Mobile Ministry Magazine

As I sit here at work designing a website from an image, while also reading this article about closing the technology gap, I am wondering if it is that we (the Body of believers) really does take the aspect of making disciples (Matthew 28:19-20) really to task.

Now, don't get me wrong. I really do think that there are just some things that not everyone will get. There are many aspects of my church that I will not even lift an eye towards wanting to serve in. However, when that area is in somewhat integrated into what I do or how I am to minister effectively (one can argue that ministering effectively is going out and making disciples, but that is a discussion for another place); then it really is my responsiblity to make an effort in attaining that knowledge and then (when appropriate) take that knowledge and teach someone else who might be better able to run with it.

But what I mean in terms of making disciples as it pertains to closing the technology gap is that idea of training other people how to use the technology they are already interfacing with (probably daily). Encouraging the social networking aspects of some technologies (the use of blogs, text messages, shared calendars, etc.) in order to create bridges of fellowship and service that create and maintain community.

This is not to say that the technology gap is the most important thing facing the church that needs to be addressed (really there are other more pressing issues). However there is the mobile and connected world who uses mobile technology as a means to escape, find a new idenity, cheat, or just maintain a glass ceiling over the heads of others. The church has as much a responsiblity in this technological arena as it does everywhere else. And probably moreso at various times of the year where computing becomes higher on the lists of those who can be highly infulenced (back to school parents and children, holiday shopping season upon us, boomer reaching retirement and supplimental income, etc.), training one another on the various aspects of computing can be something of a reliable witness and light to those who are not so Chirst-inclined.