Christian Clubbers in Ktown – A New Breed
By Shentim
On a typical weekend in K-town I think it’s safe to say that at least fifty percent of the Asians frequenting clubs are or have professed to be Christian. You don’t really think twice about it once you are already in the club until you see a familiar face. You try to figure out where you know that person from. A revelation hits you. A thought such as: “Oh yeah … I used to go to church with him.” or: “I’ve seen her at church before.” You might start judging: “Dang! She used to be all holy-moly. What the heck happened to her?” Or feel like “Yeah. I guess it’s ‘ok’ for me to be here since another Christian is at the club.” and start pouring another drink.
But what exactly are these Christian clubber? Do their Pastor’s know that they’re out clubbing hours before Church Services? Some of the Christian Clubber girls just want to go out to dance. Others will have one and only one drink for the night and dance the night away. One drink is ‘ok’, right? It’s not like the Bible says don’t drink, just not get drunk, right?
Hmm …
And then there are some that feel the need to preach the Gospel when they’re drunk. That actually occurs more when there are fewer activities going on and more drinking. These Christian Clubbers like to talk about things like God, Jesus, The Bible, church, the Pastor,
etc. But wait, aren’t they doing what they’re supposed to be doing? Spreading the Good News? The reality of it is that nobody wants to hear about it at one o’clock in the morning. Especially not after a couple of drinks.
One night as we were waiting for the valet to pull up the car from the parking area of the club where we had donated a lot of money, a half drunk guy yelled out his window to some friends, “Hey, let’s meet at Hodori!”.
One of the firls responded “I can’t. I have church tomorrow.”
“Me too. I gotta f***n sober up and s**t!”. Awesome.
The adventurous and fun part comes the next morning when you see that person from the club at church. Yes, that same person that you saw a mere six or seven hours earlier. Some people come to church looking like they had just gotten done clubbing: eyes bloodshot, hair smelling like smoke. A dead giveaway is that these people bolt for the door right when service ends. Funny, why are they shy all of a sudden? They were being nice and friendly at the club, but are now all anti-social. If this describes you, of course your Pastor knows. You Christian Clubber. You bad boy. You bad girl.
There’s also the brave drummer boy that kind of plays it off well like the night before never happened, glad handing members of the congregation, flashing a smile here and there. And there’s the socially awkward person. This guy for some reason wants to start talking about the events of the night before right after church service when there are other people around. He starts talking about how he drank too much and asks if you woke up ok. You tell him you’re ok and then he starts questioning how, because you had been drinking more than he had.
And finally there are the well-seasoned Christian Clubbers. These guys are like the MIT Blackjack team, covert and slick. They don’t talk about last night, what happened at the club stays at the club. These guys take the time to groom themselves Sunday morning and look like they are ready to take on the world.
A while ago a lady friend of mine saw me at a club. I should have gone to her and said hello, because a few days later, I got a phone call. She was scolding me, saying “You’re not going to find what you’re looking for there (at the club).” What? I won’t be able to find a good time? Nah. I had fun.
If you haven’t been to church after a night at the clubs, you are not alone. But at the same time, if you have been to church after a night at the clubs, you too, are not alone.
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