Many misconceptions have gone forth against the Ministry of Drama in the body of Christ. These misconceptions are born out of ignorance and lack of education among Church men and women alike. Let us study few of them:
1. They attribute backsliding tendency of dramatists to their roles in drama presentation. When a Christian drama minister backslides; people say it is because he played a negative role in drama, that’s why he backslides. Hence, many talented Christians run away from drama Ministry. Let it be known today that Christian Drama Minister is a practical Evangelist and is also target of the devil’s attack like any Minister of the Gospel – Evangelists, Pastors, Prophets, Apostles, Choristers, etc.
What we suppose to do rather than discouraging drama Ministries therefore is to encourage Christian Drama Ministers to live holy, be watchful in prayers and fasting and also to be praying for them as we are praying for other Ministers of the Gospel. They should also learn and be taught spiritual warfare.
2. When a drama Minister plays a role direct opposite his personal way of life, some would say he is lying indirectly. This is not true as far as the meaning of Christian Drama is concerned. Christian Drama does not come from the mind of a Christian playwright but from the mind of God Himself to warn all mankind.
Take for example:
When someone acts the scene of Nebuchadnezzar’s pride against God, and change to animal as Nebuchadnezzar did. Does that means he is now an animal? Or does that means he is a liar? No, He is not lying! He is acting what the word of God says. But if you say ‘yes’, that means all other preachers of the Word are also liars whenever they are explaining Bible stories to their congregation as if they were there when the events happened.
Those people who believe in this erroneous idea are lacking the knowledge of God and they can be taught from the following Bible passages; which I can describe as scenario:
2Cor. 8:9: For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, for your sakes He became poor, in order that you might be made rich through His poverty.
1Cor. 9:18 – 23: What then is my reward? That when I preach the gospel I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I may not abuse my authority in the gospel. For though I am free from all, yet I have made myself servant to all, so that I might gain the more. And to the Jews I became as a Jew, so that I might gain the Jews. To those who are under the Law, I became as under the Law, so that I might gain those who are under the Law. To those who are outside Law, I became as outside Law (not being outside law to God, but under the Law to Christ), so that I might gain those who are outside Law. To the weak I became as the weak, so that I might gain the weak. I am made all things to all men, so that I might by all means save some. And this I do for the sake of the gospel, so that I might be partaker of it with you.
Luke 12:16-21: And He spoke a parable to them, saying, the ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully. And he thought within himself, saying, what shall I do, because I have no room in which to store my fruits? And he said, I will do this. I will pull down my barns and build bigger ones, and I will store all my fruits and my goods there. And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat drink and be merry. But God said to him, Fool! This night your soul shall be required of you, then whose shall be those things which you have prepared? So is he who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.
Acts 21:10-12: And as we stayed more days, a certain prophet from Judea named Agabus came down. And coming to us, and taking Paul's belt, and binding his hands and feet, he said, The Holy Spirit says these things: So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man whose belt this is, and will deliver him into the hands of the nations. And when we heard these things, both we and those of the place begged him not to go up to Jerusalem
1Cor. 1:26-29: For you see your calling, brothers, that not many wise men according to the flesh are called, not many mighty, not many noble. But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; and God has chosen the base things of the world, and things which are despised, and things which are not, in order to bring to nothing things that are; so that no flesh should glory in His presence.
3. They also say, “Drama perpetrates immoralities among Drama Ministers.” No. Only the unguided inter-personal relationship can breed immoral deeds. And this is true of all corporate living. Careless inter-personal relationship among choristers, evangelical teams, ushers, even prayer warriors, and council of the ministers can breed Spiritual contamination.
CASE STUDY ABOUT UNGUIDED/CARELESS INTER-PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP
1. A Pastor embracing another man’s wife after the Church service in the presence of the youths that wait behind for their meeting and the youths later conclude among themselves that embracing each other is not bad. This leads them to be befriending each other.
2. A choir leader that is in love with all the choristers except a lady who has promised not to stain her white garment with sin, and she told the Pastor about what is going on amidst the choirs, but because of the special interest the Pastor had for that choir leader, he did not agree and said, “Bro. James cannot do that”, until He impregnated one of the Choristers.
3. A married Deacon having extra-marital affair with one of the Deaconesses in the Church.
4. A reverend/Bishop fornicating with his female secretary when his wife is not around.
5. What about a General Overseer who had sexual intercourse with his female Interpreter. When the secret leaked, he ran to a far village to continue the work of the Ministry, because of shame, and the Church collapsed. All efforts to raise the Church up again were in vain.
Please let us stop here because all those events are sorrowful events but, we only study them just to tell Pastors or Layman who believe that ‘Drama breeds immoralities’ to change their heart because I believe that this erroneous idea came from the pit of hell fire just to discourage the Ministry of Drama in the Church of God because of its effectiveness in soul winning.
Therefore, if Christians or workers in the Church would allow the Holy Spirit and the Word of God to guide them in dealing with the opposite sex, it shall be well without immorality.
CONCLUSION
Let us thank God Almighty who has started raising His End-Time Army with hundreds of dramatic and theatrical talents to counter the new waves of modern theatre and pornographic films which is full of devil-inspired plays and immorality. Will you rise up and thank God!
Also thank God for raising this higher institution: THE PILLAR CHRISTIAN DRAMA & FILMS ACADEMY, to train and equip the body of Christ worldwide.
THANK YOU JESUS!
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