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Article Title:	Foundations
Author of reported comment:	QS
Comment Date:	10:58 on Sep 21 2010
Comment:	Oh, don't get me started. The biggest mistake a Christian band, theatre company, dance troupe etc can make is to think they exist to spread the Gospel. Rubbish. You exist for many reasons, chief among which is you enjoy it. Communicating the joy you get from performing supersedes any message you are trying to make your audience aware of. Your first responsibility is to be entertaining otherwise why not simply preach the good news? An evangelist is demonstrably the most efficient way of gaining converts. How many people can honestly say a song led them to Christ? You might, for example, declare yourself a Christian plumber. Your plumbing is as good (you hope) as the best secular plumber but if you wish to proselytise then it is your attitude and integrity that counts. Scratching Jesus Loves You on some copper piping is unlikely to be affective. Equally, as a Christian band, it is your attitude, integrity and, yes, ability that really counts. Rhyming Glory with The Old Old Story or whatever is less important than taking joy and pleasure from performing. By all means sing about what is important to you but don't think that what you sing is anywhere near as important as how you sing it. If you fail to entertain then any message you might want to share will not be heard. Rant over.

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