On Being Culture Makers

Historically, Christians have responded to surrounding secular culture in different ways. In the mid-twentieth century, the response was often to condemn it. A little later, Francis Schaeffer and his counterparts urged Christians to critique it. In the early 70s, the Christian music industry began to copy it. Now Christians tend to consume it — as readily as anyone. Andy Crouch thinks we should create it.

Avoiding, interpreting, and even transforming culture is fine, but why can’t we create culture that reflects the glory of God and demonstrates the power of God’s kingdom in our own communities? InterVarsity’s student-focused website, StudentSoul.org, interviewed Andy Crouch, a former InterVarsity campus staff member who is now the editorial director for The Christian Vision Project at Christianity Today International and executive producer of Intersect|Culture, a series of short documentary films on Christians’ creating “a counterculture for the common good.” He advocates a movement of culture-makers.

Read the interview at StudentSoul.org.