Ron Man (Worship Resources - a department of Greater Europe Mission, ICE) – web link

- Ron Man is Director of Worship Resources for Greater Europe Mission, teaching on the biblical foundations of worship in schools and churches across Europe and serving as Convener of the European Worship Network. He has contributed to Worship Leader, Creator, Church Musician Today, Reformation and Revival Journal, and Bibliotheca Sacra, and has many resources available at www.worr.org.

- The Gospel: A Call to Worldwide Worship

- The Bridge: Worship and Culture

- other resources - 

I-to Loh (Tainan Theological College & Seminary) – web link

- I-to Loh is a retired professor of Worship, Church Music and Ethnomusicology at Tainan Theological College & Seminary, also an adjunct Professor of Worship & Church Music at the Southeast Asian Graduate School of Theology. He was the editor of Sound the Bamboo: CCA Hymnal 2000.

- Hymns and Suffering: Insights from Asian Christians  
- seminar - Interpreting Asian Styles in Asian Hymns -

Roberta King (Fuller Theological Seminary, ICE) – web link

- Roberta King is Associate Professor of Communication and Ethnomusicology at Fuller Theological Seminary where she directs the program in Global Christian Worship (Ethnomusicology-in-Mission). She is the author of A Time to Sing: A Manual for the African Church and focuses much of her time on 'Communicating Christ Through Narrative and Song.'

- Springs of Righteousness and Praise: A Doxology of the Nations  (no link)             

- Leaders in World Praise: Interviews with I-to Loh and Mary Oyer  (no link)

- seminar - Doing Ethnodoxology in a Changing, Global World -

- seminar - The Gospel through Narrative and Song -

- other resource - Toward a Discipline of Christian Ethnomusicology -

John Witvliet (Calvin Institute of Christian Worship - Calvin College) – web link

- John D. Witvliet is Director of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and serves as Associate Professor of Worship, Theology, and Music at Calvin College. His responsibilities include oversight of the Institute’s practical and scholarly programs, including the annual Calvin Symposium on Worship and the Arts and the Worship Renewal Grants Program, funded by Lilly Endowment Inc.  His areas of interest include the history of Christian worship, worship practices in various denominations, biblical and systematic theology of worship, the role of music and the arts in worship, and consulting with churches on worship renewal.  He is the author of Worship Seeking Understanding: Windows into Christian Practice (Baker Academic, 2003), co-editor of Worship in Medieval and Early Modern Europe: Change and Continuity in Religious Practice (University of Notre Dame Press, 2004), and editor of A Child Shall Lead: Children in Worship (Choristers Guild, 1999).

- Biblical Constants; Historical Perspectives

Mary K. Oyer (Professor Emerita of Music and Humanities, Goshen College) – web link

- Mary Oyer teaches music and related arts, hymnody, and ethnomusicology. She has taught at Goshen College, IN, Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary (Elkhart, IN), Kenyatta University (Nairobi, Kenya), and Tainan Theological College and Seminary (Tainan, Taiwan).

Steven L. Fry (Messenger Fellowship) – web link

- Steve Fry is the President of Messenger Fellowship, a community of leaders who have a passion for being rooted both in the Lordship of Jesus Christ and in the power of the Spirit, who come together for strategic ministry partnering locally and globally for Kingdom purposes. He is an author, composer, worship leader, and recording artist. Steve, with his wife, Nancy, and their three children live in Brentwood, Tennessee.

- That the Lamb May Receive the Reward for His Suffering, For the Lamb is Worthy  (no link)

Tom Avery (Wycliffe Bible Translators) – web link

- Tom Avery is a member of Wycliffe Bible Translators serving as International Ethnomusicology Coordinator working with his wife, Kristen. They previously worked with Wycliffe in Brazil. Dr. Avery also heads the SIL Ethnomusicology Training Program. He has led ethnomusicology seminars in several Latin American countries and the U.S. Their vision is to help others tap into the heart music of a people group to reach them effectively with the message of God's Word in song.

