Transforming Society through the

Media

Presented by

Stephen LangaFamily Life Network [FLN]

Introduction

Goal To sensitize you about the role of

Christians in the media To challenge you to work more

intentionally in using the media to transform society

To come up with strategies to handle key upcoming national issues

Situational Analysis Uganda/Africa endowed with land Uganda/Africa endowed with

minerals Uganda/Africa endowed with great

people and intelligent populations Uganda/Africa endowed with many

Churches & Christian populations Uganda/Africa has been many

revivals but no REFORMATION!

And yet ………

. Poverty!

. Hunger!

. Diseases!

. Corruption!

. Bad governance!

WHY?

Do Christians in the MEDIA have the desired impact in the in the MEDIA?

Sin Impacts All of Life

SpiritualPhysicalMentalSocial

What is the Problem?

Church/Christians have mainly dealt with SIN in the SPIRITUAL only

- Church/C has forgotten her God given mandate for all of life

- Church/C has not realized that she is custodian of society – “Occupy till I come” Luke 19:13

RESULT… Little impact in the real world “Church in Africa is like a river which is one

mile wide but only one inch deep” - Theologian

God’s Interest in Creation In the beginning God created

the heavens and the earth; Gen 1:1

He evaluated the goodness of His creation as “Good”, Gen. 1:9, 12, 18, 21, 24

God’s culminating evaluation—“VERY GOOD”, Gen. 1:31

Gods Covenant with All of Life

Genesis 9:8-17

• All creatures [All of life]• The Earth

God’s Concern for Nations

Gen 22:18, ALL NATIONS of the earth will be blessed.

Deut 4:5-8, Israel was to be a priest to the NATIONS.

II Chron 7:14, God’s promise to heal the LAND.

Luke 24:47, The Gospel will be preached to ALL NATIONS. Matt 28:19, Make disciples of ALL NATIONS.

Acts 10:34, 35, God accepts men from EVERY NATION.

God has a BIG AGENDA

Col. 1:20“and through Him to reconcile all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through His blood, shed on the cross”

Role of the CHURCH/Christians

Eph. 3:9-11“and to make plain to everyone the

administration of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things. His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God , should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms, according to His eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord”

Biblical TransformationThe process of restoration to God’s intentions of

all that was broken when man rebelled against God in the Fall. Biblical transformation is not the same as spiritual conversion, although it begins there. Also, such transformation is God’s work, although He calls His people to participate with Him in that work. And transformation in this world, when and where it occurs, is an ongoing process and not a goal that we will fully achieve this side of Christ’s return. (Bob Moffitt)

Transformation of society

1. Church2. Family3. Politics/Governance4. Economy5. Education6. Media7. Arts/Music/Sports

Transformed Church/Christian needs new mindset/paradigm

1. Biblical Worldview

Evangelical Gnosticism’s view

REALITY

GOD

Sacred

Secular

SpiritualGrace Faith

Ethics MissionsTheology

EvangelismDiscipleshipDevotions

Spiritual DisciplinesSpiritual Warfare

Sundays

NaturalWork

ReasonBusinessPoliticsScience

EconomicsMass Media

The ArtsPhysical Ministries

Social JusticeWeekdays

GOD

Biblical worldview

REALITY

Transformed Church/Chriatian needs new mindset/paradigm

2. Discipling the Nation

- Matt. 28:19 “Therefore go and make disciples of all

nations…”

- intentionally working towards extending the principles of the Kingdom of God to every sector of society.

- Jesus prayed “…let thy kingdom come, let thy will be done here on earth as it is in

heaven…”

- Discipling Nations means going beyond the traditional understanding of discipleship, to having the church intentionally and deliberately introducing the principles of the Kingdom of God to every sphere of life including spheres we traditionally label as unspiritual and secular.

- Discipling Nations involves deliberately replacing the evil systems on which the world runs at the moment with a Kingdom system based on the principles of the Word of God. This part of what it means to “…teaching them (the nations and the systems that run them) to obey everything I have commanded you…”

Mandate of Christian in Media8. Thou shalt not bear false witness

against thy neighbor.

“This one grants us the right to our good name by forbidding slander, and the right to honest dealing and reporting, by forbidding dishonesty. It does not guarantee “freedom of the press” other than the right and obligation of the press to speak the truth.”

- by David Melechinsky

Matters where we are free to make personal choices

Non-Foundational

Foundational Matters where God has given His commandment or opinion

Growing Healthy Cultures

Lies a culture holds to be true

Truth the culture embraces

Principles of the Development Ethic

How will you respond as a Christian in the Media on: -

Important National Issues On issues you know are out rightly

lies?