Rob Baker - Rob is a member of Wycliffe Bible Translators and SIL and works as an ethnomusicologist in West Africa. He has run song-writing workshops throughout Togo and Benin and is preparing a thesis on the reclamation of traditional song genres for Christian worship. He has recorded new songs (Biblical and educational) in a variety of local languages and has also taught and given presentations on ethnomusicology in Benin, Togo and Mali. Click here to watch his 'YouTube' videos of African life and music:
Dr. John Benham - John is president of Music In World Cultures, Inc., a non-profit mission agency he founded in 1989 with a vision to merge of music and missions for the implementation of indigenous music in worship, discipleship, and evangelism. Since then he has worked with practicing ethnomusicologists, mission agencies and academic institutions to develop a curriculum described as the most complete of any Christian institution in the world. Effective August 1, 2008 that program will be available at Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA. Contact him
for further information.
Stephen Benham - Steve is currently an Associate Professor of Music Education at Duquesne University (Pittsburgh, PA), where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in music education and string pedagogy. He is also an adjunct faculty member at Bethel University (St. Paul, MN), where he teachers courses in field research and Eastern European culture. Stephen holds degrees from the University of Minnesota (B.S.), the University of Michigan (M.M.) and the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music (Ph.D.). Click here for details about his work in Ukraine.
Dianne B. Collard,
M.A.; D.Miss - Dianne is an international speaker and writer who is committed to the embracing of all the arts and the artists in the experience of worship and mission. Her extensive doctoral research in Europe regarding the current role of the arts in the Church and the alienation of the artists enable her to speak with authority and passion.
Dianne and her husband have been missionaries since 1986, serving in over 40 countries while living in Europe. Her role is multi-faceted: preparing and directing the work of hundreds of missionaries; speaking at conferences throughout Europe, the U.S. and Mexico; and directing the department of worship and the creative arts for an organization training European church planters. She has lectured in classes at Biola University and Columbia International University. Read more ....
Julisa Rowe (M.A., D.Miss.) is a dramatist under Artists in Christian Testimony. She and her husband are based in Nairobi, Kenya, where she teaches drama at Daystar University and serves as consultant and trainer in developing drama ministry for churches in Kenya and beyond. Her doctoral work focused on ethnodramatology and she is particularly interested in helping the worldwide church use their indigenous art drama forms to communicate Christ. Write to: ethnodrama [at] acquirewisdom [dot] com or go to www.ethnodrama.com
Frank Fortunato - Frank is OM's International Music Director, coordinating Heart Sounds International, a ministry promoting indigenous worship through seminars, songwriting events, and recordings of non-western worship, mostly in the restricted parts of the world. Frank has completed graduate studies in
ethnomusicology and is involved in teaching on global worship music as well as leading worship at a local church. He co-authored All the World is Singing: Glorifying God Through the Worship Music of the Nations.
Dave Hall - Dave is a musicianary with PIONEERS serving in Hungary and Central Europe. For more info see www.worshipfromthenations.org.
Dr. Colin Harbinson is a sought after conference and seminar speaker with a passion to see the transforming power of God expressed within each unique cultural framework. He has taught in many different cultures on subjects related to the arts and cultural transformation, and also leads national & international summits and symposia that explore the role of the arts in culture formation and cultural reformation. For further information go to www.stoneworks-arts.org and www.colinharbinson.com.
Robin Harris has M.A.s in Intercultural Studies and Ethnomusicology and is a Ph.D. Candidate in Music (Ethnomusicology) at University of Georgia Athens. She lived for a decade in northern Russia as well as a number of years in Alaska and Canada. She currently serves with Heart Sounds International and SIL Int’l and is the Associate Coordinator of the World Arts Program at the Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics (www.gial.edu). Robin is the current President of the International Councl of Ethnodoxoligists. See here for more information.
James Janzen has extensive experience in music education, church ministry and worship. Throughout the years he has taught choral and instrumental music at all levels from elementary through to college and worked in the church as minister of music and worship leader. His extensive conducting experience of Master Works ( such as Handel's Messiah, Mendelssohn's Elijah, Haydn's Creation, Schuetz's St. Matthew Passion) has highlighted the rich theological basis of these works. Teaching, conducting, ministry and performing opportunities have taken him from North America to Asia, Europe and Eurasia. Recent ministry has been Ukraine with teaching, conducting, leadership training and development of resources for the Slavic church.
James D. Janzen, MMus, Dip FA (Cond),
Box 2805, Three Hills, AB,
T0M 2A0, Canada,
1-403-443-2271
Roberta King - Roberta is the
Associate Professor of Communication and Ethnomusicology at Fuller Theological Seminary. She has worked in Africa and elsewhere for many years. Her book "A Time To Sing" is standard reading for people involved in music and missions. Read more...
