Ministry is not confined to pulpits, platforms or seminaries. It is the heartbeat of the Great Commission, the mandate Jesus gave every believer to carry His message into the world. Wherever Christians go, faith goes with them, and God often works through ordinary people positioned in extraordinary places. Sometimes the calling is public, other times unseen, but each assignment matters in shaping lives for eternity.
That truth is embodied in the work of Tennessee youth pastor Dylan Novak. For the past decade, Novak has quietly walked into rooms most believers never enter, sharing the Gospel with Hollywood actors, rock icons, and globally known figures.
What began as simple conversations at Comic Con as a teenager has grown into a ministry that has reached more than 2,000 well-known individuals. “Reality hit me one day that these celebrities… their souls, just like you, just like me, who are on their way to heaven or hell,” he told Fox News Digital.
In his interview with Fox News, Novak explained how one encounter in 2015 helped shape his calling. A church member encouraged him to share the Gospel with musician James Taylor after Novak discovered Taylor was open to hearing about Jesus. He hesitated but obeyed.
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“I was joyful because I was doing what the Lord had asked me to do,” Novak said. “But I was also burdened because I thought, wow, this is a forgotten mission field.” His approach is deeply personal, customized gift bags, a Bible embossed with a celebrity’s name and handwritten letters responding to their doubts or questions. His testimony includes the remarkable encounter with Ozzy Osbourne. Novak said Osbourne flipped open the modern translation and told him, “I can actually understand this.”
Weeks later, Jack Osbourne approached Novak to share how moved his father had been, keeping the Bible at his bedside and showing it to visitors. After Osbourne’s passing, Novak said, “We had, no exaggeration, hundreds of people emailing us… ‘I want to be saved’ and that is just so beautiful to see.”
Stories like these remind us that obedience often opens doors we never imagined. God calls each of us to different assignments, some visible and some hidden, but every calling matters. The apostle Paul taught that God appoints apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers, yet all members of the body work together to advance His kingdom.
All of us are invited to step into the places God leads, whether across the world or across the street. When we seek first His kingdom and walk boldly into the mission He gives us, we discover that ministry is not limited to titles. It is simply obedience, lived one faithful step at a time.
James Lasher, a seasoned writer and editor at Charisma Media, combines faith and storytelling with a background in journalism from Otterbein University and ministry experience in Guatemala and the LA Dream Center. A Marine Corps and Air Force veteran, he is the author of The Revelation of Jesus: A Common Man’s Commentary and a contributor to Charisma magazine.
