BROADCASTS.com

b"Transcribed highlights of the show can be found in our episode summaries.\\nHe describes himself in his Instagram bio as a Jesus Follower, Missionary, Artist, Author, Humanitarian, Activist. But right now, Sean Feucht may be best known as a volunteer Bethel worship leader who has spent his summer leading around two dozen outdoor worship concerts.\\nFeucht\\u2019s events are \\u201ca mix of Christian concert, healing service, guerrilla street theater and spectator mosh pit,\\u201d Religion News Service recently reported.\\nThey can also turn political. After the city of Seattle recently refused to give Feucht and his worship team permission to host a concert in one of his parks, likely because concerns of masking and social distancing, they held their show on a nearby street.\\nAs the concert began, he informed the audience. \\u201cPoliticians can write press releases, they can make up threats, they can shut down parks, they can put up fences. But they can\\u2019t stop the church of Christ from worshipping the one true God. We are here as citizens of America and of the kingdom of God and we will not be silenced.\\u201d\\nThere\\u2019s something really powerful when people when people bring together music and mission, says Leah Payne, associate professor of theology at George Fox University and Portland Seminary.\\u201cI found this great quote a while back when I was researching temperance workers who were wanting to use hymns to their cause, and they said music was the key to doing that because they said it was a sentiment maker,\\u201d said Payne. \\u201cIt was magical. It could create within people the emotional logic that they needed to overcome their objections to something. And I think that's something revivalists have been especially good at. They understand that music moves people\\u2014any and all kinds of music, harnessed in any particular direction.\\u201d\\nPayne joined global media manager Morgan Lee and editorial director Ted Olsen and discuss the religious traditions that inspire Feucht\\u2019s ministry, if people should be surprised to see worship leaders voicing political beliefs, and why so many popular worship leaders are good at Instagram.\\nWhat is Quick to Listen? Read more\\nRate Quick to Listen on Apple Podcasts\\nFollow the podcast on Twitter\\nFollow our hosts on Twitter: Morgan Lee and Ted Olsen\\nLearn more about our guest: Leah Payne\\nListen to our guest\\u2019s podcast: Weird Religion\\nCheck out Sean Feucht\\u2019s music on Spotify\\nMusic by Sweeps\\nQuick to Listen is produced by Morgan Lee and Matt Linder\\nThe transcript is edited by Bunmi Ishola\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"