Worship
Our vision is to multiply worship to God among the nations. The more we know God, the more our hearts respond to Him with worship.
Expressions of our worship to God are as diverse as the cultures and clans He created to give Him praise. (Isa. 43:21)
The College of Arts and Sports includes worship ministries because of the multifaceted means with which we creatively express our love and worship for our Creator. Worship courses and ministries are also included in the College of Christian Ministries because worship is an essential Christian discipline in the life of every disciple. Each course is cross-listed in both colleges.
The worship courses and seminars that the UofN offers will give you the biblical foundations to equip you to multiply and release worship to God throughout the earth.Grounding our hearts and lives in worship to God will influence every area of society and equip us to serve and lead our people and our nations. When God is worshipped by people of every culture, He will draw the nations to Himself.
After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count,
from every nation, tribe, people and language,
standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb.
They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands.
And they cried out in a loud voice:
"Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb."
All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders
and the four living creatures. They fell down on their faces before the throne
and worshiped God, saying:
"Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength
be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!"
(Rev 7:9-12 NIV)
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
YWAM Worship | Global Network
