The Collaboration Dilemma with Unbelievers

SUMMARY: As Christians, we are called to both separate ourselves from the world and be salt of the earth, adapting to our social context in order to share our faith. However, the Bible also warns against intimate association with unbelievers. There will always be a tension between collaboration and separation, and we must constantly assess our relationships with non-believers to ensure we do not compromise our values. We should differentiate between those who have neutral or skeptical views towards Christianity and those who hold anti-Christian values. Our primary value should be to remain faithful to God and never compromise our values. We should entrust ourselves to the leading of the Holy Spirit in our evangelistic efforts.

The profound words of Jesus Christ: "They are in the world but they are not of the world" constitute a thorny paradox for the Church. We are called to separate ourselves from the world and separate ourselves for the service of an infinitely holy God. But we are also urged to be salt of the earth, to be eminently cunning and flexible , wisely adapting to our social context in order to, as Pablo puts it, “anyway save some” ( see I Corinthians 9: 19-23).

Without a doubt, the children of God are called to cultivate opportunities to share our testimony and our faith with those who do not know the gospel. This will inevitably lead us to have contact, and sometimes even to collaborate, with institutions and people who do not share our Christian values.