Songs of Worship and Praise is the first in the City on a Hill series of compilation albums by popular Contemporary Christian Music musicians. It received the Gospel Music Association's Special Event Album of the Year award for 2001.

"A City upon a Hill" is a phrase derived from the parable of Salt and Light in Jesus's Sermon on the Mount. ... In a modern context, it is used in United States politics to refer to America acting as a "beacon of hope" for the world.