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The purpose of this site is to give you a listing of some highly-recommend Christian instructors that you can contact to potentially help you by doing some training or seminars/workshops, etc. on various topics related to music & the arts and missions.

As able, I will be adding the names of potential instructors to contact on this listing under the various topics.

Web sites of the various ministries represented will be included on the page of RELATED MINISTRIES.

Please also check out the following link for some very helpful Resource People!

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GOD THE ARTIST
Marlene Dickson - YWAM Montana - School of the Arts - USA
Colin Harbinson - International Festival of the Arts, Dean of the Arts - Belhaven College - USA

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WORSHIP
LaMar Boschman - Worship Institute - USA
Ken Davidson - Shekinah Ministries - USA
Dick Eastman - Every Home for Christ - Harp & Bowl Worship, etc.
Gareth Goossen - Make Us Holy - Canada
Ray Hughes - Selah Ministries - USA
Dave Hall - Pioneers - USA
Dave Pass - Password International - S. Africa - theology of worship, etc.
John Piper - Desiring God Ministries - Worship, worship in God's Big Picture, etc.

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RECLAIMING MUSIC & THE ARTS AS PART OF DISCIPLING THE NATIONS
Sosene Le'au - Island Breeze - Hawaii - see his book CALLED TO HONOR HIM
Colin Harbinson - International Festival of the Arts, Dean of the Arts - Belhaven College - USA
Landa Cope - Europe

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MUSIC & THE ARTS IN MISSIONS
Tom Avery - Ethnomusicology - SIL - USA
John Barcanic - USA
John Benham, Music in World Cultures program at Bethel University - Ethnomusicology -
USA
Naomi Boshoff - Pretoria, S. Africa - Was the coordinator of the Performing Arts & Worship Track of GCOWE 97, and is again coordinating the Arts, Entertainment and Media Track for SACLA 2010 - VISION: “Christian leaders working together to support a spiritual renewal that will bring about a measurable moral and social transformation of our nation by 2010.”

+ Noel Cacho - Philippines

Vernon Charter - Ethnomusicology / Performing Arts & Worship, Prairie Bible College - Canada - 403.443.5511 x 3394
Nathan Corbitt - Buildabridge International - USA
Ken Davidson - Shekinah Ministries - USA
Dave & Marlene Dickson - YWAM Montana - School of the Arts - USA
Dave Durham - the Crucible - Belmont Worship & Arts, Nashville, TN
Frank Fortunato - Heart Sounds International, Operation Mobilization International Music Director, International Worship & Arts Network Coordinator - USA
Laurel Gasque - Regent College, Vancouver, BC - The Arts & Missions - "...Laurel Gasque pioneered the integration of the arts and faith at Regent. She has travelled and studied extensively in Europe, Africa, and Asia, and has taught at several universities and seminaries as well as published numerous articles on the arts and faith...Visiting Scholar in Residence in Art History, Trinity Western University. BA (University of California, Los Angeles), MEd (Eastern University)." - from here

Doug & Candy Gintz - Worldquest - USA
Dave Hall - Worship to the Nations, International Worship & Arts Network - Europe
Jim & Anne Mills - Brussels Art House, Creative Arts Europe
Paul Neeley - Ethnomusicology - Specializing in African Musics - Artists in Christian Testimony - USA
Andrew Sievright - Christian Art - USA
Julie Spence - YWAM University of the Nations - College of the Arts - Hawaii
Byron Spradlin - Artists in Christian Testimony - USA
Jolene Wilson - International Worship & Arts Network - USA
Grace Wiebe - International Worship & Arts Network, Great Commission Worship & Arts Center, Ethnic Worship & Arts Focus - Canada - bio - Grace is currently unable to do public speaking due to health reasons, but perhaps again in the future.
Larry Hefty - YWAM Montana School of the Arts - USA - "...has twenty-five years of experience in sound ... Larry served for the past ten years as Director of the ... and Fine Arts Division of YWAM Montana..." (from here)
Karen Lafferty- Musicians for Missions International - USA

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BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW & THE ARTS
Naomi Boshoff - Pretoria, S. Africa - Was the coordinator of the Performing Arts & Worship Track of GCOWE 97, and SACLA 2003

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UTILIZING ETHNIC MUSIC & THE ARTS IN CHURCH PLANTING
Frank Fortunato - Heart Sounds International, Operation Mobilization International Music Director, International Worship & Arts Network Coordinator - USA

Grace Wiebe - International Worship & Arts Network, Great Commission Worship & Arts Center, Ethnic Worship & Arts Focus - Canada - bio - Grace is currently unable to do public speaking due to health reasons, but perhaps again in the future.

Dave Hall - Worship to the Nations, International Worship & Arts Network - Europe
Marilyn Malmstrom - Venacular Media Services - "...Vernacular Media Services (VMS) exists to assure that all people will have access to God's word in their own languages, even those who cannot or do not read. VMS encourages a variety of vernacular media tools to provide vehicles for the non-reading population to access the Scriptures as well as other information that will benefit members of ethnic communities..."
http://www.ethnologue.com/show_author.asp?auth=4877
Paul Neeley - Ethnomusicology - Specializing in African Musics - Artists in Christian Testimony - USA
David Nelson - USA - ethnomusicology, etc.
Mary Lou Totten - FACE - CA

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ETHNODOXOLOGY
Paul Neeley - Ethnodoxology - TX
Mary Lou Totten - FACE - CA
Richard Twiss - Wiconi International - WA

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ETHNOMUSICOLOGY
Tom Avery - Ethnomusicology - Wycliffe - USA