- Our Most Important Task  (no link) 

- seminar - Ethnomusicology and the Worship Wars -

Atilano Muradas – web link

- Pastor Atilano Murtadas is a Theologian, Journalist, Composer, Musician and Writer. He has seven recorded CDs and three published books. His book, Music Inside and Outside the Church (published by Editora Vida) was the 2004 winner of the Brazilian Christian Publishers’ (ABEC) National Literature Prize. Atilano is an international conference speaker known for encouraging the use of Brazilian music in the church. He works as an organizer for important evangelistic efforts such as Tribal Generation and the Evangelical Samba Troupe. He lives in Coral Springs, Florida with his wife, Dr. Isildinha Muradas, has two children, Atilano Junior and Asaph Muradas, and is editor of Idéia Magazine.

- Jesus é Bom à Beça - The "Jesus is Good to the Max" Samba School (no link)

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FOUNDATIONS

John Benham (Bethel, MIWC, ICE) 
- Developing a Biblical Case For Music in Missions

- Course Syllabus -

Musicians historically have tended to justify their role in ministry with philosophical jargon that is often discounted or misunderstood by the non-musician church leader or missionary. This seminar will provide you with a biblical basis for music in missions (and the church), including application in worship, discipleship and evangelism.

Dave Hall (Worship From the Nations, ICE) 
- "Life Worship: Where Worship Begins and Ends"

- other resources -

What is worship? Although we’ve all heard many answers to this simple question, the Bible clearly teaches us that worship is always life first, event second. Join us in exploring together the biblical foundations and practical applications of living a life of worship.

This workshop discusses the urgent need for professional development among Christian ethnomusicologists. It will be useful for people with a wide variety of experience levels – from aspiring ethnomusicologists to established professionals. Presenters will describe the opportunities for ethnomusicology certification available through the International Council of Ethnodoxologists (ICE) and will summarize some options for the study of ethnomusicology.  

What do we do with issues of cross-pollination in a globalizing world? What is the goal of ethnomusicology-in-mission? We will present a method for identifying ‘heart’ musics beyond the village with implications for mission. A highly interactive workshop, come ready to contribute!  

People involved with music and missions certainly should desire to have their work be ethical.  Yet to whose ethical standards should ethnomusicologist-missionaries adhere?  This workshop will explore four areas which influence ethics in music and missions fieldwork.  Personal experiences from work on Vancouver Island, Canada will be used to illustrate.  

Multiethnic churches require music leaders able to be both biblical and able to function in more than one culture. This study will examine combinatorial possibilities among Caucasians, African-Americans, Hispanics, Asian-Americans, and others. Biblical answers, practical solutions, and musical examples will illustrate ways to build multiethnic worship encounters in the USA.  

How do we build worship vitality in a multiethnic setting? New Testament and Psalmic principles frame important pastoral, relational, and musical issues that address this question. The panel, consisting of cross-cultural music ministers, will share biblical insights and ministerial experiences, interacting with session participants to discuss strategies and solutions.

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METHODOLOGY

This study looks at the efforts of Ukrainian Christians to reestablish a new identity for the church within modern Ukrainian society after years of Soviet and Russian domination. Music education programs within Ukrainian churches play a central role in the process of identity construction of Ukrainian Christians and in the process of transmission of social, cultural, and religious values.

Neil Coulter (SIL) 
- Assessing Music Shift:  Toward a Conceptual and Methodological Framework for Analysis and Action

Though the idea of language shift has gained widespread currency within sociolinguistics, the concept can also be useful when applied to music systems.  In this paper, I will present the background for such application, illustrated by examples from the music survey project among the Alamblak speakers of Papua New Guinea.

James R. Krabill (Mennonite Mission Network, ICE) 
- Theology of Song

- Harrist Church songs & video clips - 

Many people sing the songs of the church with little thought to their meaning and theological import. Yet it might be argued that nothing shapes the faith and practice of the church more than its music. This seminar will examine the methods developed for exploring theological themes in the hymn corpus of the Harrist Church, an African-initiated movement in Ivory Coast.

