Mullins urged the audience to share as well - by supporting The Jesus Way project, an International Bible Society effort to provide a culturally relevant version of the scriptures to Native Americans. Only two percent of Native Americans claim to be Christians. Mullins is more than a poster boy for this effort. He's currently living and teaching music on a Navajo reservation. Appropriately, two Native American dancers, in full ceremonial dress, bopped on stage and through the audience at several points during the evening.
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Mullins, who's now closing in on 40, seems more at ease with his audience than ever before. He sang with confidence and power - despite the flu. Mullins invited the audience to participate on many songs, by singing along, shaking their car keys, even dancing. And how this room full of mostly white evangelicals did dance - just like a bunch of mostly white evangelicals. Imagine people standing board-stiff in a windstorm, and you'll get the idea.