Includes bibliographical references (pages 535-545) and index.
Contents:
Sec. I. Three worlds converged : living in an oral, literate, and digital culture / Samuel E. Chiang. Significance of beauty and excellence in Biblical worship / Emily R. Brink -- God's creation and human creativity : seven affirmations / Harold M. Best -- Bridge : worship between Bible and culture / Ron Man -- Artistic expression in Early Christianity / Eleanor Krieder -- Ways of contextualizing church music : some Asian examples / I-to Loh -- How song sustained the church / Frank Fortunato -- Global shift from North to South : implications for Latin American worship / David D. Ruiz -- Whole world has gone "glocal" / Jaewoo Kim -- Ethnoartistic cocreation in the Kingdom of God / Brian Schrag -- Designing multicultural worship with the Missio Dei in mind / Josh Davis -- Ethnodramatology for community engagement / Julisa Rowe -- Shall we dance : reflections on the Nairobi statement on worship and culture / Anne Zaki -- Worship challenges in multicultural churches : Bethlehem Baptist experience / Chuck Steddom -- Canaan hymns : songs of the house-church Christians in China / Irene Ai-Ling Sun -- Great misconception : why music is not a universal language / Robin P. Harris -- Mentoring artists / Mary Elizabeth Saurman -- Culturally appropriate worship : my story as a Cameroonian Pastor / Roch Ntankeh -- Missional impulse toward incarnational worship in the New Testament / John Piper -- Bible storying with the creative arts for church planting / Tom Ferguson -- Art and gospel : the necessity of artistic fullness / Steven C. Hawthorne -- Musical bridges in Christian communication : lessons for the church / Roberta R. King -- Spare them Western music / Vida Chenoweth -- Making a difference in a week : eight principles for art making in short-term engagement / J. Nathan Corbitt, Sarah Rohrer -- Cross-cultural communication through symbol / C. Michael Hawn, Swee Hong Lim -- Challenge of indigenizing Christian worship : an example form India / Jacob Joseph -- Contextualizing visual arts for faith sharing / Scott Rayl -- What happens to music when cultures meet : Six stages of music development in African churches / James R. Krabill -- A framework for incorporating arts in short-term missions / Ian Collinge -- Visual arts as a bridge to engaging people of other cultures / Geinene Carson -- Transformative worship in a Malaysian context / Sooi Ling Tan -- Worship wheel / Todd Saurman -- Local arts and worship development in church planting / William N. Harris -- Each person's part nourishes the whole : my story / Jean Ngoya Kidula -- Arts and trauma healing in situations of violence and conflict / Harriet Hill -- Three worlds converged : living in an oral, literate, and digital culture / Samuel E. Chiang. ASIA. Singing from the hills / Janet Seever. A sabbatical year in Africa that changed everything / Mary K. Oyer -- Engelbert Mveng : a theology of life expressed in art / Scott Rayl -- Hymnbooks as a stimulus to reading and more / Ken Hollingsworth -- Love motive / Brian Schrag -- Heavenly liturgy / Lila Balisky -- Delightful pandemonium : dance in the Sudan / Frank Fortunato -- Eritrea and Sudan : worship in the midst of suffering / George Luke -- Chanting the Scriptures / Mae Alice Reggy -- Even the frogs are singing / Julie Taylor -- From now on, Give us this Bread / Julie Taylor -- God will make a way / Carol Brinnerman -- Chanting the Gospel of John : an experimental approach / Sue Hall, Richard Shawyer -- Scripture memorization : key to peace / Anne Zaki -- Ntsikana : the first great Xhosa hymn writer / James R. Krabill -- A Pentecost moment / Joyce Scott -- Turning sermon notes into song / Greg Kernaghan -- Creating processions and passion play in Southern Africa / C. Michael Hawn, Swee Hong Lim -- Touching the heart strings / Tom Avery -- Philippians and James, with a dash of Mellet beer and Madmen / Rob Baker -- Skillful musicians, composing at the speed of light / Rob Baker -- Story and song in Kpele-Dafo : an innovative church planting model among an oral culture of Togo / Jim Bowman, Carla Bowman -- Now there's something interesting in Church / Leticia Dzokotoe -- Unity in diversity through music and language in The Gambia / Sue Hall-Heimbecker -- New choir songs-ones everyone can understand / Sue Hall-Heimbecker -- Ministry and music in Sierra Leone / Kedra Larsen Kinney -- Your ways are straight : a Scripture song workshop in Sierra Leone / Kedra Larsen Kinney -- Holy Week drama according to Matthew / James R. Krabill, Jeanette Krabill -- How a West African evangelist unleashed musical creativity among new believers / James R. Krabill -- Feeble knees and a new Puguli voice / Kember Lillo -- Indigenous Proverbs : opening doors to the heart / W. Jay Moon -- Creating a Farm Blessing Church service / Paul Neeley -- User-friendly hymns for the Akyode / Paul Neeley -- LATIN AMERICA. Worshiping God Wounaan-style / Rob Binder -- Believing is singing / Robert Campbell -- At night his song is with me / Heber Negrao -- Now we can speak to God in song / Jack Popjes -- UNITED STATES. Cultivating and contextualizing arts in Worship for minority groups / David M. Bailey -- A laughing party and contextualized Worship / Mark Charles -- Mosaic Church of North Carolina : from the ground up / Kenneth L. Wallace -- Multiethnic worship in the crucible of the campus; the story