These hymns were not born in recording studios or concert halls. They were born in the fields of rural China, in the heart of a young woman named Lu Xiaomin, beginning in the 1990s. Today, we’re stepping into the story of one of the most remarkable musical movements in modern church history: the Canaan Hymns, also known as the Songs of Canaan.

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If you’ve ever wondered, Where is all my creativity leading to? How can my songwriting, my voice, my storytelling, my creativity actually shape the future of the mission God has entrusted to His Church? This episode is for you.

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God is the ultimate Creator. From the colors of the sky to the rhythm of the ocean waves, God’s fingerprints are everywhere. And when He made you, He placed a special creative ability inside of you—to create a melody, a song, a story—and all this is meant to be shared.

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For too long, missions has been imagined as preaching, teaching, or church planting. But the Lausanne Movement reminds us that world evangelization cannot happen without empowering artists and musicians. Why? Because art and music reach the heart in ways words alone cannot.

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When we think of the mission field, we often picture doctors bringing healing, or engineers building bridges and wells, or business leaders creating opportunities that help to lift communities out of poverty. And all of these are important callings within God’s mission field.

But for some of us, the calling is not that of a doctor or engineer or business leader, with a stethoscope or a blueprint or a business plan in our hands---instead, it’s a guitar, a camera, a pen, or a stage.

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