Text Box:  Excerpt from Chapter 1: Ministry Demystified     Mighty dancers of the Lord, what was God’s intention when He committed this powerful vehicle into our care? Within that intention, what makes our dance usable in His purpose? As we attempt to answer this, let us first agree on a working definition for dance in this capacity.     We have coined many names for it: praise dance, worship dance, Christian dance, liturgical dance, etc. I believe these various names come out of our attempt to best articulate and define what it is that we do when we stand before the people of God. For the purpose of our discussion, I will refer to what we do as dance ministry, or ministry through dance.     What is dance ministry? The Spirit of God gave me the following definition: Dance ministry is the process of using the vehicle of dance to carry out the act of ministry. This definition brings to light a very important distinction: the dance is not the ministry and the ministry is not the dance. In fact, they are two separate and distinct entities. Dance ministry is actually a relationship created by the coming together of ministry and the gift of dance. This same relationship between ministry and gift exists for every post of ministry. Preaching, for example, is the relationship created by the coming together of ministry and the gift of speaking. The function of worship leader is the coming together of ministry and the gift of singing.     Separating the two begs for clarification. Though God has called us to it, the dance is only the principle medium we have been given to use in fulfilling our ministry. We are not operating in ministry simply because we are dancing. If dance is the vehicle, what is the ministry?      

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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