Outreach and the Artist: Sharing the Gospel with the Arts

Whether you are an artist whose talents are an untapped source of energy for your church or a ministry leader wanting to involve artists and the creative arts in your outreach efforts, Outreach and the Artist will renew your vision. Musician and biblical scholar Con Campbell offers encouragement, wisdom, and practical tips for evangelism with, through, and to the arts: Evangelism with the Arts. While the abilities of Christian artists may serve the church internally, artists within the church usually have enormous untapped potential for outreach. Evangelism through the Arts. People?s natural love for various artistic mediums provides a connection-point to exploring life?s big questions with unbelievers in non-threatening and engaging ways. Evangelism to the Arts. Christian artists are uniquely positioned to make an impact in artistic networks, which often have no Christian witness or presence and tend to be shut off from conventional methods of outreach. Spreading the gospel is a task worth every God-given resource we have, and artists and their creative gifts are no exception. Review "Churches, ministries, and artists with a passion to reach lost souls should, before they do anything else, consult this book. It'll help define and shape your ministry and evangelism strategy." - Rory Noland, author, Heart of the Artist"Outreach and the Artist is a beautiful palette of theology, mission, and creative arts mixed together. May many artists not only read this book, but may many lives be changed as a result of those who put into practice what is within its pages." - Dan Kimball, author of They Like Jesus but Not the Church and Adventures in Churchland"I first heard this material in talks Con gave on the subject and I am thrilled to know his wisdom on reaching out through (and to) the arts will gain a wider audience. Con is an artist's artist and a scholar's scholar - a rare combination and a pure gift to the body of Christ." - John Dickson, Director of the Centre for Public Christianity, and author of Humilitas "While artists constitute a peculiar sub-culture of their own, Campbell explains how the gospel can resonate with artists of all types, and how the gospel can reverberate through the craft of painters, drummers, and actors for the glory of God. Anyone who is involved in inner-city ministry, who wants to explore creative forms of outreach, or just wants to know how to connect churches with artists is going to want to read this book."  - Michael Bird, Ridley College, Melbourne About the Author Constantine R. Campbell (PhD, Macquarie University) is professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. He is the author of several books, including Advances in the Study of Greek, Basics of Verbal Aspect in Biblical Greek, Keep Your Greek, Paul and Union with Christ, Outreach and the Artist, and 1, 2 & 3 John in The Story of God Bible Commentary series. Con is a scholar, public speaker, musician, and author, and lives in Lake Zurich, Illinois with his wife and three children.