Kat Von D has been baptized. To be honest I knew nothing about the woman until she was interviewed by several Christian Podcasters and heard others comment on it. From these sources I discovered that she is a minor celebrity who gained some popularity in the reality show LA Ink, and she was involved in the “New Age” and the occult. She has now turned her back on all of that and has destroyed all of her occult books and paraphernalia. To which I say good for her.

Now there was one thing she mentioned in her interviews that I wish to address. She said that several Christians on social media have accused her of only doing this as way to return to the public eye and her conversion is nothing more than a shame and publicly stunt. Now I do understand some of these Christians are concerned because we’ve seen several celebrities use the claim of conversion as a publicity stunt. Such as Andrew Tate claiming he came out of atheism to become a Christian and in a short time to change to Islam, or Kanye West to claim conversion but see no attempt to change in his attitudes or lifestyle. We also see a lot of celebrities treat their church attendance as more of a press junket. So yes, I do understand their hesitation at yet another fading celebrity finding Christ, but with that said, we don’t have window in her soul. Until proven wrong, we have to accept her as a sister in Christ.

To her credit, I think she has made a lot of the right moves. First, she got rid of all her occult items, completely changing her old life. Second, she moved from LA and has withdrawn from all of her old associations that could pull her back to her old life. Third and finally, she is (by her own confessions) attending a Bible oriented church instead of progressive mega church that is more of a mixture of self-help support group and rock concert. None of these other “celebrity converts” have done these things.

Now we must remember that Kat Von D is a baby when it comes to walking in the light with Christ. She will stumble, just as we all do, but as long as she confesses and asks for forgiveness, we must forgive and accept her. For as our Lord said, “forgive your brother seventy times seven.” We older and mature Christians need to help her in her walk with Jesus, and the best way to do this is by not putting undue pressure on her. This can be done by not demanding perfection of her and condemning her when she stumbles rather than helping her up. But we must also not add the burden of pushing her forward as a representative and spokesperson for the Christian Faith. Just as Paul told Timothy not to select new converts as elders lest they become puffed up with pride or fail from the pressure of performing such a task unprepared. As I’ve heard one say, “Be quick to accept, but slow to anoint.”

With this in mind let me say to Katherine von Drachenberg, welcome to the family, little sister.

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