Along with a summary of the content of our workshops we hope to involve participants in the principles that we feel help our workshops to be effective. We will highlight the importance of listening, learning, exploring, facilitating as a catalyst, flexibility, dynamic translation, stories, appropriate metaphors, follow-up, and more.  

We contend that the winsome, intelligent, unflinching critique of the musical acts and objects created and enacted for Christian expression results in a lot more good music. Our example-drenched presentation will describe a methodology for helpful criticism, explore means of becoming a good judge, and highlight the manifold, challenging nature of cross-cultural evaluation.

Glenn Stallsmith (SIL, ICE) 
- Using Adult Education Methods in Song-writing Workshops

Music-making is a social process among people - an interaction between different voices. Similarly, current adult education theory focuses on learning as a dialogue between teacher and learner, facilitator and participant. This workshop applies practical steps for designing effective dialogue-based learning situations for song-writing workshops.

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CONTEXTUALIZATION & CASE STUDIES

Aradhna  
- The Aradhna Journey: Hindi Bhajans and Yeshu Bhakti
- songs, lead sheets, history, publicity -

The international performing group, Aradhna, shares their journey. Formed in 2000, Aradhna, has recorded three CD's of their unique fusion of devotional songs called bhajans supported by sitar, guitar, bass, tabla, and violin. The group illustrates the intersection of India's Bhakti devotional tradition with Western Christian contemporary worship and thought.

This seminar explores a theology of music from a reformed perspective. Using Abraham Kuyper and Karl Barth to lay a theological foundation, 3 key areas will be examined: community, tragedy and liberation: 3 key features of songwriting which help promote kingdom hope in the troubled sectarian land of Northern Ireland.  

Vernon Charter (PBC, ICE) 
- Music, Conflict and Spiritual Renewal: the Growth of Music in Ethiopian Evangelical Churches Since the 1960s

- PowerPoint presentation - 
- Ethiopian church music - 

This workshop traces the growth of music in Ethiopian churches during the years of persecution under the revolutionary regime which held power from 1974-1991; it explores ways in which control of expressive symbols such as music was a central issue in the political struggles within the churches and Ethiopian society during this period.

Laura Eilders 
- Indigenous Worship Music: Case Study on North India
- PowerPoint presentation - 
- Thesis - Sachu Saharu: True Helper - A Melodic Analysis of Christian Music in Garhwal, North India -

We will examine a case study of songs in a minority people group in North India. Discussion will circulate around the issues of strategies and Christian responsibility concerning languages, dialects, translation, gender and literacy. A musical and lyrical analysis relevant to the case study will be presented as well as musical clips and experiential highlights. The songs analyzed include those collected in the secular arena of village life and the songs written by a Christian musician.

Mary Hendershott (SIL, ICE) 
- "Jesus, put your feet in the dance” (A Video Journal from Burkina Faso)

- Background Stories - 
- song clips - 
A video collage with accompanying stories of how God is changing lives through His Eternal Word in song. "Jesus, put your feet in the dance" captures the joy that Christian musicians in Burkina Faso are experiencing as they craft new Scripture songs using traditional song styles, instruments and dances.

Bruce and Rebecca Kelly (Pioneers) 
- Building Redemptive Bridges to the Muslim Community Through Contextualization and the Arts

Hear the surprising story of how an untrained music lover learned indigenous music in an urban, Muslim context and eventually became a national recording artist. The seminar speakers will also describe the contextualization process they used to redeem a traditional life cycle event for Gospel witness in this majority Muslim nation. The presentation includes a brief video with ceremony and singing highlights.

I-to Loh (TTC&S) 
- Interpreting Asian Styles in Asian Hymns

The seminar aims at introducing Asian hymns that exhibit diversified Asian musical styles covering the regions of East Asia, Mainland Southeast Asia, Island Southeast Asia, the South Asia subcontinent and the Pacific.  Ample time will be given for singing and interpreting their unique features, Western influences and the problems of inculturation.

