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Setting a foundation at the intersection of faith and mobile technology

How do churches, mission groups, organizations, communities, parents, and people respond to life when their use of mobile technology intersects with their faith? Here, we not just ask that question, but present the foundations for answering it. Read more about Mobile Ministry Magazine (MMM) and its mission/vision.

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

I Agree...

..with this:

For example, if you're going to use the Spiderman theme for a sermon series, then make the full connection between this comic-book superhero and the super-power of God; not a tangential spin that looks at the web that Spidey casts as a metaphor for a web of lies. That tie-in is marginal and could easily have avoided the Spiderman theme, but that wouldn't look as cool on a post card or movie-theatre advertisement.

And so a bait-and-switch (we offer one thing that will get you in the door, but will largely ignore the thing that got your attention so that we can force-feed you our propaganda) leaves the attendee feeling ripped off - nay, LIED TO.

Our communities don't expect us to photo-copy our culture - they expect us to be different. We should leverage technologies, themes, concepts and practices that help us achieve our goal of communicating truth without the bait-and-switch actions that turn off the unchurched.

Read the entire post at Anthony Coppedge's website, Church Technology Evangelist.

So what are you going to do about it?