Daniel Avorgbedor - Ethnomusicology - personal site
http://arts.osu.edu/2faculty/a_faculty_profiles/music_fac_profiles/avorgbedor_daniel.html

John Barcanic - USA

John Benham, Music in World Cultures program at Bethel University - Ethnomusicology - USA
Harold Best - Dean Emeritus, Wheaton College Conservatory of Music
Past President, National Association of Schools of Music (NASM)
Vernon Charter - Ethnomusicology / Performing Arts & Worship, Prairie Bible College - Canada - 403.443.5511 x 3394
Nathan Corbitt - Buildabridge International - USA
Frank Fortunato - Heart Sounds International, Operation Mobilization International Music Director, International Worship & Arts Network Coordinator
Dave Hall - Worship to the Nations, International Worship & Arts Network - Europe
Roberta King - Ethnomusicology - Fuller Theological Seminary
Jim & Kristy Miller - Songs to the Creator - ethnomusicology among Canada's West Coast First Nations peoples -Canada
Paul Neeley - Ethnomusicology - Specializing in African Musics - Artists in Christian Testimony - USA
David Nelson - USA - ethnomusicology, etc.
Diane Palmer-Quay - Ethnomusicology - USA
http://www.ethnologue.org/show_work.asp?id=39027

Roger Thomasson - USA
Sue Whittaker - Ethnomusicology - USA

Grace Wiebe - International Worship & Arts Network, Great Commission Worship & Arts Center, Ethnic Worship & Arts Focus - Canada - bio - Grace is currently unable to do public speaking due to health reasons, but perhaps again in the future.

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ETHNODRAMATOLOGY

Julisa Rowe - Ethnodramatology - Artists in Christian Testimony - "Julisa Rowe has performed and taught drama and worship internationally, most recently in Kenya and India. She is a well-known performer, touring with one-woman dramatizations of missionaries such as Amy Carmichael and Mary Slessor. She and her husband, Bill, also perform and teach extensively through music and drama. They are arts specialists under Artists in Christian Testimony, an affiliation of artists who desire to use their talents for the furthering of God's kingdom. Except for a 2-year hiatus while overseas, Julisa has been involved with the Drama Improvement Conference since its inception. She has a BA in Theatre, an MA in Intercultural Ministries, and a Doctor of Missiology in the field of ethnodramatology, where she focused her research on appropriate and effective ways of using drama in different cultures for Christian communication. She is available for performances, directing projects, training, or consultation on drama in the church and missions." From here

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BIBLICAL FOUNDATIONS OF MUSICIANS & ARTISTS
Colin Harbinson - Colin Harbinson - International Festival of the Arts, Dean of the Arts - Belhaven College - USA
Dave Durham - the Crucible - Belmont Worship & Arts, Nashville, TN
Ray Hughes - Selah Ministries - USA - and history of music in Christianity, etc.
Paul Neeley - Ethnomusicology - Specializing in African Musics - Artists in Christian Testimony - USA

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GOD's MUSICIANS & ARTISTS IN BUSINESS / MARKETPLACE MINISTRY

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GOD'S MUSICIANS & ARTISTS IN COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION

Nathan Corbitt - Buildabridge International - USA

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GOD's MUSICIANS & ARTISTS RE SOCIAL & JUSTICE ISSUES

Patt Wadenpfuhl - Worldview International - (some excerpts from their web site): "...For years, The WorldView Arts Group has worked together, making art in community and taking it into the world to communicate the message of the Gospel, in multiple venues, through various mediums. We have communicated the truth of global Christian persecution through our fine arts gallery show, Visions of Silence (This link will take you to a section of our old site, a new version is coming soon), and expressed beauty in the inner city at summer arts camps for underprivileged children...Collaborating with other organizations, The Arts Group produced a benefit concert, featuring over 100 local artists and musicians, to raise awareness and thousands of dollars for Kosovo refugees..." See Cries of the City..."...Our original stage presentation, The Story of Love (page coming soon), has traveled from remote, impoverished villages in Madagascar to the mansions of those in the seat of national power, from the cathedrals of Europe into our own Cleveland inner city neighborhoods...The WorldView Arts Group also provides training seminars and conferences in Africa, Europe, and the USA as we work to envision, equip and empower artists to use their gifts to change their world..."

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THE ROLE OF GODLY MUSICIANS & ARTISTS IN THE GREAT COMMISSION
Colin Harbinson - Colin Harbinson - International Festival of the Arts, Dean of the Arts - Belhaven College - USA
Dave Durham - the Crucible - Belmont Worship & Arts, Nashville, TN
Patt Wadenpfuhl - Worldview International -
Ray Hughes - Selah Ministries - USA - and history of music in Christianity, etc.
Dave Hall - Worship to the Nations, International Worship & Arts Network - Europe
Grace Wiebe - International Worship & Arts Network, Great Commission Worship & Arts Center, Ethnic Worship & Arts Focus - Canada - bio - Grace is currently unable to do public speaking due to health reasons, but perhaps again in the future.

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BIBLICAL ROLE OF MUSIC & THE ARTS IN THE BIG PICTURE
Frank Fortunato - Heart Sounds International, Operation Mobilization International Music Director, International Worship & Arts Network Coordinator - USA
Colin Harbinson - Colin Harbinson - International Festival of the Arts, Dean of the Arts - Belhaven College - USA
Grace Wiebe - International Worship & Arts Network, Great Commission Worship & Arts Center, Ethnic Worship & Arts Focus - Canada - bio - Grace is currently unable to do public speaking due to health reasons, but perhaps again in the future.
Ray Hughes - Selah Ministries - USA - and history of music in Christianity, etc.

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