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ARTICLES RE UTILIZING ETHNIC MUSIC
/ ART IN CHURCH PLANTING:
A Brief Update on the Recent GCoMM
- by Tom Avery - Dec03
ALBMUZIKA TRUST Promotes
Albanian Education & Culture
ALL THE NATIONS WORSHIP BEFORE THE THRONE - LaMar Boschman - Dec06 - Songs
from the Other Side - by LaMar Boschman
A Midsummer Night's Dream! - Excerpts
from Sept 2007 newsletter - Nov07
An Update from URBANA 2004 - Jan04
ARABIC-SPEAKING BELIEVER IN MIDDLE EAST COMPOSES MUSIC FOR ENTIRE NEW TESTAMENT
- Sept04
ARAB VISION TV DEVELOPING TV SERIES/PROGRAMS TO HELP DEFEND THE DISABLED AND
PROGRAMS ABOUT HIV/AIDS, etc. - MayJun-06
ARE YOU an
ARTIST or a MISSIONARY? -Apr04
Art Evangelism to the Tibetans - online
video - Feb07
Artists
& Musicians Getting Out of the Box: Read " OFF THE MAP
- - Feb/Mar08
ARTS FOR CHRIST in the Middle East
/ N. Africa - "...redeeming arts for Christ" - Jan07
A R T S L I N K - O n t o u r i n T u r k e y - J u n e 1 1 t h - J u l y 1
5 t h, 2 0 0 7 - Aug07
Arts
Ministry In Action: STUDENT MISSIONS MOBILIZATION CONCERT - Aug/Sept06
Assisting Multicultural
Churches With Their Various Expressions of Worship
A TESTIMONY OF HIS GRACE - Samir H, - Apr06
A Time To Sing. A Manual
For The African Church
Audio Scriptures Reach Azerbaijan -
MP3 - Feb07
A
Way For Artists to Encourage and Reach Out to Multicultural (or other) Children
& Their Families -
BARAKA MONTAGE: Mobilizing Missionaries Through Ethnic Music - Aug03
BEATIFIC VISION FOR M+US+*LIMS - Mar05
Becoming
Bi-Musical: The Importance and Possibility of Missionary Involvement in Music
-
BIBLE
THEME MUSIC - May07
Bible Verses
Written Onto Scrolls A Popular Item for Tourists - Dec07-Jan08
BILL DRAKE TOUR REPORT Re Turkey - Jan05
BRAZILIAN PERFORMING ARTS GROUP 'BERIMBAU' on TOUR - LEBANON AND TURKEY - 3
May to 4 June 2007 - Oct07
Buildabrigde
International
BuildaBridge
Summer Project - Artology - YouTube - online video - Nov07
Building on Firm Foundations - A Call for Your Input - (re Chronological Bible
Storytelling Approach) June 99 edition
BULGARIA: FIRST RECORDING FOR TURKISH-SPEAKING GYPSIES - Sept03
Bulgarian Tour 2007 - by the HSI ORCHESTRA
- Aug07
By-Passing Opposition Through Indigenous Music - June00 edition
Call
2 Worship in Egypt - Mar07
CENTRAL ASIA: SINGING STRENTHENS
STUDENTS DURING A TERRORIST ATTACK - Sept03
CHANGING CACOPHONY OF THE COMORANS OF THE COMORO ISLANDS - Nov05
COLLABORATING TOGETHER - Everett Tour - TACO Report April, 2004 - Jun04
COLOMBIA: Missionary Reaches Out to Guerillas Through the Media - Feb04
COMMISSIONING THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS: - JanFeb06
Communication Violations And
Other Aspects of Indonesian Worship - article
Contextualizing Praise
and Worship for the Church Planting Agenda
CONTEXTUALIZED MUSIC TO REACH SINDHIS - Apr05
CONTEXTUALIZED MUSIC TO REACH SINDHIS - JanFeb-06
AD DEUM DANCE COMPANY LOS ANGELES-SINGAPORE-MALAYSIA TOUR REPORT - Sept04
DANCING THE GOSPEL - Apr05
DARE TO DREAM FOR DARFUR! - Mar05 - here
DEFINITION
OF ETHNODOXOLOGY - Feb04
Delirious?
