BIBLICAL–PEDAGOGICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR TRAINING THE ROMANIAN CHURCH MUSICIAN

In the first article I submitted to this esteemed journal, I presented the biblical-theological foundations for training the Romanian church musician. In my second article, I presented a study of the biblical-ecclesiological foundations for training church musicians as defined by a survey conducted by EUO along with biblical, theological, and/or philosophical applications. In this third article of the series, I will examine the biblical-pedagogical foundations related to the training of church musicians to serve the Romanian Evangelical church. This examination will center around three pillars of Christian higher ducation taken from three pivotal pedagogical passages from the teachings of Christ as He prepared His disciples to become the worship leaders in the early church, as follows: (1) the process of Christian higher education is delineated in the Great Commandment, (2) the purpose of Christian higher education is defined in the Great Commission, and (3) the product of higher education is described in the Sermon on the Mount. An examination of these three pillars of Christian higher education will reveal relevant principles that can be applied by Emanuel University in the training of its church musicians for the Romanian Evangelical church.