ARISE & SHINE
Arts & Entertainment Ministries
MISSION / VISION
To encourage, support and empower Christian emerging and professional storytellers, artists and creatives in their character, craft and community. We facilitate ministry gatherings, creative showcases, mentorship, education, collaboration, community arts events, fiscal sponsorship and funding resources.
Based in the Atlanta GA metro area, the organization aims to become a leader in the arts & entertainment Christian community, where we "arise and shine" together in creating excellent, impactful and lasting creative projects that advance God's kingdom on earth through the generations.
MINISTRY.
We believe the Father desires for all people to come into complete wholeness in their lives through a deeper love relationship with Himself. Through an artist’s life and creative expression, He wants to release His Glory, impact lives and ultimately transform culture.
We hope to encourage artists to continually connect with and engage the Holy Spirit in order to receive God’s inspiration and direction leading to anointed creative expressions. We will gather together regularly and pursue the presence of God through Spirit-led worship and prayer, Bible study and fellowship in accordance to the five fold ministries: apostolic, prophetic, evangelistic, pastoral and teaching (Ephesians 4:11-13).
COMMUNITY.
We believe the Lord desires creatives to operate within the context of healthy community and the Body of Christ as a whole in order to help one another along our destiny paths.
For each respective discipline or medium, we will gather to share personal art, performance or project in group settings to receive input, encouragement and prayer within a safe and loving environment. We also hope to foster opportunity for artists to network with other communities: churches, business leaders and investors for mentorship opportunities.
CREATIVITY.
We believe God desires artists to operate in excellence, under the anointing of the Holy Spirit. We aim to inspire and equip creatives, in their respective discipline or medium, by providing opportunities for artists to showcase their projects and/or perform in public at our gatherings. This includes organizing live and virtual events for artists to perform in their craft, training, mentorship, as well as facilitating promotion and marketing initiatives.
We also encourage creatives to work together towards collaborative projects across the multiple creative expressions. Ultimately, we envision projects creating lasting impact through generations.
RESOURCES.
We believe God desires to supply His childrens’ needs as a good Father. We can provide fiscal sponsorship to artists whereby they can solicit and receive funding for their project(s) which will be considered tax-deductible under our exempt status. We also aim to provide scholarship funding for qualifying collaborative projects and creative expressions.
In the future, we hope to offer a state-of-the-art facility with functional spaces, resources, equipment and tools available to members. The ideal building would include various studio spaces (film production, music recording, dance and art), a performance soundstage / digital theater with ample seating, an art gallery and more.