Leads Worship for 1.2 million in India - / "Sounds of the Nations"
DO ALL ETHNIC PEOPLES
EMBRACE THEIR TRADITIONAL MUSIC? - Sept02
* EMQ's Articles re Ethnic Music
From the Evangelical Missions Quarterly
The articles in the April, 1999 edition include the following:
"Crossing the music threshold: Culturally attuned music fosters communication
with God," by David Nelson; "Noted ministry: Scripture set to local
music aids in adoration, evangelism," by Paul Neeley and Sue Hall; and
"Do universals in music exist?" by Vida Chenoweth.
For a copy of this issue, send a request plus $6.00 U.S. to EMQ, P.O. Box 794,
Wheaton, IL 60189 USA. Emqjournal@aol.com
DOORS INCREASINGLY
OPENING IN THE MEDIA IN TURKEY - Jan04
DRUMS
TELL PEOPLE TO GO TO CHURCH -
EASTER CHORUS INCLUDED IN CONCERT PROGRAM IN CHINA - Dec04
EMPLOYING NATIONALS THROUGH A RECORDING
STUDIO BUSINESS IN EURASIA - Aug/Sept06
Encouraging
Musical/Artistic Indigenous Worship Expressions In Local Ethnic Christian Fellowships
ENCOURAGING MU^SLI`M AFGHANS IN FREMONT - Sept05
Endless
Opportunities For Artists in the Multicultural Marketplace -
Aug04
Ethiopian Spirituality
Without Translated Western Hymns - What Causes Those Extraordinary Bursts of
Growth - Jun07
Ethnic Worship & Arts
Focus
Ethnic WORSHIP (Music) OF CHRIST IN A HINDU CONTEXT - video or audio cassette
by David Manuel AND The Hindu Poet Narayan Vaman Tilak - also on the same video/audio
cassette - two seminars of Hindu Awareness for those reaching out to Hindus
with the Gospel. - Sept02
ETHNODOXOLOGY WORK - Jan07
Ethnodramatology:
'Julisa Rowe Spreads the Gospel Through Drama'
Ethnomusicology
Ethnomusicology
in Africa - Jun07
Ethnomusicologists
using 'heart music' to relay gospel across cultural barriers - Scott Link.
Evangelistic
Satsangs
EVEN IN SORROW - A Recorded
Project for the Persecuted Church in Sudan - Feb03
Every Race to Reign
and Worship - John Piper
FILM
EVANGELISM IN WAR ZONES- Jun04
FILM PRODUCED BY TURKISH CHRISTIANS
- Oct04
FORGETTING TO
REMEMBER: RESTORING 'REMEMBRANCES' - The Biblical Strength of Spiritual
Landmarks
France: TV Production Set-backs as Part of Moving Forward Prayer Requested-
Feb/Mar08
GCoMM - MP3 - Feb07
Global Worship
Report
GOD IS WORKING THROUGH HIS ARTISTS IN POLAND - Dec06
GOSPEL RECORDINGS WORK IN AFRICA - May05
Handy Guide
to Choosing Song Genres for Indigenous Hymnody
GCoMM:
Harmonic Convergence of Global Worship - REPORT on the Global Consultation
on Music & Missions - Aug04
HEART MUSIC OF MU+S=LI`M MALINKE PEOPLE OF GUINEA - May05
Heart Sounds
International - Encouraging the Development of Indigenous Worship Songs
Through Recording
Heart Sounds International Has Another Busy
Year - Jan03
HEART SOUNDS INTERNATIONAL TEAMS ON THE MOVE - Feb04
HEART SOUNDS INT'L Update - Excerpts
from recent HSI September 2006 Heart Beats Newsletter - OctNov06
HOUSE
CONCERTS / ART SHOWS ANYONE??? - Apr05
HSI
NORTH AFRICA TRIP REPORT - March 16-29, 2006 - Malta Video Training - Aug/Sept06
HSI on the web - Nov07 - youtube
HSI VISITS MIDDLE EAST, INDIA - Bollywood,
and MONGOLIA - DVD now available re Mongolia - Aug 07
How
to Play A World Music Instrument
How You Can Begin to Move
in These Directions?
