Global Appeal of Western Music

Music is one of the artifacts of Western civilization that continues to manifest itself in Majority World contexts (A conversation tonight with a South-Asian brother reminded me of this reality.).For example, I have written about the internationalization of bluegrass music and Kingdom potential. At that time, I drew attention to Canada, Europe, and Japan.  Let's now think for a moment about India and a few musical interests there.I read tonight about an Indo-Applachian US fusion band, and the recent growth of electronic music and the burgeoning rock scene in India.Pastors, if we are only encouraging our musicians to lead us on Sundays and write praise and worship music, then the Church is missing out on a great Kingdom opportunity. How about casting a vision of the gospel penetrating the local music scenes in countries home to many of the world's unreached peoples? We are living during a time when various Western musical genres appeal to the Majority World. It is time for some musicians to step off the Sunday morning platform and step into the highways and hedges of India. But our brothers and sisters will not consider using their marketable skills this way without our encouragement, equipping, and sending.----------My next book Apostolic Church Planting: Birthing New Churches from New Believers, releases in a few days. The best pre-order price I have found is at IVP.