Dancing our Prayers or Burying our Regalia (dance outfits) are not typical questions of grassroots people. Finding the Middle (Sacred) ground is the key to a successful contextualized ministry among Native Americans.   

Mardoqueo Pop  (CAM, SETECA) 
- How to Write a Song or Hymn Without Formal Music Training (no link)

This method will help persons without formal music training to write songs in his own language. It takes into consideration the language structure and characteristics of the music style of the culture. The student will learn how to compose simple melodies that can be sung to scripture passages or other songs that address issues that the people are facing in their daily lives.

Why don’t Maroon churchgoers in Moore Town, Jamaica, use their traditional music in church worship? Let us explore some possibilities together as Jo-Ann Richards, a Christian Jamaican Ethnomusicologist, compares her experiences in Burkina Faso, West Africa with those in Moore Town, Jamaica.

Scott Robinson (Eastern, TSSF, ICE) 
- To Go Among the Saracens:  A Franciscan Composer's Journey into the House of Islam
- audio examples -

As a member of a Franciscan religious order, I have been Christianizing the Islamic musical practice of "zikr," or "remembrance of God." In this lecture-demonstration, I give a brief background on Sufism, zikr, and Francis's of Assisi's missionary journeys in Egypt and Palestine, and explain how they have become a metaphor for my musical work.

Anders Rønningen (NMS) 
- You Are What You Sing: Identity and Music in Malagasy Culture
- audio & video examples - 

A presentation of Malagasy culture, music and identity, with live examples on the Malagasy national instrument (Valiha). In Malagasy music, conception is not just audio but also a matter of parameters like space and physics as well as identity, making contextualization issues more complex (and more important).

Julie Taylor (SIL, ICE)
- The Conscious Church: A Postmodernistic View of Trance in Worship

In the 16th century, Swedish Christians refused to allow the Saami reindeer herders of Lapland to develop yoik as a form of church worship. With a growing desire amongst Saami to challenge this, does the Swedish response reflect Western cultural ideology or socio-cultural/political issues? How does yoik relate to ecstatic encounters such as dream-visions, trance, possession and charismatic "bliss"?

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MEDIA & RELATED ARTS

Ken Davidson, Chuck Oakley, Rob Barrett, Dileep Ratnaike (HSI, ICE) 
- Missions, Music and Multimedia: Heart Sounds International

Heart Sound International provides Christian communities in limited access countries with digital, portable recording facilities to enable local musicians to record their indigenous worship songs. Other times we use our own equipment to produce in-country recordings to encourage the development of indigenous worship. We train in the use of audio and video equipment, conduct song writing workshops, research cultural forms of music, and teach about biblical principles of worship. In this workshop we will present an overview of our work and include various recording equipment and methods used.  

Roberta King (Fuller, ICE) 
- The Gospel through Narrative and Song
- PowerPoint presentation -

Explores the dynamic interactive roles of music, media, and storytelling in communicating the Scriptures. Our goal is to present five different formats for developing multi-media events in telling the Gospel story. Live demonstrations and guidelines for redeeming a people’s cultural forms are presented as tools for the EthnoDoxologist working in the field. 

George Luke (UCB UK) 
- “Voices of the Voiceless” – Raising Awareness of the Suffering Church Through Christian World Music

George’s ‘World Beat’ radio show showcases Christian music from the remotest part of the world. This session explores how the show has helped raise awareness of the persecuted church and unreached people groups. It also explains the practicalities of making Internet radio shows and podcasting. 

Von Newcomb (Pioneers, ICE) 
- CDs, Cartoons, and Creative Communities
- Baysal Kyrgyz Folk Ensemble songs & photos -

How can someone from a fast-paced, productivity oriented world relate to a relational, "tea-drinking" culture in order to facilitate long term, indigenous ownership of worship? Through the use of real-life case-studies from Central Asia, YOU become the ethnodoxologist grappling with how to develop "believing" creative arts in a Muslim culture. 

Julisa Rowe (ACT, ICE)
- Ethnodramatology 101

Drama is a powerful tool for communicating God’s word in mission. How can it be done in a culturally appropriate manner not reliant on Western-oriented dramatic forms? Examples from Kenya and India will be given and a model for exploration and application by church and missions will be discussed. 

