In August 2009, Andy Osenga announced that he would not be part of the next album, "Raising Up the Dead". The album was released for pre-sale on August 2, 2010 in a tiered pricing structure. "Raising Up the Dead" was an attempt to keep most of the songwriting in-house; Derek Webb returned to contribute on the album, as well as Derek's wife, Sandra McCracken being the only songwriter from outside the band to contribute. Unusually, Danielle co-wrote and sang lead on six of the album's twelve songs, with the remainder of the lead vocals being evenly split between Cliff and Derek.