This is worth the time it would take to read. Not just because of the perspective – and how much it will snap reality into the Western-side of the Body, but in the explanation ofTechnology, Rising Middle Class, and the Future of Evangelism in Africa in Africa, we can see even more why the mobile lens is so important to understand for its abilities and it implications. Here’s a snippet:
…Utilize Africa’s New PC to Preach the Gospel…Rather African Christians had better utilize their “New Mobile Phone PCs” to effectively evangelize and mobilize for the Gospel. I recall a New Testament Teaching Seminar I helped organize in Uganda, Africa about three years ago; much of the mobilization was through Text Messages to the many Phone numbers given to us. Interestingly, we did not need to put up radio advertisements and posters, rather we wrote a few letters inviting Pastors and relied on SMS Text messages to the many individuals who then passed over that information to others…
Read the rest of Technology, Rising Middle Class, and the Future of Evangelism in Africa atYesu Mulungi.