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communication. In our entire communi- life and character imagined through God's unconditional love and connecting many times I have heard him remember
cation, words constitute only ten to these characters can bring the text alive themselves with the younger son. Many this drama which impacted him a lot.
thirty per cent while seventy to ninety and drive through the Biblical message of my friends and church members who Many times, when I hear young people,
per cent of our communication comes so powerfully. I cannot imagine Jesus have participated in the youth camp, still what they remember from the youth
from the Non-verbal cues like body telling a boring story. Either village, cherish that memory. Since then I have camps is the drama and the dialogue
posture, facial expressions, body move- synagogue, mountain or field, or dinner been writing plays for our church they have heard.
ments, eye contact, etc. In other words, table, or somebody's house, or even programmes and directing them. Young
greater part of any communication is like stormy sea were his places of teaching people who have played various Therefore, I am convinced churches
performance. Therefore, the effective- and preaching. Always Jesus acted out characters in the plays, still talk about and church leaders must understand the
ness of our communication depends on what he spoke. In addition to these their roles and remember their dialogue significance of communicating Biblical
how powerfully make use of non-verbal natural scenes, Jesus must have livened even if they may not remember any messages through drama. It will galvan-
cues. Drama includes non-verbal cues up his stories with different gestures, other thing from the camp. A young man ise the world of evangelism. It will imp-
very well. Drama acts out a passage facial expressions, voice tones. Oscar played the role of Jesus. He was a new act the world in a big way if drama is
which can make it more real and come Wilde, a very successful playwright once believer. As Jesus when he was speaking integrated with the church service and
alive to the audience. For example, if you said, “I regard the theatre as the greatest to the Samaritan woman about the programmes. We should encourage
act out the passage on Luke 7:1-10 (Faith of all art forms, the most immediate way worship, this young man who was more Christians and churches to be
of the Centurion), one would perform in which a human being can share with playing the role of Jesus, he himself involved in drama ministries.
the life of a centurion, his power and his another the sense of what it is to be a received much grace about the true
nobility and yet how he valued his human being.” Therefore, if drama is worship and true worshippers. He was in
servant/servants. The centurion's integrated into a worship service, the fact struggling with this idea of worship.
compassion would be displayed on the message can touch people more But this drama and the word he spoke
stage. How good he was with the powerfully. Drama is not only an several times helped him to imagine and
public/Israelites. It would show how effective method of communication of bring clarity about his faith and worship.
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seriously ill was the servant. What are Biblical message, it has a greater value of This has impacted him so much that University of Delhi
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