the art ministry

Hello Friends,

So I am not going to France. However, something much bigger has resulted as a result of staying here in Iowa. We will be continuing the art as discipleship ministry here in the states. What will this ministry look like? Well, it will be much bigger than we thought.

To begin with we will develope the art as discipleship ministry by doing art as isciplship projects with local artists. Through these projests we hope to reach unbelivers with the truth that they were made by a creator whom they can know personally. Secondly we hope to reach new believers with a a deeper understanding of who GOD is and who they are in Him. Thirdly we seek to deepen relationships with CHRIST and show how artist can use their gifts and talents to serve CHRIST and reach out to others.

As we fine tune the arts ministry we will then become a training center where people can come and learn how to incorporate the art as dicipleship into their ministries and cultures. We will host missionaries from afar, and host churches and artist within the area through art as disciplship seminars.

We also plan to be a sending team. What I mean by this is we want to raise up artist here who will be sent into missions fields all around the world to use the art as discipleship ministry to reach people for CHRIST.

It is all very exciting.

I am currently in the process of preparing for candidate orientation which will take place in November. Front here I will begin raising support for the ministry. As I prepare I will continue to be involved in the various art projects.

in my next blog I will describe what my role in this ministry will be.

a servant of JESUS CHRIST,
Joe W Hartsell Jr