Music in Missions
Resources
(many thanks to Dr. Phil Perrin for all his time and efforts in compiling this helpful list!)
Anchored Music Ministries plans and recruits for music workshops to train worship leaders, pastors, and musicians from the Evengelical Presbyterian Church of Ghana and also Brazil. Founder Bryan Thomas' address is bryan@anchoredmusic.com and the website is www.anchoredmusic.com
(The) Arts and Cultural Restoration, The Arts: A Biblical Framwork, and The Artist: A Spiritual Foundation by Canadian Colin Harbinson order from Adama48@aol.com
Build a Bridge International is Nathan Corbitt's organization http://www.buildabridge.org
Canadian House Church Resource Network
(The) Catalyst and Research Library: Tools for Encouraging the Growth of Indigenous Hymnody, 4th edition (1998) edited by Brian Schrag, one of the EM News editors. $10 plus $3 postage. $5 on diskette plus postage. Order from Wycliffe at ethnomusicology@ sil.org
Come, Let Us Walk this Road Together: 43 Songs from Africa (1997) and Fill Us with Your Love and Other Songs from Africa edited by John Colvin and published by Hope Pub. Co.
Congregational Christian Churches in Canada http://www.cccc.ca/resources-evangelism-Arts.html
Developing Indigenous Hymnody:Key Resources for Cross-Cultural Workers by Dianne Palmer-Quay. Order it from the aruthor R_Dquay@compuserve.com
DiscipleTheNations.org website
EM(Ethnomusicology)News was published quarterly by SIL Ethnomusicology (Wycliffe) for 9 years until recently. A set of back issues can be bought very reasonably. Inquire at ethnomusicology@sil.org This is a must for all who want to acquaint themselves in this field.The principal editor for the last several years was Paul Neeley.
EthnoDoxology magazine is published quarterly by Artists in Christian Testimony. Paul Neeley is continuing his good work here. The subscription price is $20.00 per year including postage. contact EthnoDox1@netscape.net, visit http://members.aol/ethnodox , or write EthnoDoxology, 710 Upland, Duncanville, TX 75116 USA.
Ethnic Worship and Arts Focus Newsletter by Grace Wiebe is published monthly free to internet subscribers. It has a large number of topics, a comprehensive index, and website links. I highly reccommend it. TO SUBSCRIBE email GCWAC@DiscipleTheNations.org With your request.
Evangelical Missions Quarterly. Articles on Music in Missions in April, 1999 issue.
Evangelical Dictionary of World Missions Baker Books, 2000. See the "Ethnomusicology" article by Roberta King defining such important terms as "Ethnodoxology", and "Ethno-worship".
Fuller Theological Seminary offers an M.A. in Intercultural Studies. Dr. Roberta King is a professor there with 22 years experience with CB International setting scripture to indigenous music in over 70 languages in 11 African and two Asian countries.
Garland Encyclopedia of World Music 10 volumes written by specialists from each area
(The) Garland Library of Readings in Ethnomusicology (10 volumes of important articles), 1990 by Kay Shelmay.
Global Worship Reports
To subscribe to this free monthly report, write global-worship-subscribe@cc.egroups.com
Back issues from March, 1998 may be downloaded from their web site at http:/www.worship-arts-network.com
This excellent online magazine is edited by Frank Fortunato who is coordinator
for the International Worship and Arts Network.
Global Consulation on Music and Missions www.swbts.edu/gcomm
Great Commission Worship & Arts Center (GCWAC) DiscipleTheNations.org
Halle, Halle:We Sing the World Arround by Micheal Hawn (30 songs with cassette) Choisters Guild, 1999.
Heart Sounds International, PO Box 444, Tyrone, GA 30290. This is Frank Fortunato's facinating recording ministry, an example of which can be found in EthnoDoxology, vol. 1, no. 2. their website is www.heart-sounds.org and email is heartsoundsintl@aol.com
Hymns from the Four Winds: a Collection of Asain Hymns by I-to Loh published by Abbington
Language Christian resources including videos http://www.multilanguage.com/main.htm
Let the Nations be Glad by John Piper Baker Books
Mission Frontiers Magazine, especially the June 2001 issue. www.missionfrontiers.org
"Missions and the Arts" in Evangelical Missions Quarterly, July 2002, Vol. 38, no. 3. Look for the article on the EMQ website: www.wheaton.edu/bgc/emis .
Multicultural Media. Resources. http://www.multiculturalmedia.com
Music in Missions:Discipling Through Music, the landmark book by T. W. Hunt in 1987 by Broadman press unfortunately is now out of print.
Music in World Cultures at Bethel College (MIWC) miwcbenhamj@hotmail.com See their Ukraine Project at www.miwc.org
Musics of Many Cultures:an Introduction by Elizabeth May, 1980 UCLA Press. It has a study quide and workbook.
New Directions: "Why an Understanding of Ethnomusicology is Key to the Successful Implimentation of New Directions at the International Mission Board" This excellent by Southern Baptist missionary Kirk Bullington (formally a music evangelism strategist) is available at http://www.newway.org/strategy_network/ethnomusicology.htm
New Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians (20 volumes) has amasingly detailed articles on music of numerous cultures.
Resource people Frank Fortunato, Byron Spradlin, Paul Neeley, Scott Wesley Brown, Grace Wiebe, Jolene Wilson, Tom Avery, John Benham, Nathan Corbitt, Meg Crossman, Steve Fry, Dave Hall. Colin Harbinson, Graham Kendrick, Roberta King, Ron Man, Diane Palmer-Quay, and Marie Umidi may be reached at http://www.worship-arts-network.com/net-resource.html
Sound of the Bamboo:CCA Hymnal 1990 published in Manila by the Asian Institute for Liturgy and Music. Call 1-800-THE-HYMN to obtain.
(The) Sound of the Harvest: Music's Mission in Church and Culture by Nathan Corbitt. Baker Books, 1998.
Summer Institute of Ethnomusicology and Missions (Wycliffe) in Dallas. Courses in Ethnomusicology. Directed by Tom Avery. ethnomusicology@sil.org Their ethnomusicology web site is http:/www.sil.org/anthro/ethnomusicology.htm It has a short explanation of ethnomusicology and links to other helpful web sites.
(A) Time to Sing
by Dr. Roberta King. This was published by Evangel Publishing House in 1999
in Nairobi, Kenya but it is available from the Fuller Seminary bookstore
bookstore@fuller.edu
It contains a method now commonly used to get indigenous worship music written
by indigenous Christrians.
Tuning in to a Different
Song by South African ethnomusicologist and teacher, Joyce Scott, is excellent!
There is a rewiew of it by Nathan Corbitt in EthnoDoxology, vol. 1, no.
2. It can be purchased for $23.00. Contact Joyce Scott at rejoyce@netactive.co.za
University of Washington music library has numerous links related to ethnomusicology The address is http://www.lib.washington.edu/libinfo/libunits/soc-hum/music/world.html
World Music Institute. Resources Worldmus@aol.com
World music web site links http://www.rain.org/~towle/music/world/
World Music, the Rough Guide, 1994 published by Rough Guides, Ltd.