James R. Krabill - James has served for fourteen years as a Bible and church history teacher among independent churches in West Africa. While working with the Harrist Church in Ivory Coast he recorded and transcribed over 500 locally-composed songs in the Dida language. These were compiled into four hymn booklets for use in worship and literacy training and later became the subject of a PhD dissertation at the University of Birmingham (U.K.). Krabill is currently a Senior Executive at the Mennonite Mission Network.
Rev. Ron Man (M.M., Th.M.) - worship theologian, teacher, Director of Department of Worship Resources, ICE associate, worship pastor, author of articles and books, including Proclamation and Praise: Hebrews 2:12 and the Christology of Worship.
Montage International exists to challenge and train the Church and its artists to embrace the arts in worship, spiritual formation and mission through training, mentoring, researching and writing for publication. Dr. Dianne B. Collard is available to speak at conferences, conduct cross-cultural training for missional artists and personally mentor such artists. Contact her through www.montageinternational.org. Click here for an Adobe Acrobat PDF biography.
Paul Neeley - Paul’s studies include an M.A. (Ethnomusicology, Anthropology, Linguistics) and a Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology (ABD). He has worked in fifteen countries, including seven years in Ghana, and has taught ethnomusicology at various schools and seminaries. He is a member of Artists in Christian Testimony (ACT), Heart Sounds International (HSI), and consults with various mission agencies and churches. He has authored and edited a number of books and articles, produced recordings, and is heavily involved in multicultural worship.
Brian Schrag is head of SIL International's Ethnomusicology and Arts Group, and teaches at the Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics (www.gial.edu). He has worked as an arts consultant in Central Africa, and holds a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology (UCLA). More information is available here.
Joyce Scott - Joyce has been a missionary with Africa Inland Mission since 1961, based in Kenya for 28 years. In her last twelve years there she was assigned by the African Church to work with fourteen tribes across Kenya to encourage the development of the indigenous heart-music of each group for relevant worship, Scripture teaching and evangelism. She acted as catalyst for Song-making exercises in these fourteen language groups as well as encouraging the use of indigenous instruments, especially for evangelism. Click here for details about her teaching experience.
Byron Spradlin - Byron is President of Artists in Christian Testimony Int'l, an arts-missionary sending board. His areas of specialty are music, worship and the arts in missions, local church and church growth ministry. He has over 35 years experience in ministry as a worship leader, recording artist, production director, large church worship pastor, church planter, Senior Pastor, adjunct professor, strategist and teacher – in over 40 countries. He is a Master Certified Life-Coach for artists/culture-creatives. He is also the Worship Track Director for the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary, Beirut, Lebanon. Degrees: BA in International Relations, M Div, Master of Church Music. Byron is currently in doctoral studies at Liberty Theological Seminary, Lynchburg, VA.
Glenn Stallsmith -
Glenn is an ethnomusicologist with SIL International in the Philippines. He facilitates the creation of new songs in meaningful forms for minority communities in the Philippines, and enjoys teaching music and culture, music and language, contextualization, and cross-cultural worship. Glenn has an M.A. in Ethnomusicology from Bethel University, St. Paul, Minnesota and is ICE-certified as an Ethnomusicology Training Specialist.
Contact information: glenn_stallsmith[at]sil[dot]org
Julie Taylor - Julie is SIL International's Africa Area Anthropology Coordinator (incorporates roles of Ethnomusicology Coordinator and Ethnomusicology Consultant) and is also an SIL International Consultant in Ethnomusicology. She is a lecturer at ETP Germany/UK, Ethnomusicology & Arts Training Courses. She has a Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh in Ethnomusicology. For more information (including contact details) see this link.
Rob Baker - Rob is a member of Wycliffe Bible Translators and SIL and works as an ethnomusicologist in West Africa. He has run song-writing workshops throughout Togo and Benin and is preparing a thesis on the reclamation of traditional song genres for Christian worship. He has recorded new songs (Biblical and educational) in a variety of local languages and has also taught and given presentations on ethnomusicology in Benin, Togo and Mali. Click 
Dr. John Benham - John is president of Music In World Cultures, Inc., a non-profit mission agency he founded in 1989 with a vision to merge of music and missions for the implementation of indigenous music in worship, discipleship, and evangelism. Since then he has worked with practicing ethnomusicologists, mission agencies and academic institutions to develop a curriculum described as the most complete of any Christian institution in the world. Effective August 1, 2008 that program will be available at Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA. Contact him
for further information.
Dianne B. Collard,
M.A.; D.Miss - Dianne is an international speaker and writer who is committed to the embracing of all the arts and the artists in the experience of worship and mission. Her extensive doctoral research in Europe regarding the current role of the arts in the Church and the alienation of the artists enable her to speak with authority and passion.
