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Welcome to the
International Council of Ethnodoxologists web
site!
The
vision of ICE, an association for global
Christian worship, is that Christians from
every culture will have the opportunity to express
their faith through their own heart music and
arts.
To further this vision, we seek to
promote the application of insights drawn from the
field of ethnomusicology, worship studies, and
other disciplines in Christian ministries
worldwide.
Have you thought
about your own favored forms of "heart music"?
Take this questionnaire here (in Adobe PDF
format).
Statements of
Faith: the Nicene Creed, the
EFMA/IFMA, or the Lausanne
Covenant.
Read Psalm 100:1 in a variety of
translations
and languages by clicking the
above verse.
The above is Psalm 100:1 in
Tamil,
a language of India.
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Go here to read
2006 Global Consultation
on Music and
Missions: Personal Reflections by Frank
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Affirming …
- That music is a universal
phenomenon, but not a universal language; i.e. our response
to music is learned and not intrinsic,
- That music systems differ in
structure, function, use, and even the concept of what is
music,
- That if foreign music is used
for evangelism or in the church it may strongly stamp
Christianity as being a foreign religion,
- That in using the culturally
appropriate music system we are tapping into a system of
communication that is already recognized, appreciated and
understood…
We, the members of ICE, will strive
toward encouraging the use of heart musics, the musical
systems that a person learns as a child or youth and that
most fully express his or her emotions. A person’s heart
music may be rural, urban, or include several different
music systems.
Our encouragement of heart music will
include:
- Showing appreciation for the
various forms of heart music found in our region.
- Participating in
singing/playing local heart music whenever
appropriate
- Studying local heart
musics
- Suggesting alternatives to
hymn translation
- Encouraging culturally
appropriate music styles in the life of the local church.
Biblical criteria will be suggested to local believers who
can then discuss and select appropriate styles.
This section of our site
features articles from around the world including
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and North
America. Links to many articles about worship, by John
Piper and others, are also featured. There are also links to
essays about worship from the perspective of world religions.
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