"Ifè
Workshop in Togo - March 2000: Music in Evangelism & Church Planting"
-by Tom Ferguson
IHS World Orchestra (In Hoc Segno) World
Missions / Instruments Needed for Cuba ASAP - Jul04
IHS Orchestra - Swiss Report - Nov07
Indigenous Christian Leaders Conference in Central Asia includes training on
Indigenous Worship/Art - July00
Indigenous Music
- Songs to The Creator Program & CD
INDIGENOUS RECORDING PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD IN THE HORN OF AFRICA--
Aug04
INDONESIA:
LOCAL CHURCHES BUILT AS CENTERS FOR THE ARTS
IS IT REALLY AS EASY AS IT SOUNDS? - Discouragements Along the Journey of Encouraging
the Development of Indigenous Worship Music - Apr06
International Worship & Arts
Network
Introduction
to: Towards a Chinese Christian Hymnody: Processes of Musical and Cultural Synthesis
-- Vernon Charter and Jean DeBernardi
ISLAM and the ARTS - Jonathan S - Oct07
Is the Role of Reconciliation
Part of Our Roles as Great Commission Musicians and Artists? - Pt 1
Jammin' for Jesus
- Jim Reapsome - Aug/Sept06
JAPANESE FLOCK TO
JOIN BLACK GOSPEL CHOIRS
JASON CARTER CONCERTS IN THE M-U*SLI#M WORLD, etc. - Jun04
Jazz Ensemble in Turkey - Sept01
JAZZ ORCHESTRA HAS INCREASING OPEN DOORS - Oct04
JESUS Film Showings in West Bengal - Dec03
JESUS WAS A STORYTELLER - Feb04 - http://www.peopleteams.org/miao/storying.htm
JIHAD OF THE HEART (JOTH) &
WORSHIP MUSIC SOCIETY MINISTRIES - (in Hong Kong) - Mar05
KAZAKHSTAN TOUR REPORT - Dec04
LEARNING THROUGH
INDIGENOUS PROVERBS AND MYTHS - OctNov06
LET
MY PEOPLE GO THAT THEY MAY WORSHIP ME - David Garratt - Mar04
Making New Music
as Community Development
Maluku Music Project
- Indonesia
MARGUERITE
MALWITZ - Contemporary Fabric Artist (see cross cultural pages) - Jul03
"MIKKO GOES TO HEAVEN" TOUR REPORT - TURKEY - May05 and here
Missionary
Artist in Algeria
Mission Frontiers Missions
& Worship edition
Missions, Evangelism Encouraged
at National Creative Arts Festival - by Todd Stames - Apr03
MISSION
RUSSIA: Film Media Project - - May05
Multi-Media and a Criss-Cross of Nations - July2006
Music for Missions
(several online videos from GC0MM 2006) - Feb07
MUSIC AS A WAY TO BUILD BRIDGES TO M-USL+IM WOLOF PEOPLE OF SENEGAL - Sept05
Music
is a Vital OM Ministry
Music of the Heart
- Tom Avery
Music
on a Mission - music camps
Music &
Arts/Media and Missions DISTANCE LEARNING ONLINE
MUSIC: THE KEY TO THE AFRICAN HEART - JanFeb06
MUSIC & PUPPETS A PART OF CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION IN CENTRAL ASIA / PUPPET
SCHOOL IN THE VISION STAGE - Feb05
Music Tours & Multi-Media in the M`u=sl*im World - Dec03
Musical
Evangelists Reach Rastafari Community Using Reggae
MUSIC FROM THE HEART / SOLI DEO GLORIA - Sue's News 43 August 2007 -
Oct07
Musicianaries:
Music plays a big part in some Christians' approach to mission - July-07
Musicians
& Artists as Part of Church Planting Teams
M-U*SL^IM FULANI PEOPLES: An Opportunity For Drummers to Reach Nomads?- May05
NEW
CREATION book for M=US`LIM.S- Set05
New
- Dept. of Ethnomusicology and the Arts - May 2008
OMF MISSIONARY USING TRADITIONAL
TAIWANESE PUPPET THEATRE - Sept05
Open Doors Through Music Research - June00
OPEN DOORS and ENCOURAGEMENTS THROUGH HOUSE CONCERTS - Mar06
Orality:
The Next Wave of Mission Advance - re Chronological Bible Storying- Feb04
Pakistan:
The Incredible Nation-Wide March
PARABLES
THROUGH THE ARTS - intro - MayJun06
PASSIONS of RADIO, MISSIONS and MUSIC in ONE DREAM JOB - Dec07-Jan08
Photojournalism and Music Business Among Mu+sli&ms in Eurasia - - Feb/Mar08
PLANNING AHEAD: TEACHING CHILDREN THE ROPES OF EDITING FOR RECORDING PROJECTS
- Jan04
