{"product_id":"ruth-duvall-crawfords-wonderful-career-dan-d-crawford-9781609623074","title":"Ruth Duvall Crawford's Wonderful Career in Music and Evangelism","description":"This 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 Percy's 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 Percy's 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. Throughout their twenty-nine year ministry together, Ruth devoted herself fully and faithfully to Percy's 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 message-namely, 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 Percy's and strengthen its appeal, but offered the listener a different way of coming to know Christ as one's personal savior.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dan D. Crawford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 160962307X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609623074\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/27\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.39d","brand":"Dan D. Crawford","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46173125312767,"sku":"9781609623074","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a76519bf-c87b-45e9-b7c1-9362e14c82b8.jpg?v=1727180064","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ruth-duvall-crawfords-wonderful-career-dan-d-crawford-9781609623074","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}