of InterVarsity at Virginia Commonwealth University / Kenneth L. Wallace -- ASIA. Japanese Black Gospel choirs : a counterintuitive approach to contextualization / Gay Fujino -- Praise Dance : an exercise in relationship building / Wil LaVeist -- Aroma of beauty : music in disaster relief / Roger W. Lowther -- NamSeoul Grace Church : glorifying God through the arts / Steve S.C. Moon -- Gift Rap / Chieko Larrimore -- Only God can wash away sin / Anonymous -- Hallelujah Perahera : religious processions in Sri Lanka / Michael T. Balonek -- Storytellers of Dulumpur / Carla Bowman -- Local culture communicates best / Frank Fortunato -- Where Hindu and Christian worlds meet : through the Yeshu Bhakti music of Aradhna / Christopher Dicran Hale -- Bel Canto in India's Northeast : Young Naga Artists fuse opera, rockabilly and their faith / Michael T. Heneise -- Power of music in the Lhomi Church / James Lhomi -- Gospel and local art forms / B.E. Bharathi Nuthalapati -- Film and art open Tibetan hearts to the Gospel / John Oswald -- Geometric design and symbolic colors : visual Gospel contextualization among Hindu immigrants / Scott Rayl -- Rhythm and Rhymes / Eric Sarwar -- Born across borders, raised in a refugee camp : the history of the Cambodian hymnal / Alice Compain -- Faith and the arts in Bali's diverse, creative culture / John D. Pierce -- Balinese Christian painter Nyoman Darsane : Bali is my body, Christ is my life / Scott Rayl -- Sawai Chinnawong : the Gospel in traditional Thai art / Scott Rayl -- Indonesian shadow puppetry illuminates Bible stories / Scott Rayl -- Singing from the hills / Janet Seever. RESEARCH AND COCREATION. Creating local arts together the manual summary / Julsia Rowe. Meet Kevin "Nana Moses" Calvert / Jo-Ann Faith Richards -- Rehab in Jamaica : Creole songs and Scripture / Jo-Ann Faith Richards -- Haiti's unending song / Laurie Williams -- An Australian Worship leader's journey from Hillsong to "Singing up Country" / Tanya Riches -- EUROPE. Just as it should be / Mark Charles -- Jubilate foundation in Romania / Richard S. Mauney -- Konstantin Zhigulin interview / Robin P. Harris -- MIDDLE EAST. Glorifying God through elocution / Pam Wilson -- Parables through dance / Pam Wilson -- Artistic adaptations of Scripture Story among women of Oral cultures / Carla Bowman -- WORLDWIDE. Victorious faith in the midst of persecution / Nik Ripken -- Fleshing out the Gospel woldwide through the arts / Roger W. Lowther -- From trickling tributaries to rushing rivers : Fifty years of Music Missions / Frank Fortunato -- Equipment / Frank Fortunato -- Artists hold keys to Unreached People Groups / John Oswald -- Worship in my language / Brian Schrag -- Sec. III. ARTS ADVOCACY. Promoting arts awareness and education in the Church / Dianne B. Collard -- Determining your role as an arts advocate and facilitator / Brian Schrag -- Dealing effectively with opponents on the field / Robin P. Harris -- When they won't listen / William N. Harris -- Designing arts workshops for mother-tongue speakers / Kenneth R. Hollingsworth, Heber Negrao -- Encouraging the development of relevant arts in the lives of Believers / Todd Sauman, Mary Beth Sauman -- Creative arts in Mission training at All Nations Christian College / Jill Ford -- Diploma program at Luther W. New Jr. Theological College / Jacob Joseph -- Arts curriculum at Fuller Theological Seminary / Roberta R. King -- Ethnomusicology developments at Liberty University / John L. Benham -- Teaching an arts course online / Katherine Morehouse -- Mentoring Artists / Sue Hall-Heimbecker -- Starting an apprenticeship program / Ian Collinge -- WORSHIP. Developing culturally appropriate Worship / Julisa Rowe -- Developing Urban arts / David M. Bailey -- Worshiping with the Global Church / C. Michael Hawn -- Three obstacles to overcome / David M. Bailey -- Drawing your community toward a culture of multiethnic Worship / Kenneth L. Wallace -- Moving from monocultural to multicultural Worship / Ian Collinge -- Honoring diverse heart languages in a Christian community / David M. Bailey -- G-A-T-H-E-R: six principles for discipling Worship leaders / Byron Spradlin -- Seven recommendations for mentoring Worship Leaders / Jaewoo Kim, Joy Kim -- Illuminating the Word : arts in preaching / Kenneth L. Wallace -- Integrating arts and preaching / Rochelle L. Cathcart -- Bringing Scripture to life with artistic creativity / Julisa Rowe -- Scripture and the arts of Story, movement and music / Jeff Barker -- Scripture relevance dramas / Michelle Petersen -- RESEARCH AND COCREATION. Planning an arts showcase event / Brian Schrag -- Evaluating and improving local arts / Brian Schrag -- Making effective video and audio recordings / Cory Cummins, William N. Harris, Mary Hendershott -- Commissioning artistic works / Paul Neeley -- Creating local arts together the manual summary / Julsia Rowe.
Summary:
"Worship and Mission for the Global Church offers theological reflection, case studies, practical tools, and audiovisual resources to help the global church appreciate and generate culturally appropriate arts in worship and witness. Drawing on the expertise and experience of over one hundred writers from twenty countries, the volume integrates insights from the fields of ethnomusicology, biblical research, worship studies, missiology, and the arts."--Back cover
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