PLEASE PRAY FOR CHRISTIAN TV
INFLUENCE AMONG TURKS IN TURKEY & EUROPE- Apr04
Presenting the Gospel
to those in Shame Cultures - based on this article - how can we use this
re music/arts
Proclaim! International summer trip stories in Muslim
world - Dec01
PROPOSAL
re the Creation of Regional 'HEART SOUNDS INTERNATIONAL' Ethnic Worship Recording
Teams
Public Worship & A Surprise Man
of Peace - Oct-Nov03
PUBLIC WORSHIP and a SURPRISE MAN OF PEACE in a Mu*s`l^im Country - Feb05, and
Oct-Nov03
Dave
& Marlene Dickson - Raising an Army of Artistic Ambassadors - July07
Recommended Requirements
For A 'Musicianary' Interested In Becoming Involved As A Vital Part Of Church-Planting
Teams Among The Unreached
REACHING
OUT INTO THE MULTICULTURAL MARKETPLACE THROUGH ART - Jul04
RESPONSES
TO QUESTION ABOUT TRANSLATING WORSHIP SONGS
Recording Studios Being Built - Nov00
RECORDINGS & FESTIVALS IN ISL-AMIC=IZED COUNTRY IN EURASIA - July05
REPORT on the Recent Global Consultation on Music & Missions (GCoMM) - Aug/Sept06
Report on SON China Tour - Nov07
Resource: Mission
Frontiers articles on Worship and Missions/Ethnomusicology
Responses
to Questions re Translating Worship Songs -
Second Annual Central Asian Christian Music/Worship Festival - July00
SEEING FRUIT AFTER MANY YEARS: IHS POLAND TOUR 2006 - July 2006 - IHS
Orchestra
SEEING FRUIT AFTER MANY YEARS: IHS POLAND
TOUR 2006
SENEGAL: WOLOF TRIBE LEARNS GOSPEL MESSAGE THROUGH KORANIC CHANT STYLE - Sept05
Senegal
- Christian Cooperation Fosters Culturally Relevant Songs
Sing
For Joy, O Africa! - Music of Africa From a Christian Perspective
Sing It Over Again to Me
Dec00
Singing New Songs in Central Asia, A Music Studio Captures
the Sounds of Worship - Jan03
Skin Deep and Jamming With the Locals - Dec07-Jan-08
'SNAPSHOTS' OF SOME RECENT
EXPERIENCES THROUGH / WITH BUILDABRIDGE
- May 2006
SOME THINGS GOD IS DOING THROUGH THE ARTS IN THE CARIBBEAN - Dec06
SOME THOUGHTS ON MUSIC & CROSS CULTURAL COMMUNICATION - Apr05
Some
Ways to Utilize Ethnic Music on Church Planting Teams
SONGS THAT TOUCH THE SAKHA PEOPLE - a Progression of Development of Indigenous
Worship Songs - Pt 1 - Sept04
Songs
to the Creator Program
SPECIAL BULLETIN - ARTS PROJECTS TO REACH OUT TO SOMALIS / SHORT PROJECT PLAN
FOR THE SOMALI ART FESTIVAL - Nov05
Special November Edition Coming Up: Focusing on the Global Consultation on Music
& Missions - Sept03
Steve
Bell in Ethiopia: A Christian Musician Among Mu-sl*ims - July-07
Story4all
- For Those in Oral Communication Language Groups-Mar07
STORYTELLING FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE
- Jan07
STORYTELLERS NEEDED AMONG THE TUKULOR
PEOPLE - Jan07
STORYTELLING WHILE DENTAL PATIENTS WAIT
- Jan07
Studio in Rwanda - Aug07 - www.thesoundofhope.blog.com
SUDAN -- Dreams
of People Singing Christian Songs Draws Muslims to Christ
Sudan: Volunteer Musicians Record Dinka Choir - Aug02
SURPRISING JOY - REPORT OF WORSHIP AT YWAM UZBEKISTAN
& IN AFGHANISTAN (2002)- Oct03
SURVEY for local
Ethnic Christian Musicians with a Heart of Worship
Survey of Assemblies
of God Missionaries Regarding "The Use of Indigenous Music In Worship,
Discipleship and Evangelism"
TEARS & LAUGHTER: Promoting Morals & Values Through the Rich Oral Traditions
and Heritage of a People's Culture - A Look at Bhutan as a Model - JanFeb06
The ARK SINGERS in the CIS
- Mar04
The Gospel Through Music - Dec03
THE LEARNER-SERVANT
STORYTELLING POSTURE
THE
MINISTRY BRIDGES OF WORLD MUSIC
- Dec04 (see under 'World Music' link)
The Miracle of Worship in Turkey - Dec01
The
Missionary's Role in Developing Indigenous Theology
The
Nations Sing for Joy
THE NEW SONG
