Commissioned is an American, Urban Contemporary Gospel group founded in 1982. In 1999 a last studio album was released. In 2002 the group reunited and released a live 2 disc set and a DVD. The six original members were Fred Hammond, Mitchell Jones, Keith Staten, Karl Reid, Michael Brooks, and Michael Williams. In 1991 Staten and Brooks left the group and were replaced by Marvin Sapp, Maxx Frank, and Eddie Howard, Jr..