Crucible Manifesto:

At the present time in the western world, we find ourselves in a society whose values and beliefs are formed by Artists through music, movies, television and radio. The breakdown in the traditional family structure, coupled with technology which invades our lives and allows us to witness infinite possibilities as voyeurs, has created a society in which public opinion and values are directly influenced by subtle script writers, the philosophies of movie stars and the lyrics and lifestyles of rock stars.

Therefore we feel called by God to influence this society through the appropriate medium for this era, be it art, music, concerts, theater or film. It is necessary to convince the people of the truth of Christ, the original artist (Creator) using our time, treasure and talents for His Glory.

Our challenge as Christian Artists is to present the truth in love and allow only Christ to be the stumbling block, not our hypocrisy or our ineffective use of obsolete means to present our message.

We will accomplish this as a community of Artists demonstrating the Love of God and the Truth of Christ by presenting a lifestyle that is attractive as well as productions which exceed the competition in quality and passion.

Like gold tried in the Crucible, our lives must be put on the altar, through the heat of inspiration, tests of commitment and death to all vain glory. We will demonstrate the truth of Christ to this skeptical society caught between a separatist church and the greedy world.

Throughout history God has raised up missionaries to go to the lost, benevolence teams to reach the poor and worship centers to assemble and edify the body of Christ. Now, a new "missionary" has been raised up for this time. This is the time for The Artists to join in an orchestrated effort to reach the minds of western society in the realm of music, film, television and visual expression.

This manifesto is not exclusive. Crucible Artists allow the winds of The Creator to present His heart through their gifting, in the same way that many artists throughout the world are doing. It is a vision for everyman, and could possibly be the word that you have been waiting to hear. The language of God reaches far deeper than the confines of conventional evangelism, and it has been freely and uniquely distributed to anyone that would be one with Christ. Now is the time to speak it.

RDH