AMONG THE UIGHUR PEOPLE OF CENTRAL ASIA
The 'PASSION OF THE CHRIST' and the Mu+s*`lim World - A Call to Pray! - Mar04
THE POWER OF SINGING IN PRISON - Aug04
The Radio Project:
(on the runway) - Turkey - Dec07-Jan08
The Sound of Music
The Top Ten
Reasons Why Every Church Planting Team Needs a Worship-Arts Leader - By
Dave Hall
THOSE WHO DREAM
- The Sudan Project - Apr03
THIS MUSIC WAS NEW AND SWEET TO HIM - Worship CD Evangelism - Sept02
TRAINING AN ALGERIAN PRODUCTION TEAM - Dec04
Training & Encouraging
African Pastors / Worship Leaders in the Development of Their Own Heart Music
- Nov07
TURKISH BELIEVERS MOVING FORWARD WITH MEDIA/VIDEO PRODUCTIONS - Mar03
Turkey Bible Correspondence Course Annual Report
2007 - May 08
Two Exciting Worship Networking Events Held in Europe
Last Month - May07 - see online
video
Update on Ethnic Worship Development Summer Team - Sept00
Update on the Ethnic Worship Development Summer Team - Oct00
Using
'Heart Music' to Reach Non-Readers
Using
Music & the Arts To Communicate To Unreached People Groups
Using
Ethnic Worship Music CD's to Potentially Open Up Opportunities to Reach Your
Local Ethnic Music Store Owners, etc.
USING MUSIC TO BUILD BRIDGES TO TEDA PEOPLE OF CHAD, NIGER & LIBYA - July05
USING THE ARTS TO REACH OUT TO NORTH AFRICANS, etc. in FRANCE & BEYOND -
Apr07
Using Evangelistic Art to Reach Tibetans
- online video - Feb07
Using
Video Training Course as an Indirect Way to See The Kingdom of God Expanding
- Oct04
Using
Your Art to Point to Christ
Utilizing Ethnic Music and Storytelling to Plant Churches Among the B. People
of N. India - May99
Utilizing Music & the Arts to Reach Out to the Deaf Community
- Aug02
+ Resource Links re Arts & the Deaf - Aug02
UTILIZING PERSIAN, TURKISH & ORIENTAL CARPETS
FOR THE KINGDOM? - Sept02
Utilizing Recitation - The Names of Christ in Worship - Aug99
VIDEO & AUDIO PRODUCTION STUDIO IN N. AFRICA - Apr04
WEAR THE CROWN - Bill Drake Turkey TACO Tour - June - Oct07
WE PERFORMED ANDEAN MUSIC FOR K-B TELEVISION! - Jan04
What God Is Doing
Through Indigenous Worship Song-Writing Workshops ("Ifè Workshop
in Togo - March 2000: Music in Evangelism & Church Planting")
* More articles coming available on this topic at: www.worship-arts-network.com
and go to 'arts index-ethnic music-articles.'
WITH A SWAY AND A
SMILE - May08
Who is the King of Glory?
- David Garratt re indigenous worship
WICONI INTERNATIONAL's Upcoming Participation at an International Music Festival
in CAIRO, Egypt - Apr04
Willingness
to Learn
Wolofs and Ethnic
Music
WOLOF CHANT GOSPEL
- July07 - http://jmm.aaa.net.au/articles/10739.htm
Worship & the
Arts in Ministry & Missions: Key Dynamics in How God is Shaping Ministry
for the New Millennium - by Rev. Byron Spradlin
WORSHIP THAT MOVES THE SOUL - JanFeb0
WORSHIP
- The Neglected Way to Reach Mu`sl`i`ms - Aug03
Worship
That Moves the Soul: Recognizing the Critical Role of Indigenous Worship in
Church Planting- Mission Frontiers edition - This newly off-the-press Mission
Frontiers edition is available online and in hard copy. For info on how to order
the hard copy, contact: mission.frontiers@uscwm.org
Contents:
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Worship That Moves the Soul, Reclaiming the Bhajan, What Happened When Grandma
Danced:
A Song from the Heart: The Dangers of "Prayer Wheel" Worship: Every
Team Needs One:
The Centrality of Worship. Some Things Remain the Same: Resources on Ethnomusicology:
Hymnwriters Hall of Fame
Yowanna - the Gospel of John Chanted
in Wolof: A report from Senegal of an experimental approach - Jan03
Writing
New Songs for the Maninka
CONTENTS