Source: SEND International, April 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the Buryat in Siberia, it\u2019s the older generation that\u2019s coming to Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn the Buryat culture, elders have authority over the young,\u201d explains Daniella, who worked among the Buryat for 12 years. \u201cIf a young guy is the first one in the family to become a believer, he will be mocked. But if grandma and great aunt and uncle become believers, the younger ones will pay attention. That\u2019s what God is doing now! There are lots of elderly believers, and they are very active in evangelizing others.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2013, Daniella and three others started a music group to help their Russian church feel more welcoming to Buryat. \u201cThere is a misconception that you have to become Russian to be a Christian,\u201d Daniella said. \u201cWe wanted to show that this is not the case!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But most of the songs at that time, even if they were performed on Buryat instruments, contained lyrics translated from other cultures. The Buryat needed their own songs, in their heart language, to connect with the influential older generation. In 2018, the Praise Workshop was born, to write, perform and distribute these songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Praise Workshop singers and its children\u2019s choir have now recorded six music videos, releasing them on YouTube and social media channels, where they\u2019ve been viewed more than 25,000 times, mainly by people in Russia and Mongolia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You can worship with the Buryat! Read the full story and follow links to music videos<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: SEND International, April 2021 Among the Buryat in Siberia, it\u2019s the older generation that\u2019s coming to Christ. \u201cIn the Buryat culture, elders have authority over the young,\u201d explains Daniella, who worked among the Buryat for 12 years. \u201cIf a young guy is the first one in the family to become a believer, he will … Continue reading RUSSIA: Songs of Hope in a Siberian Heart Language<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10083"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10091,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10083\/revisions\/10091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}