Paul Stock (Interserve) 
- Evangelism that's FUN: Sharing Jesus in Sindh through Dance and Wedding Songs
- audio & video clips -

Can you have fun while doing evangelism?  We do!  Our team of dancers have more invitations to Hindu weddings than they can accept, even though the songs sung and danced are Christian.  Come find out why, and have the chance to sing and dance yourself. 

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OVERCOMING OBSTACLES

As members of the worldwide arts population segment, Christian fine and performing artists are already uniquely equipped to witness to this normally marginalized community. This seminar will discuss the why and how of targeting these influencers who can be found in every culture, tribe, and nation. 

Jeff Meyer (Concordia, Bethel)
- Why Transcription Matters: Writing Down Music for Insight and Understanding

This workshop introduces some basic techniques of transcribing music, including strategies for both hearing and writing down pitch and rhythm. In the process, we will discover why transcription is an exceptionally valuable tool for encountering, learning, and internalizing a new music. No transcription experience necessary.

Katherine Morehouse (ICE) 
- The Western Hymn in Missions: Intrusion or Tradition?

- Thesis - Worship and Songwriting Seminar of the Maninka People, Kankan, Guinea, West Africa, November 22-23, 2003 -

- Maninka Christian songs -

Explore the status of traditional western hymns in non-western churches worldwide and examine past, present, and future functions of the hymn in missions. Are these songs symbols of western dominance or ties to church history? We will consider case studies and discuss methods of approaching these issues in the field.

We know that each people group can and should adore God in its mother tongue singing its heart music, but what happens when the evangelized group itself does not accept that its own music be sung in order to praise God? What would be our reaction if we heard indigenous Christians say that they would be like pagans if they sang their own music in church? That is exactly what happened among the Guajajara in the Northeast of Brazil.  This seminar will first describe Guajajara society and then speak of the music of the Guajajara people. But the seminar will describe mainly what happened among the Christian Guajajaras when the missionaries tried to put Christian words to traditional music of this people.  

In this joint session we will address obstacles that can arise from attitudes and perceptions of “outsiders” (cross-cultural workers) and "insiders" of various ethnic groups from Asia and Africa. We will also look at strategies for overcoming those obstacles. There will be a video of the obstacles overcome in accepting the use of the local flute into the Mofu church.

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OTHER RESOURCES

Sue Hall (Pioneers International)  
- Kingdom Values: Mentoring and Multiplication in Missionary Ethnomusicology

- Green Shoots in a Spiritual Desert - among the Wolof people of West Africa
- a Wolof song & photos -

Ken Hollingsworth (WBT) 
- Bringing Mofu Flutes into the Church

- video - 

- other resources -

Roberta King (Fuller, ICE)
- Toward a Discipline of Christian Ethnomusicology
The goal of Christian Ethnomusicology is to make Jesus Christ known through a people’s music-culture. What is it to do ethnomusicology in mission? Based on an in-depth case study on developing the story of Abraham in song, this article explores the four critical dimensions at work as we minister on the field. 

Jeff Meyer (Concordia)
- Making Transcriptions Accurate, Useful, and Meaningful
This workshop explores strategies used to hear musical elements and notate them in ways that facilitate understanding and analysis. Rhythm will be an important focus, though pitch and formal structures will also be considered. Some experience with transcription is recommended; opportunities to share transcription methods will be given.

John Oswald (Seanet Missiological Forum, 2006)
- Gospel Communication in Tibetan Song
- Tibetan Christian Songs -    

The Canaan Hymns
- sample song & documents -

Every Knee Shall Bow
- video -
Photomission, Inc.

Have You Heard the Music?
- PowerPoint presentation -
Wycliffe Bible Translators Ethnomusicology Department

HSI in Mongolia
- video -
Heart Sounds International

Lausanne Paper on Redeeming the Arts
- documents -

"Sound the Bamboo" songs
- scores -