
Francis and the Lights, and
Ant Clemons. During Sunday Service rehearsals, several songs from
Yandhi have been performed. On January 12, 2019, it was reported that West was replaced by
Ariana Grande as a headliner for
Coachella. West pulled out because a giant dome could not be constructed for the performance. On March 31, 2019, West announced that Sunday Service would perform an
Easter set at Coachella. The
first public Sunday Service performance was at Coachella for Easter on April 21, 2019. On October 5, 2019, he brought Sunday Service to
The Gateway in
Salt Lake City, Utah. His performance occurred on an already busier than usual weekend with
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints holding their semi-annual
General Conference the same weekend. West collaborated with pastor
Joel Osteen, who hosted West at
Lakewood Church located in
Houston on November 17, 2019. Although the tickets were free for the event, those who had tickets began to sell them online for up to $500. On November 21, 2019, Sunday Service announced that they would be a part of the youth
Strength to Stand Conference, which would be held at LeConte Center in
Pigeon Forge,
Tennessee from January 18–20, 2020. West's performance was added after comedian
John Crist's performance was canceled after Crist was suspected of sexual misconduct. On November 28, 2019, West released the "
Closed on Sunday" videoclip on YouTube, where the group appeared in the last part of the song adding additional vocals, not included in the studio version of the song. On December 25, 2019, Sunday Service released
Jesus is Born as West had said. Exactly a year later Sunday Service released the
Emmanuel EP, featuring 5 new tracks composed and produced entirely by West in
Latin, based on texts from the
Roman Breviary and the
Roman Gradual. The group returned in 2024 on the
Will Smith comeback single "
You Can Make It", featuring the singer
Fridayy. It was Smith's first new song in nearly two decades. According to West, the logo was changed to the
sig runes of the
Schutzstaffel in March 2025. In 2025, singers associated with West's Sunday Service contributed backing vocals to
Dinastía, a collaborative album by Mexican artists
Peso Pluma and
Tito Double P. ==Discography==