5 Major Challenges In 21st Century Media Evangelism

As people who are called to be salt and light, we must be aware of the challenges we will face in bringing change to our immediate environments and be adequately prepared otherwise our efforts at influencing the world with our lives will lead to us being contaminated with its influence. I've highlighted some challenges facing us today as preachers of the good news of Christ and solutions to some of these issues raised. Read on (and share with a friend too)

Challenge #1 > Contact without contamination
Many, in their bid to make the gospel acceptable to many have shipwrecked their faith. For most contact has led to contamination. For example, there are quite a number of choir members that have gone into music reality TV shows and returned with new identities: inspirational singers. Obviously, their interactions with the world of entertainment has changed their perspectives and positions about being popular as against serving the will of our Father.

Solution:
An active relationship with God (in worship & the word) is the only antidote to staying untainted in the culture we interface with. (Rom 12:1,2) As long as His word abides in us and we in Him (His word) we can be guaranteed not to be swept away. An active fellowship with a body of believers is also key to overcoming living. Daniel and his friends maintained a fellowship in Babylon. This helped them a lot.

Naked is the new fashion statement.

All around me I hear people complaining about the way younger people dress today. Its interesting to observe that its not just one gender guilty of bad/immoral dressing. From young men that display their underwear by sagging their trousers to beautiful young ladies that expose places that should be kept hidden, our minds are assaulted with all kinds of sights on a daily. A question that comes to my mind is who's responsible for the state of immoral dressing? Secondly what can we do about it, apart from complaining all the time?

First off I'd like us to understand that because its the last days, immorality is on the increase because demonic activity has multiplied too. However despite this I also strongly believe these influences are supported by the transfer of wrong values. What I mean by this is simple. We dress the way we do because of the values transferred to us from our communities (which include movies, families, peer groups and so on).
All you need to change is a person's values and his dressing changes. It's also interesting to observe that even those who have fundamentally changed natures (i.e believers) are caught up in this fray.

But what's the big deal about what I wear (or don't wear by the way)?

Dressing is a fundamental expression of identity. Even though some may argue that a person's convictions is internal and unseen, dressing is one way to reveal it. More important is the fact dressing, being a form of art, is an expression of values, beliefs and personal disposition. This is why dressing right is vital. Well I'm not here to give a fashion lecture. My focus is to show you, reading this post, what can be done to salvage the existing situation.

1. One way is to flood the market with clothes that push good values. Have you noticed that you can't get a pair of jeans in the stores now that aren't tight-fitting? Is it a coincidence? What if people had more options to choose from? The devil's strategy is to corner us into making the wrong decision.
   
2. The second thing you can do is to encourage people to dress better and educate them on how important dressing right is. Maybe we could just have a more sane environment right? These are just my thoughts.

Has this post sparked off some things in you? Do you have any suggestions? Write a comment or just send me an email (eyitope.lala@gmail.com) or an sms (08170686445).