The executive director of Athanatos Christian Ministries, an apologetics ministry, says that Christians need to realize they need to engage the culture through the arts.

Anthony Horvath pointed to recent advances of anti-Christian beliefs being approved by government bodies and judges, saying those actions didn’t come quickly by any method other than intentional manipulation of culture through television, movies and books.

“The Church needs to get financially involved in supporting apologists and artists, because they will be the last remaining frontline representatives of the Gospel when the church buildings in America empty – as they have done in post-Christian Europe. And frankly, time is of the essence,” he said.

Horvath said that Christians have taken for granted too long that Christianity is a respected voice in the marketplace of ideas because it has been that way for a long time.  He says that now more vocal anti-Christianists are trying to remove that voice and work to make even culture engagement unwelcome.

“We are called to preach the Gospel, Horvath told The Christian Post. “To do that today means thinking carefully about our audience, adjusting where necessary, and remembering that the Bible says, ‘The worker is worth his wages.’ Christians who believe we should be more involved in the culture through art should support those Christians who are engaged in that work. Not just moral support, but financially, institutionally, and other tangible forms of support.”