After seven years, Alisa Childers is leaving contemporary Christian group ZOEgirl at the end of the year to pursue her career as a solo artist.

ZOEgirl exploded on the scene in 2000. Having sold more than one million albums worldwide, ZOEgirl is the fastest-selling debut artist in the 26-year history of Sparrow Records.

"I have had such a great time with Kristin and Chrissy pursuing the call of God on ZOEgirl and will treasure all those memories forever. However, it's become evident to me that God is leading me to focus more on the other songs I've been writing over the years and to give them a voice," Alisa said.

While the last seven years with ZOEgirl have been a great experience and Alisa will miss her band mates, Chrissy Conway and Kristin Swinford, she looks forward to this great opportunity.

"I will forever be grateful to Norman Miller and Peter York who put ZOEgirl together and were the first ones in the industry to believe in me and give me a chance," Alisa said.

From AlisaChilders.com.

Check out Kristin's blog to read about what she'll be doing after ZOEgirl, and more!

Best of luck to Alisa, as well as Chrissy & Kristin!  Anything you choose to do will be a success!