The Gathering Church of A.C.T.

THE GATHERING CHURCH OF A.C.T. INTL

While there are countless benefits to being a department of Artists in Christian Testimony Intl, among the most exhilarating is the annual Nashville Gathering when departments from across the globe connect to interact, learn and, many cases, meet others for the first time.

This year marked Kingdom Impact Theater’s fourth Gathering. We admit (or confess) being glad to attend from the comfort of our family room. Why, it was just like going to church!

The well-done stream from Nashville gave peers a chance to see the variety of ways God is using performing arts to evangelize across the globe, and to see numerous ways artists have creatively adapted to the “confining” medium of “online television.”

The stream also exposed A.C.T to interested new parties such as KIT’ s Ministry Accountability Team. The ministry videos, Saturday’s talks by David Taylor and David Bailey, plus encouragement from founder Byron Spradlin were as inspiring to “outsiders” with little background in A.C.T. as they were inspirational to long-time departments needing a spiritual boost. One of KIT’s MAT members texted:

“This Gathering is deep and rich. Missions!!! Richness of Short Term! Direction for missions in this Red Sea Moment of THE CHURCH 2020. WORSHIP???” “Thanks or connecting me with The Gathering. I’m understanding more about A.C.T. There is for me much on which to reflect.”

Isn’t that what church is should do?

With Thanksgiving To:

-- planners who organized content;

-- artists who submitted videos for discovery and entertainment;

-- engineers who made things happen in the face of spirits who threatened to derail the message (Now you know why you should always read the ending credits).

Wisdom streamed into the home: Eugene Petersen, Byron Spradlin.

What Have You Done Lately?

Guy Whitlock, staff development coach with Artists in Christian Testimony Intl, posted a provocative infographic on the group’s Facebook page. It noted what Shakespeare created when the Great Plague hit England and sent people into quarantine in 1606.

That led us to the thought:

Since we haven’t been touring or meeting regularly in a church because of COVID what HAS Kingdom Impact Theatre Ministries accomplished: artistically, spiritually, interpersonally?

A study of Jonah is a challenge for church artists.

David Bailey's instruction on race reconciliation and the role of church artists.