A Creative Minority: Influencing Culture Through Redemptive Participation

by Jon Tyson

A Creative Minority is a Christian community in a web of stubbornly loyal relationships, knotted together in a living network of persons who are committed to practicing the way of Jesus together for the renewal of the world.[3]

His heart was that we would influence culture through redemptive participation in the context of

communities in relationship.

“The church exists to set up in the world a new sign which is radically dissimilar to the world’s own manner and which contradicts it in a way that is full of promise.”

They were not content with the moral state of their nation, and so worked in every arena available to them to see the reformation of their culture.

Creative Minority must be built on the foundation of a close-knit community that is both vulnerable with and committed to one another. In

for the size of their community. When William Wilberforce was trying to make his case to the Parliament that

Ministry and fruit without love is just noise.

has always concerned me to read articles about how Christians live statistically identical lives to pagans.

We are not only called to believe the gospel in our hearts, but also to make the gospel visible

through the quality of our lives.

When our hearts have been changed by the person of Jesus, the good news of what he has done for us and a vision of the Kingdom of God, these reordered hearts will begin to impact the culture around

Instead of being driven by sex, money and power, we must be driven by faithfulness, generosity and servanthood.

We still experience the goodness of God that is granted through wealth, but we do it with a spirit of generosity and sharing. We still occupy positions of influence, but we do not use that power to build our own kingdoms, we do it to serve others in the spirit of Christ.

Marketing: One commentator estimates that we

A Creative Minority does not accept the status quo - through tangible actions it steps into the brokenness of the world and begins to release a prophetic imagination about what life can be like.

Where previous generations have trusted in institutions and positions of power, due to abuses and sometimes appropriate critiques, the millennial generation primarily trusts personal narrative as authoritative. In fact, holding a belief in an authority who dictates not only one’s personal choices,

Who holds the formative power in our lives?

But the scene that stands out to me most is his commitment to speaking truth and his unwavering integrity in the face of personal advancement.

Creative Minority respond externally with an alternative allegiance, they order their internal lives

yet his internal reality was not defined by the Babylonian calendar,

but by the rhythms of God that fueled his

Creative Minority has a deep trust in the sovereignty of God, the goodness of God and the power of God

We want to influence the world around us, but we do not know how to do

A Creative Minority makes a contribution to the world in which it lives, influencing culture through

redemptive participation.