She’s been hailed by Christianity Today as one of the Top 50 Up and Coming Evangelical Leaders Under the Age of 40. She’s received one Grammy Award nomination, three Dove Award nominations, written two books and released three critically successful albums.

But if you ask Australian-born alterna-pop crusader Rebecca St. James about her blossoming career, she might blush.

“I’m part of such a big team of people,” the 21-year-old explained in a press release. “And none of us could do without the other, and so I just see myself as one of the pieces of the puzzle.”

Ever since the beginning of her career, James’ ministry team has included everyone in her family, from her parents to her six siblings. When James is working on a new album, the entire family plays a part, and when she goes on tour, they’re all on tour with her.

Bill Wade of Praise Production Inc. said he reserved 11 double hotel rooms for the James crew for their Des Moines show Saturday.

“There are 30 people involved in the production,” he said, incredulously.

However, Wade said he was happy to do anything necessary to bring the clan to town for the launching of the “See You at The Pole” tour.

Named after the annual event reserved as a day for students to meet at their school’s flag pole to pray before class, the tour is meant to encourage teens and young adults to spend time each day in prayer.

To add to the prayer theme, James’ latest album, which she will be promoting at the concert, is appropriately titled “Pray.” The entire record is based on 2 Chronicles 7:14, which reads, “If my people, who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray … then I will heal their land.”

“The words really challenge a person’s faith,” said Hillary Ryan, a vocalist for campus ministry, The Salt Company. “[The words] make you look at your own life, and get you to look at your faith and see where you’re at and look at whether or not you’re doing what God asks and commands of you.”

James’ main focus is helping people who are her own age, relating to them about issues concerning torn family relationships and premarital sex.

“A lot of teens come up to me and say, ‘Thank you for talking about not having sex before marriage, because I feel like I’m the only one out there,'” James said.

Though the words in James’ songs may be based on age-old adages, her music and concerts have been adapted to fit the lifestyle and music preferences of any nose-ringed church-goer. She has been described by Christianity Today as “part Amy Grant, part Mother Teresa and part Billy Graham with some smoke and lasers thrown in,” and has lived up to the description.

In 1996, the Australian singer won a WorldFest Charleston Gold Award for Best New Media Interactive Entertainment, and her stage performances have made her the favorite female artist of the readers of Contemporary Christian Music magazine, Release magazine and The Lighthouse magazine.

But despite her many platforms and prestigious awards, James has remained devoted to the main platform that got her started in ministry in the first place.

“When Christians go away from a Rebecca St. James concert, our prayer is that they will go to their friends and take up the challenge to be bold, share their faith and start a chain reaction of people coming to Christ,” she said.