Christian Media 2.0

Digital Missions is the leveraging of technology to spread the gospel. Over the next five years, thousands of churches will consider developing innovative technology initiatives. A hot trend in church consulting is the emergence of specialists that are helping align media and technology with everything the church does.

For insights on this trend, I turned to three experts on the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) and consultants in the church. They are…

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John Piper’s article on whether churches should use video and drama during worship has stirred up a small controversy. As I see it, Pastor Piper is not anti-media; he’s just expressing a concern. We’ll examine it.

In the past, concerns about how worship is conducted – style of music, type of preaching – got out of hand. Positions took on the weight of “law.” Individuals left congregations and churches split.

Hopefully, the rapid rise of media and technology in the church doesn’t lead to that.

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