our hsi-story
HSI began informally in 1997, growing out of the existing music ministry within Operation Mobilization. Two pilot projects took place in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, installing small, digital recording studios to help locals make better quality recordings.
After the pilot projects, other projects were done in Africa and Asia. Over time the focus grew to also include songwriting events, public concerts of new songs, internships, seminars on biblical worship, and various kinds of training. In 2003 video became an added focus for projects, including video studio installations in North Africa, India, and elsewhere.
Over time HSI teams took on projects in many parts of the world, most often assisting believers in places where few facilities existed or where the churches faced restrictions. On occasion HSI has made return visits for ongoing projects and training of locals.
A Brief Overview:
| 1997 - 1999 | Central Asia, studios set up. |   |
| 2000 | North Africa – studio set up, recording made, training of audio engineers. Central Asia – recording and training of audio engineers. |
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| 2001 | Central Asia – upgrade of studios. North Africa – audio recording and video. Latin America – audio recording. |
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| 2002 | Central Asia – children’s CD recorded, studio upgraded. North Africa – audio recording. Southern Africa – audio recording. Eastern Europe – audio recording, song-writing workshop. Asia - audio recording, song-writing workshop. |
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| 2003 | North Africa – video studio setup and training. Eastern Europe – audio recording. Asia - audio recording, song-writing workshop, video documentary. |
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| 2004 | North Africa – video studio upgrade, audio studio. West Africa – audio recording. Asia - audio recording, song-writing workshop. Eastern Europe – Upgrade studio, training audio engineers. |
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| 2005 | Pakistan - audio recording, worship seminar. India - audio recording. |
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| 2006 | Malta, Tunisia, Morocco – video training and networking. China – research trip to prepare for future project. Bugaria – Studio upgrade. Kosovo – set up studio, recording of Albanian music. Global Consultation on Music and Missions (GCoMM) – publication of All the World is Singing (book) and Sounds of Global Worship II (compilation CD). Siberia – launching of arts fellowship Algys. Urbana and Passion Conferences – production of enhanced CD-ROM (Get Connected to Global Christian Worship). |
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| 2007 | Siberia – encourage arts fellowship (Algys) and record New Song Festival for DVD. Thailand – networking, leading worship at conference. China – songwriting workshop, recording. Malawi – recording worship music with multi-national team, research for future project among the Yao. Arab world – MoveOn exposure trip (music research and songwriting workshops). India – making connections for Dalit project and Bollywood Prayer Network. Siberia - Yakutia - follow-up on DVD, research on Sakha music, ground-laying for future MoveOn trip, and participation in consultation on contextualization. |
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| 2008 | Lakota tribe in South Dakota - help set up radio stations (two trips).
Mindanao Philippines - ethnomusicology research.
Siberia - Tuva - exposure trip, ethnomusicology research.
Myanmar - teaching on music-worship; upgrade studio, training and recording.
Malawi - facilitated Yao songwriting, recording (no HSI personnel on this trip). |
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