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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Scott Aniol
Scott Aniol holds a bachelor's degree in church music from Bob Jones University (Greenville, SC), a master's degree in musicology from Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, IL), and has studied theology at Central Baptist Theological Seminary (Plymouth, MN) and Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary. He was ordained to to the gospel ministry by First Baptist Church (Rockford, IL) in April of 2004. As the executive director of Religious Affections Ministries, Scott speaks on the subjects of music and worship at various churches and conferences. His most recent speaking engagements include the Preserving the Truth Conference, Central Seminary’s Foundations Conference, International Baptist College, and Bob Jones Seminary. Click here to read and/or listen to important talks from Scott Aniol. Curriculum vitae
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This Series
- Missions and Music
- Paul and Cultural Critique: Titus 1:12-13
- A Humble Request and Prolegomena
- Differences and Universals in Music Across Cultures
- Finding common ground in the missions debate
- Multiculturalism: You Might Be Surprised
- Edwards on Indians, Language, and Missions
- Missions and the antithesis
- Multiculturalism and Contextualization
- To harmonize the affections
- Christian Cultural Literacy
- Multiculturalism and Judging Culture
- The Purpose of Music in Missions
- All Things to All Men
- Does contextualization heighten the likelihood of a positive response to the gospel?
- A Distinctly Christian Culture
- Multiculturalism and Cultural Prejudice
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