Blues Music And Gospel Proclamation

Born In In Dresden, Germany, Theo Lehmann Lived Through Both The Nazi Era And The Communistruled German Democratic Republic gdrOrdained In The Lutheran Church Of Saxony, He Was Called To An Urban Parish In ChemnitzThere He Introduced AYouth Worship Service Marked By Contemporary Music, Uncompromising Preaching Of The Gospel Message, And Calls To Discipleship In Christ That Attracted ThousandsLehmann Then Embarked On An Itinerant Ministry Of Youth Evangelism With Jorg Swoboda, ABaptist Musician And Youth LeaderHe Gained The Undying Enmity Of The Communist Regime, Was Under Constant Surveillance By The Dreaded Secret Police, And Was Rejected By Many Of His Own Ministerial ColleaguesTheo Lehmann Was Also The Bestknown Scholar Of Jazz And Blues Music In The GdrIndeed These Musical Forms Expressed So Well His Own Longing For FreedomHis Reputation As An Evangelist Spread Far Beyond The Narrow Confines Of East Germany, And He Was Named To The Lausanne Committee For World EvangelizationHis Dreams Were Fulfilled By The Fall Of The Berlin Wall, And He Was Then Free To Proclaim The Word Of God Throughout The Reunited GermanyThe Author Of Over Twenty Books And Composer Of Numerous Songs Widely Sung In Churches And Evangelical Gatherings, Lehmann Is Today His Country's Foremost EvangelistHis Life Is An Extraordinary Witness To The Power Of God And One Person's Faithfulness To The Gospel MessageThis Book Brings To Light The Gripping Account Of Lehmann's Unbowed Witness To Christian Faith Amid The Totalitarian Oppression Of Nazi GermanyMoreover, It Offers ACompelling Case Study Of How Revitalization Can Occur Even, And Especially, Amid Such Adverse Conditions, For Which There Are Numerous Applications In Our Present DayjSteven O'malley, John TSeamands Professor Of Methodist Holiness History, Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, Ky It Seems To Me That Theo's Interest In Jazz Is Itself ATestimony To The Freedom The Spirit Bringsthe Improvisation By Which God Counters The Dark Passages Of Life Under TyrannyIHope Theo's Story Will Profoundly Challenge Those Of Us In North America To Realize Again That The Gospel Is Not Only About Our Personal Salvation, But That Jesus Is Lord Over All The Powerspolitical, Economic, Culturalwhich So Easily Seduce Usleighton Ford, President Leighton Ford Ministries, Lifetime Honorary Chair, Lausanne Committee For World Evangelization On My First Visit To The German Democr
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