Directory of Contemporary Worship Musicians - Way of Life Literature

example, that Christians should have the goal of seeing theirsons and daughters become the principle dancers in balletcompanies instead of looking upon such things as wrong andstaying away from them. Briner says, “What I’m calling for isa radically different way of thinking about our world. Insteadof running from it, we need to rush into it. And instead ofjust hanging around the fringes of our culture, we need to beright smack dab in the middle of it.”In October 2010 Jars of Clay participated in the DavidCrowder Band’s Fantastical Church Music Conference atBaylor University. ere they joined hands with Rob Bell,who denies the infallible inspiration of Scripture, believespractically everyone will be saved, denies the eternaljudgment of hell, and mocks the gospel of salvation throughthe blood of Christ. (See “David Crowder” in this Directoryfor more about Bell.)e ecumenical Jars of Clay traveled with the Rock &Worship Roadshow in early 2011. In that forum they joinedhands with Roman Catholic Matt Maher, among others. ebands covered the Beatles song “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da.”Jesus CultureJesus Culture is both a youth ministry and a contemporarypraise band. It was founded in 1999 at Bethel Church inRedding, California, by Banning Liebscher. Other membersof the band are Kim Walker-Smith, Chris Quilala, andMelissa How. ey published their first album in 2006entitled Everything.ey host large youth conferences in America, Australia,and England “which bring thousands of young people fromaround the world to the host cities.” Jesus Culture has beencalled “one of the most significant Christian movements inpost-war America” (“Jesus Culture: Kim Walker speaks aboutt he p ower worship m i n istr y f rom C a l i for n i a ,”Crossrhythms.co.uk).192