What is Redeeming the Culture?

The concept of Redeeming the Culture was born out of the relationship between the parachurch organizations EvanTell, Inc. and Probe Ministries. In 2006, when it was announced that Dan Brown’s novel The DaVinci Code was to be made into a movie starring Tom Hanks, believers everywhere were mobilized as a response to the controversy over how the history of Jesus and the Church was being misrepresented. One of the most excellent resources to address the issue was a study produced jointly by the two ministries. It was entitled Redeeming The DaVinci Code and it addressed the topic in a unique way with great impact.

Probe Ministries, under the leadership of Kirby Anderson, wrote and produced a study on the historicity of Jesus and the ecclesiastical development that followed His resurrection. Sharp contrasts were drawn that distinguished the historical truth from the fiction that had been written by Dan Brown. It was a terrific apologetic resource done with objectivity, thorough scholarship, and production excellence.

Recognizing that knowledge in and of itself without application is a fairly useless commodity, Probe partnered with the evangelistic organization EvanTell and their founder, Dr. Larry Moyer, to take the study to another level. The second part of the program was an equally thorough and excellent treatment of the subject from a different perspective. Rather than a historical, critical, apologetic defense, EvanTell’s piece provided sound Biblical and practical instruction for the Christian who sought to take the knowledge gained from the truth of the apologetic study and better understand how to share the gospel of Christ when engaged in conversation about the book and/or movie.

The unique thing about this particular endeavor was the approach that Probe and EvanTell took. Rather than attacking the people who enjoyed the book and the movie, the idea was to equip believers to respond—not react, when challenged about their faith. The overriding philosophy was and is one of “attract, don’t attack”. From this concept the overarching theme of “Redeeming the Culture” was born.

Redeeming the Culture is not about affecting change through social programs, governance or radical activity. Rather, it is a desire to see individuals exercise leadership within their own sphere of influence to change hearts and minds one at a time…