{"product_id":"ruth-duvall-crawfordos-wonderful-career-in-music-and-evangelism","title":"Ruth Duvall CrawfordÕs  Wonderful Career  in Music and  Evangelism","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is a study of the career and ministry of Ruth Duvall Crawford (1916-1986), the wife of prominent evangelist Percy Crawford (1902-1960). As pianist for PercyÕs evangelistic team and director of music for his various evangelistic enterprises, Ruth put together an ensemble of 40-50 musicians, and produced hundreds of high-quality music programs, geared to PercyÕs nationwide radio and television audiences. These programs set a new standard of performance in evangelical circles in the Northeast and Central United States in the 1930s and 40s.  In the process of building this musical program, Ruth developed a format and an original style of gospel music that proved to be highly effective in communicating the gospel to a wide audience. Even with the constraints placed upon her as a woman, Ruth was able to carve out her own identity and realize her full potential as a musical artist. \u003cbr\u003e\nThroughout their twenty-nine year ministry together, Ruth devoted herself fully and faithfully to PercyÕs single-minded mission of winning souls; she and her musicians always viewed the significance of their music as supportive of this soul-saving work. I will argue, however, that, in fact, her music comprised a ministry in its own right, with a message of its own that had the power to change hearts and transform lives. I formulate what I believe was the content of that messageÑnamely, the possibility of drawing close to the person of Jesus, and entering into an intimate relationship with him. Further, I suggest that her message did not merely complement PercyÕs and strengthen its appeal, but offered the listener a different way of coming to know Christ as oneÕs personal savior.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dan D. Crawford","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44231423393953,"sku":"9781609623074","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/p66egrj-front-shortedge-384.jpg?v=1747764775","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/ruth-duvall-crawfordos-wonderful-career-in-music-and-evangelism","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}