What should the number one goal of Christians in the EDM scene be?
Written by David Richardson and Our Readers   
Thursday, 16 September 2004
In the last issue we asked you to tell us what our number one goal should be as Christians in the EDM scene. We’ve talked a lot about this in the forums over the years and we have had many different answers. This proved to provide just as many as in past discussions. All of them fit into three categories. So, here are the summaries with some of the best quotes.

Professional Excellence

The first category is what I would call professional excellence. We have a mandate to do everything that we do to the best of our abilities and to do things for/to the glory of God. This means that we should strive to be not only trend setters, but leaders in everything we do. We should write the best music, behave as responsible business people, and act with integrity in everything we do.


  • “The number one goal of someone in the EDM scene should be to be the best.”
  • “If you take evangelism as something that you would do anyway, I think the number one goal of Christians should be to write top quality tunes. Nobody will take us seriously if our music is really bad.”
  • “Integrity”

Worship and Fellowship

The second category is worship and fellowship. The act of worship and fellowship is two fold. First, we are pausing to recognize God: how much we owe him, pay our respects, and to thank Him for everything He has done for us. The second part also is fellowship and entertainment. The act of worship often times is an act that allows us as Christians to be renewed through fellowship with other Christians in the presence of the Holy Spirit. Entertainment is usually a healthy bi-product or result of this. This helps us to grow spiritually and to strengthen us to go back into the scene and mission field. We also often show concern for one another during this time and that concern manifests itself in love.

  • “to enjoy god and the music...”
  • “Let the Holy Spirit rule the dance scene as the worship director of souls who need to face Jesus and be cleansed by His blood.”
  • “To glorify Christ in Life and death (phil. 1) and to portray him in everything we do. In the music we play: that it is not sexually provoking, or putting God to shame, or celebrating sin, etc... And that glorifies God for that is why he made us!!!!”




Evangelism


The third category of responses is evangelism. If you are not a Christian, I can understand any apprehensions that you might have at hearing this. It is creepy and annoying to have someone come up to you and preach about how you are living a life in a way that is wrong according to 2000 year old teachings. Please keep in mind; many of the Christians in the scene who do approach you have been exactly where you have. Some have been strung out on drugs. Some have even sold the drugs in the past. Some pursued just as much sex as you might have. Some have even been gay at some point in their lives. They found these things to be destructive to their lives and have found freedom from it through Jesus. If you do not believe me, just read some of the testimonies posted in this Zine and talk to the members of this site for yourself.

All of that said, overwhelmingly the responses to this question pointed to evangelism as our number one goal. While it can be said that we do not have to make this the priority of Christians in the EDM scene, it has to be said that as Christians period, our first goal should always be to reach out to those who are hurting and looking for a solution to their pain. That was the “Great Commission” that Jesus gave his disciples and that is what we have in turn been “commissioned” to do.

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. – Matthew 28:19-20
I know it is not always fun to do or easy for that matter and it is scary for whatever reason, but it is our job. Money and power does not matter to God. He can get all of that and more. He will not force people to come to Him. Now, here is what you said:

  • “Our number one goal should be the one of the things that Jesus Christ called us all to do.”
  • “Go after these people for Christ. They need Him more then we do. We already have Jesus living in our hearts, they do not. We need to focus on bring these clubbers and ravers to Christ. The only way we can do that is by being the Christians that God wants us to be, because that is when He can use to cause change in the lives of others.”
  • “I'm a baby Christian that loves dance music. I believe that the main goal should be a heart felt love of Christ expressed though the music to bring more people to Christ.”
  • “I think the number one thing that Christians should be doing in the dance scene, as in any other scene, is living by the example of love. As the word says, ‘they will know you by your love for one another’”
  • “To be servants and ambassadors for Christ first and Dj's, Promoters, Reviewers last.”
  • “If you combine the two I feel that the number one goal of a Christian in the EDM scene should be to be the best in the scene and be the most Christ like person that anyone else in the scene will ever meet. That will change lives. I have seen it.”
  • “Be Jesus to those who don't know Jesus. That's the number one goal of Christians, period.”
  • “The number one goal of Christians should be bringing others to Christ. This should be the number one goal for Christians in any ‘scene’. Bringing souls into the Kingdom of God was Christ's number one goal while here on Earth, and He is to be our example. God cares about souls in heaven more than anything else. As His people, so should we. Christ attended many parties in His life, but He always found opportunity to share His faith with others – to sow seed. He didn't attend parties just to party. Neither should we. It's the Great Commission. It applies to Christians in every walk of life, including DJ’s, music producers, and music fans.”
Well, those are the results. I hope you found them to be interesting and worth the read. Please take the time to respond to our new question for this issue and to check back with us in the next issue for those results as well.