Art in the Church

"Much of the church is either suspicious of art or ignores it entirely. We warn of the dangers of film, literature, poetry, and music. But the tragic result is that as Christians we not only live in a world without beauty, but we also live in a church without beauty. Some of us live in a Christian subculture that cares more about censoring artists than extolling the God-given virtues of art to our children. It is important to recognize that the church's suspicion of art is somewhat of a modern dilemma." 

I think art is necessary as a christian in this modern age because using social media, film, theatre, photography, drawing, singing, etc we can spread the word of God and be disciples of God in a new way. I am also in a class called Religion and Theatre, each week we read a play and talk about how we felt about the play and it's meaning. Also we have explored what it means as a Christian to allow ourselves to put on roles in a secular production in front of a secular audience while still giving glory to God. We are not Christian artists we are artists that are Christian and we use our many talents, that God has given us, to reach the unreached people in our world and celebrate that these are the gifts God gave us.