Music


Music is an international language.

      It penetrates closed hearts.  It  moves the immovable.

Music is essential to life and echoes the heartbeats of young and old alike.

     It expresses our intimacy and reveals our worship.

Music enhances, completes, comforts and challenges us.


All music began in Heaven. The sounds of our various cultures reflect His unique celebration and love for diversity. Whether we sing, play an instrument, or creatively communicate sounds, it is our response and our reflection of the Heavenly Father.


In preparing to share the good news worldwide it is essential to employ music. We offer courses on improving your musical skills for the beginner to intermediate student as well as seminars on how to develop your existing music ministry. 


There are frequently opportunities to tour with musical groups – whether contemporary or classical – getting experience on the road in outreach situations. We have training on songwriting, CD production, musical prayer and booking and touring. 


Visit the 'Opportunities' section to find your place in God's plan to use music to build his Church and impact the nations.

Karen Lafferty Receives 'Pioneers Award'

Wednesday, 02 December 2009 01:50

Artists in Christian Testimony International's 2009 Pioneer Award Recipient - Karen Lafferty.. A true pioneer integrating artistic personnel, strategies, and methods into the Worldwide Mission of God to proclaim the Gospel of Christ’s salvation and establish his Church in every People and Nation of the World—all to his Glory forever!  (Acts 13:2-3; Acts 14:21-23, 27). Karen Lafferty is probably best known in the Christian world as the author of the scripture chorus "Seek Ye First."  However that is hardly the full extent of her profound impact.

Karen spent her first years in ministry with the Christian recording company Maranatha! Music, which was an outgrowth of Calvary Chapel. There she recorded four albums. As she began to have invitations to share her music outside the USA, she began to see the incredible potential that contemporary Christian music had in reaching youth around the world. Karen began to seek the Lord concerning this new discovery and a strong burden to be involved in world missions full time was birthed.

After completing missionary training in Holland with Youth With A Mission (YWAM) Karen founded Musicians For Missions International (MFMI) in 1981 as a part of YWAM in Amsterdam, Holland.


"God has called me to be a 'Musicianary'; to seek those places where others aren't going and to disciple the national musicians, who can then reach their own nations. I believe there are other Christian musicians with that calling too. MFMI's goal is to work with the local church to facilitate these musicians into ministry, especially ‘missions’."


For more than two decades Karen has concentrated her energies on developing MFMI. She has led many multinational music teams on tours in more than 50 countries; held numerous music seminars and short term outreaches for musicians, launched a "School of "Music In Missions" as part of YWAM's University of the Nations and produced or assisted with many recordings in several languages. While living in Amsterdam, she and the MFMI staff musicians were regularly involved with ministry to prostitutes and street people.


To learn more about Karen and Musicians for Missions Intl: www.musiciansformissions.com


Source: Artists in Christian Testimony International