Julisa Rowe (M.A., D.Miss.) is a dramatist under Artists in Christian Testimony. She and her husband are based in Nairobi, Kenya, where she teaches drama at Daystar University and serves as consultant and trainer in developing drama ministry for churches in Kenya and beyond. Her doctoral work focused on ethnodramatology and she is particularly interested in helping the worldwide church use their indigenous art drama forms to communicate Christ. Write to: ethnodrama [at] acquirewisdom [dot] com or go to 
Frank Fortunato - Frank is OM's International Music Director, coordinating 
Dave Hall - Dave is a musicianary with PIONEERS serving in Hungary and Central Europe. For more info see 
Dr. Colin Harbinson is a sought after conference and seminar speaker with a passion to see the transforming power of God expressed within each unique cultural framework. He has taught in many different cultures on subjects related to the arts and cultural transformation, and also leads national & international summits and symposia that explore the role of the arts in culture formation and cultural reformation. For further information go to 
Robin Harris has M.A.s in Intercultural Studies and Ethnomusicology and is a Ph.D. Candidate in Music (Ethnomusicology) at University of Georgia Athens. She lived for a decade in northern Russia as well as a number of years in Alaska and Canada. She currently serves with Heart Sounds International and SIL Int’l and is the Associate Coordinator of the World Arts Program at the Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics (www.gial.edu). Robin is the current President of the International Councl of Ethnodoxoligists. See 
James Janzen has extensive experience in music education, church ministry and worship. Throughout the years he has taught choral and instrumental music at all levels from elementary through to college and worked in the church as minister of music and worship leader. His extensive conducting experience of Master Works ( such as Handel's Messiah, Mendelssohn's Elijah, Haydn's Creation, Schuetz's St. Matthew Passion) has highlighted the rich theological basis of these works. Teaching, conducting, ministry and performing opportunities have taken him from North America to Asia, Europe and Eurasia. Recent ministry has been Ukraine with teaching, conducting, leadership training and development of resources for the Slavic church.
James D. Janzen, MMus, Dip FA (Cond),
Box 2805, Three Hills, AB,
T0M 2A0, Canada,
1-403-443-2271
Roberta King - Roberta is the
Associate Professor of Communication and Ethnomusicology at Fuller Theological Seminary. She has worked in Africa and elsewhere for many years. Her book "A Time To Sing" is standard reading for people involved in music and missions. 
James R. Krabill - James has served for fourteen years as a Bible and church history teacher among independent churches in West Africa. While working with the Harrist Church in Ivory Coast he recorded and transcribed over 500 locally-composed songs in the Dida language. These were compiled into four hymn booklets for use in worship and literacy training and later became the subject of a PhD dissertation at the University of Birmingham (U.K.). Krabill is currently a Senior Executive at the Mennonite Mission Network.
Rev. Ron Man (M.M., Th.M.) - worship theologian, teacher, Director of Department of 
Montage International exists to challenge and train the Church and its artists to embrace the arts in worship, spiritual formation and mission through training, mentoring, researching and writing for publication. Dr. Dianne B. Collard is available to speak at conferences, conduct cross-cultural training for missional artists and personally mentor such artists. Contact her through 
Paul Neeley - Paul’s studies include an M.A. (Ethnomusicology, Anthropology, Linguistics) and a Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology (ABD). He has worked in fifteen countries, including seven years in Ghana, and has taught ethnomusicology at various schools and seminaries. He is a member of Artists in Christian Testimony (ACT), Heart Sounds International (HSI), and consults with various mission agencies and churches. He has authored and edited a number of books and articles, produced recordings, and is heavily involved in multicultural worship. 
Brian Schrag is head of SIL International's Ethnomusicology and Arts Group, and teaches at the Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics (
Joyce Scott - Joyce has been a missionary with Africa Inland Mission since 1961, based in Kenya for 28 years. In her last twelve years there she was assigned by the African Church to work with fourteen tribes across Kenya to encourage the development of the indigenous heart-music of each group for relevant worship, Scripture teaching and evangelism. She acted as catalyst for Song-making exercises in these fourteen language groups as well as encouraging the use of indigenous instruments, especially for evangelism. Click 
Glenn Stallsmith -
Glenn is an ethnomusicologist with SIL International in the Philippines. He facilitates the creation of new songs in meaningful forms for minority communities in the Philippines, and enjoys teaching music and culture, music and language, contextualization, and cross-cultural worship. Glenn has an M.A. in Ethnomusicology from Bethel University, St. Paul, Minnesota and is ICE-certified as an Ethnomusicology Training Specialist.
Contact information: glenn_stallsmith[at]sil[dot]org