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Twenty-five years ago, singer-songwriter Rich Mullins lost his life in a car accident on his way to a benefit concert in Kansas. We remember him from hit songs like “Awesome God” and “Sing Your Praise to the Lord.”

At the peak of his career, Mullins turned his back on fame and success to live on a Native American reservation in New Mexico, teaching music to children and sharing his simple hope in the gospel of Jesus.

But who really was the enigmatic performer whose bold honesty ruffled the feathers of the music industry—and his fellow believers?

We get to know him better in Rich Mullins: A Ragamuffin’s Legacy.

In this documentary, those who knew him best remember his lasting influence and how his deep devotion shaped their lives.

Here are eight things you might not know about Rich Mullins.

1. Rich Mullins struggled with “fitting in”

Friends said he was a complicated mix of talent and magnetism, piety and mystery.

“Every single place he went,” recalled one, “he created commun