Since its very beginnings, worship has been an emphasis in the life of the FCJG community, music has always played a vital part. Perhaps this results from most of the founders' background. Music was part of hippie lifestyle. It left its marks and made a great impact on us. After we became Christians, worship was our elexir. Through the baptism in the Holy Spirit our desire to touch the heart of God in worship intensified increasingly, thus it wasn't surprising that, as time went by, different musical formations developed: Bands or worshipers simply gathered and contributed their very best according to their abilities, incited by the desire to exalt the love of God. Through these gatherings, worship groups and bands emerged that served in our events, worship services, etc. Our conviction that worship should be taken to the highways and byways around the globe, led us to many nations. During one of these outreaches to Mongolia, we heard the audience whisper: "Tengerin Doo, Tengerin Doo." Which means: Sound of heaven or heavenly song. We adapted that name right away, and for a couple of years one of FCJG's worship teams was named Tengerin Doo whose musicians and singers changed regularly.
However, Tengerin Doo is and means a lot more. This name expresses our heart's desire, which is 1) to give our Father in heaven together with the angles the worship that the deserves and connect our hearts with his, and 2) to make the sound of heaven audible on earth, soak it in, filled with hope and belief that God will make a way to reveal himself to us. What a great name and a to the point description.
FCJG we are very much focusing on surfing the wave the Holy Spirit is kicking off for each season. In 1993 the worship scene in Germany and beyond was revolutionized by the worship conference In Your Presence which we ran in a tent. Back then, we were simply tired of standing in front of stages and staring two metres up and expecting something awesome and splashy from the musicians. Today we are facing almost the same situation. We sense that God wants to see his people a lot more involved according to the scripture: "When you gather together, everyone has something ..." (1 Cor. 14:26) And that's happing more and more. The musicians open up the spiritual realm, but remain as part of the crowd. This opener releases dancers, painters, soloists, singers as well as the gifts of the Spirit to flow in wonderful freedom. Of course, such events are always an experiment and exciting for one never knows where the journey takes us. No matter where and what – the outcome is always encouraging and uplifting. That's what Tengerin Doo is all about – the sound of heaven, the heavenly song. What will the next wave look and be like? Though we don't know, we can look forward to it. Perhaps one day some other band will be named Tengerin Doo again, or we are going to see something completely new rising up. However, one thing is for sure: We will never stop to encourage the body of Christ to be a part of Tengerin Doo – the sound of heaven! We are considering to start a series of worship events named Tengerin Doo Events! Wouldn't that be great? The body of Christ is gathering in order to do what it is called to do. "But a new time is coming. In fact, it is already here. True worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. They are the kind of worshipers the Father is looking for." (John 4:23)
Irene Heidenreich
