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As Christians, sharing the Gospel is essential to our faith. Jesus tells us we’re His Disciples and as His followers, we’re called to be Disciples who, in turn, make other Disciples. When we confine this grace to the Church, we miss Jesus’ point: The Gospel needs to be shared everywhere—especially less than less-than-stellar places. Sharing the Gospel to the ends of the earth is daunting, but what’s more daunting to many is sharing His Word in nightclubs, bars, prisons, and other dark places.
Ben Jack, a former DJ and current evangelist with The Message Trust in the UK, said that’s exactly why he blended his two careers: The Church must be willing to go into some very dark places to share the Good News of Jesus Christ while being careful not to compromise the Gospel. [I became a DJ and evangelist] intentionally, to be a missionary in the nightclubs and bars of the UK,” said Jack.
While it’s important to go into these dark spaces where people are looking for an escape, Jack urges that we must not water down or dilute the Gospel at any expense. Christians need to go into these places, but they must be confident about what they believe and why they believe it.
Referencing John 17:14-16, the Bible tells us we will be in the world, but we must not be of it. There’s a difference: “I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of it” (NIV). Jack furthers that this is why we must know the Gospel deeply and personally above all else:
“There are many, many well-intentioned people who seek to use the things of culture as a gateway into giving people access to the Gospel, but over time, their good intention of desiring to impact and encounter people in the cultural space starts to eat away at the integrity of the Gospel,” added Jack.