"A Worship Artisan is a vocational (meaning “called”) spiritual leader who evidences his or her primary leadership gifts through the creative arts.
A Worship Artisan is a trained spiritual leader, theologically, biblically, culturally and historically in the realm of worship activity in the wide range of transhistorical communities that have expressed the worship of Father, Son and Holy Spirit throughout history.
A Worship Artisan is an effective leader of corporate worship, understanding the vital role of creative expression (musical art, visual art, physical art, literary art and dramatic art) in renewing a corporate belief system, a corporate communality, and a cohesive and healthy spiritual formation life in a believing group.
A Worship Artisan is not limited in his or her creative expression to corporate worship expressions. A worship artisan is both comfortable with, and able to engage with, varying contexts in which the goal is to encounter God corporately through the vehicle of music and accessible creative expression. However, a worship artisan is also comfortable expressing very unique and possibly obscure forms of art that find their place in bars, pubs, galleries, the street, stages and many other places."
I had previously played with the term 'liturgical artist' ... more thought needed.
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Finding God often unexpectedly, in music,other art forms or nature can be an overwhelming experience not always found in such a way during more formal places of worship. I prefer the term 'liturgical artist' than artisan although both imply to me the plastic arts rather than all creative thinking and 'knowing' experiences. The original 'doctor' of course would have been a good title (if one is needed at all), leading, enabling, people towards greater insight or knowledge. Perhaps priest is still the best description, and let laity find their own way to identify those with special training and ability. Christian name might be enough. It would help to avoid officialdom, hierarchical positions in fact anything to get away from organisational structures and back to basic small groups.
I prefer the term 'liturgical artist' although
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