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CREATIVE COMMUNICATION
Description:
The
gift of Creative Communication is the divine enablement to communicate God’s
truth through a variety of art forms.
Distinctives: People with this gift...
- Use arts to communicate God’s truth
- Develop and use artistic skills such as drama, writing, art, music, etc.
- Use variety and creativity to captivate people and cause them to consider
Christ’s message
- Challenge people’s perspective of God through various forms of the arts
- Demonstrate fresh ways to express the Lord’s ministry and message
Traits:
- Expressive
- Imaginative
- Idea-oriented
- Artistic
- Creative
- Unconventional
- Sensitive
Cautions: People with this gift...
- Need to remember that art is not for art’s sake, but it’s to glorify God and
edify others
- Could find evaluation and constructive criticism difficult to accept
- Might be uncooperative (because of ego, pride, or individualism) and need to
work at being a team player
References:
Psalm 150:3-5
2 Samuel 6:14-15
Mark 4:2, 33
Definition taken from Network: Participants Manual, p. 76.
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