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Radio Still Effective Platform for Gospel

May 22, 2009 By: Gordon Marcy Category: Religious Broadcasting

This is the second installment in a series entitled “Is the End of Christian Media Near?”

It’s no longer quietly whispered.  Christian media experts are openly predicting that the era of using radio for the full-time preaching and teaching of the gospel is ending.  Stronger still, is the notion that ‘too much’ preaching on radio and television is stifling growth and limiting effectiveness of all religious broadcasting.

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A closer examination of these perceived concerns will help in the dialogue.

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Is The End of Christian Media Near?

May 14, 2009 By: Gordon Marcy Category: Religious Broadcasting

The rapid rise in digital communication technologies is re-shaping traditional media industries and even what gets defined as media.  Remember when the cell phone was just a portable device for making a telephone call?

CJ Casciotta of conversantlife.com and media activist Phil Cooke looked at the impact of these changes on Christian media during a live online discussion titled “Is Religious Media Dead?”

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According to Cooke, the state of Christian media…particularly radio and television… is not good. His diagnosis included at least 10 symptoms that would indicate religious media, if not dead, is in need of immediate resuscitation.

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