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Music, Arts, Media

and the Great Commission

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CROSSING CULTURAL BARRIERS / CONTEXTUALIZATION

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Section Six:

* Related Articles

* Redemptive Analogies

* Relevant Bridges to Oral Societies

* The Arts and Reconciliation

* Encouraging Local & Overseas Ethnic Christian Musicians & Artists

* Encouraging Local Ethnic & Multicultural Fellowships

* Related Articles

+ Music, the Arts and Contextual Worship in Christian Ministry - They're Essential!! - Byron Spradlin, Artists in Christian Testimony

+ Communicating Christ Through a Culture's Art - Mary Lou Totten, FACE

QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER IN CONTEXTUALIZING ART
- ie. Mary Lou Totten's excellent bulleted short article

+ Contextualizing Praise & Worship for the Church Planting Agenda - Grace Wiebe

ETHNOMUSICOLOGY - definition, intro, some ways it can be used in missions, Scripture Songwriting Workshops, recording indigenous worship, music research, etc. Include some stories - ie. Paul's PRAISING THE HIGH KING OF HEAVEN, Frank's story about the recording project in Tunisia, and Grace/Gloria's article on Contextualizing Praise & Worship for the Church Planting Agenda - not too long - includes some bullets, etc.

+ Musicians & Artists as a Part of Church Planting Teams - Grace Wiebe

+ Contextualization article by Chirck Kraft

+ SYNCRETISM or CONTEXTUALIZATION?
- I'm finishing up an article on Reclaiming Music and the Arts as part of seeing the nations evangelized/disipled...this is something we may wish to consider

+ THE VITAL IMPORTANCE OF APPROPRIATE COMMUNICATION/MEANING
- Paul has written a very helpful article on this and Marilyn Malmstrom of Vernacular Media Services may wish to write something on this crucial subject as well

+ Top 10 Reasons Every Church Planting Team Needs A Worship/Arts Leader - Dave Hall, Worship to the Nations

+ THE NEED TO DEVELOP CULTURALLY REPRODUCIBLE MODELS
- I could write something short on that

+ Utilizing Music and the Arts as Potential Entry Strategies

UTILIZING MUSIC/ART/MEDIA BUSINESS PLATFORMS as potential ENTRY STRATEGIES and as a potential way to help fund local believers in the newly emerging churches - especially in restricted access nations - I would be happy to write a piece on this...

CONTENTS

* REDEMPTIVE ANALOGIES

* Redemptive Analogies -

RELEVANT BRIDGES TO ORAL SOCIETIES

Communication Bridges to Oral Cultures
Communicating Christ Through Oral Tradition
Reaching the Non-Literate Peoples of the World

THE ARTS & RECONCILIATION
+ Is the Role of Reconciliation Part of Our Roles as Great Commission Musicians & Artists? - Grace Wiebe

* ENCOURAGING LOCAL & OVERSEAS ETHNIC CHRISTIAN MUSICIANS & ARTISTS

* Encouraging Indigenous Musical / Artistic Expressions of Worships in Local Christian Fellowships - Grace Wiebe
* A Way for Artists to Encourage and Reach Out to Multicultural (and other) Children and Their Families - Grace Wiebe
* Endless Opportunities for Artists in the Multicultural Marketplace - Grace Wiebe

CONTENTS

RESOURCES:

+ Catalogs of Ethnic Music

+ Databases