Missions and Music
This entry is part 1 of 17 in the series
"Missions and Music"
One of missionaries most challenging issues is what kind of music to use as they plant indigenous churches. Two extremes exist: on the one hand are missionaries who simply impose American musical forms on the foreign church; on the other hand are those who indiscriminately adopt the forms of the native culture in their worship.
In order to attempt to help with this issue, we are going to dedicate the entire month of January to this issue. Each of our authors will seek to address the following question from their own unique perspective:
How should a missionary, attempting to plant indigenous churches, approach the issue of music in the culture in which he ministers?
I hope you’ll pay close attention to this series and interact along the way!
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