BCMMP Presents… Greater Boston Area Music Ministry Leadership Forum

INNOVATIVE MINISTRY:

Can we bridge the traditional and the contemporary and still minister?

 

Join Greater Boston Area pastors, ministers, scholars, music ministry leaders, seminarians and laypersons as we examine, ponder and discuss INNOVATIVE MINISTRY.  The forum will take place on Saturday, February 21, 2009 from 3:00 to 5:00 PM at Messiah Baptist Church, 80 Legion Parkway, Brockton, MA 02301.  Admission for this event is FREE.

 

Hosted and convened by the Black Church Music Ministry Project (BCMMP), this event will the 2009 season of conversations around leadership in music ministry.  Different from past seasons, this year BCMMP is taking the conversations to area churches.  According to president and founder, Minister Emmett G. Price III, Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Music and African American Studies, Northeastern University), “we are launching these conversations across the country in order to inspire more focus on spiritual leadership development within our music ministries.”  Confirmed panelists include: Rev. Michael W. Walker, Pastor of Messiah Baptist Church; Evelyn Lee-Jones, Minister of Music of People’s Baptist Church; Shaundra Cunningham, a seminarian at Harvard Divinity School; and Herbert S. Jones, Minister of Music of Messiah Baptist Church.  The conversation for this forum will focus on the question: Can we bridge the traditional and contemporary and still minister?  Not only will the panelists wrestle with the challenge of reaching multiple generations with diverse styles of worship in our local churches but they will present leadership strategies and practical applications that may help area music ministry leaders more effectively utilize the ministry of music to support the vision and mission of local congregations.  According to Price, who also serves on the ministerial staff of Greater Framingham Community Church (Framingham, MA) as the Minister of Music and Worship, “…it is our goal to complement the numerous hours spent on developing performance practice skills with numerous hours developing leadership skills.  Music ministries across the country are facing serious challenges and BCMMP is set to take the lead in providing serious solutions with a focus on leadership.”

 

BCMMP aims to serve, nurture and develop spiritual leaders within music ministry.

 

For additional information please visit http://www.BCMMP.org or contact us via email at info@BCMMP.org.  

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