Apostolic Creativity?

[RandyWayne]

This question has been posted on Ninetyandnine.net for quite some time now and since I have no idea how often it is updated I am curious as to what others here think.

Does the Apostolic Culture encourage or discourage individual creativity in the arts (painting, photography, video, writing, etc.)? Why?


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From what I have seen this really depends far more on the church itself than the organization(s) in question.

I think the more conservative an individual church is the more repressed creativity will be..... Examples would include music where anything outside of a guitar, piano, organ, and tambourine, is considered radical, and whoa to them who play in any key outside of minor!
Obviously a career in video editing, directing, acting, screenplay writing is straight out as well.....
BUT, I see this being the case for a very small % of churches.

[Praxeas]

Some Pastors discourage them and some don't.

[BoredOutOfMyMind]

Originally Posted by RandyWayne

This question has been posted on Ninetyandnine.net for quite some time now and since I have no idea how often it is updated I am curious as to what others here think.

Does the Apostolic Culture encourage or discourage individual creativity in the arts (painting, photography, video, writing, etc.)? Why?


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From what I have seen this really depends far more on the church itself than the organization(s) in question.

I think the more conservative an individual church is the more repressed creativity will be..... Examples would include music where anything outside of a guitar, piano, organ, and tambourine, is considered radical, and whoa to them who play in any key outside of minor!
Obviously a career in video editing, directing, acting, screenplay writing is straight out as well.....
BUT, I see this being the case for a very small % of churches.

You have not been in a conservative church lately it appears. Video editing, directing, acting, etc you mention would surely be not thought as wholesome in the same.

[Renee29]

My church is moderate to conservative. All of those things are just fine along with professional sports.