Mobile Ministry Magazine

Just a reminder that you can meet up with Mobile Ministry Magazine (MMM) and many other bloggers, ministers, teachers, and organizations from all over the world at this year's BibleTech Conference. There are tons of topics being covered over the two day event, and if anything like last year the backchat (Twitter, Facebook, and in the hallways) will be just as engaging.

This year, MMM's topic will be Mobile's Christ-Led Encounters (last year's was called Mobile Technology and Connecting Communities) . Here's the presentation abstract/summary:

Mobile has now taken hold as a main fixture within the regular consciousness of most mainstream technical thought. From sociology to psychology, transportation to entertainment, Facebook to the Good Book, mobile is now at the tip of every tongue in being that next great area of opportunity, engagement, division, and law. Still a new media, mobile suffers from the same growing pains centering around the question: "what's its relevance?" Through the Body of Christ, we can point to some examples of mobile taking root in engagement, evangelistic, and opportunistic measures. We will look at some of these areas as a means to describe what has happened, but also in light of what can still be explored with mobile. It is from this lens that we can engage audiences towards utilizing their mobiles-in-hand as a handshake to open the door for an engaging Christ-encounter.

Hopefully, that has you a bit excited towards what's to come - and not just from MMM. Be sure to register and get your hotel reserved as soon as possible. There's a conference discount for the room, and you don't need to worry about food. It will be in San Jose this year, and so we might get more than the 20min of sun we saw last year ;)

Looking forward to reconnecting with many of you, and seeing some others for the first time in person. But, don't let conferences be the only time you choose to connect with MMM. We are on Twitter, engage the local Charlotte, NC community with Digital Disciples, and are available for other presentations and engagements through Inner-Linked. Suffice to say, we're mobile - and at BibleTech, you'll hear more about this mobile lens and how you can respond to it. See you there!

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A conference coming up in a few weeks - ONE Conference: Racial Reconciliation in the Gospel - features some solid teachers and perspective towards one of the issues that bug the church in the USA - racism and the faith. Here's a snippet from the site:

Decades after the civil rights movement, Sunday remains the most segregated day of the week. To effectively preach the Gospel, we must address the cultural and racial divides that still exist in our society. At this 2-day event, we'll examine the scriptural basis for racial reconciliation, explore how to embrace differences in race and culture while maintaining a Gospel-centered identity, and investigate how to create and sustain a multiracial church. Speakers include Eric Mason, Chris Atwell, Dwayne Bond, and Derek Mondeau.

Check out the site, and register for the conference (February 25th and 26th).

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Via The Digital Sanctuary:

Dallas Theological Seminary’s Center for Christian Leadership is hosting Shane Hipps, author of Flickering Pixels (my review), for a one day conference in Dallas called The Electronic Gospel: How Technology Shapes Our Faith on February 8th, 2010... John Dyer will lead one on controlling technology in our daily lives, Scott McClellan of Collide Magazine will lead a session on social media, and Bill Buchanan of Irving Bible Church will lead one on technology in the worship service.

This looks like a great conference. Don't see MMM going as there's a scheduling conflict (and poor planning on my part), but we will try and get some coverage of it from various vantage points.

For more information and to register, visit the The Electronic Gospel: How Technology Shapes Our Faith website.

Labels: conferences, faith, How Tech Shapes Faith, information technology, social networking, tech, worship

Preparations for BibleTech 2010 Conference has recently been published and this one will be held in San Jose, California. Here are some of the particulars:

BibleTech explores the intersection of Bible study and technology. This two-day conference is designed for publishers, programmers, webmasters, educators, bloggers and anyone interested in using technology to improve Bible study. BibleTech 2010 is an opportunity to meet others who share your interests and hear from industry leaders.

This year's conference will be occurring on March 26-27. Check out the BibleTech Conference website for more information concerning registration and costs.

If you are looking to be a presenter, the call for papers is now open. Get your topics in and make sure that they are solid, relevant, and something that sparks conversation. I can attest that a good topic keeps people talking.

A tech note, take many batteries for your mobile devices. There's a lot of tech talk and you will be online and on social networks all the time.

Again, for more information, check out the BibleTech Conference website. Hope to see you there.

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Just wanted to make sure that all of you were aware of the BibleTech 2009 Conference. Happening in Seattle, WA (USA) on March 27-28, 2009, this conference will bring together publishers, programmers, webmasters, educators, bloggers, and tons of others folks to meet and discuss how to use technology to improve Bible study. It should be a good time, and I hope that you can make it.

As for me, well... I submitted my abstract (Mobile Technology and Connecting Communities) and it was accepted. So expect me there, and ready to engage with the whole lot of you.

Here's the (edited) abstract to what I'll be speaking on:

The next technological paradigm to challenge and change how people relate to one another has been exposed by mobile devices and services. From location-based services such as Google Maps, to social networks such as Facebook and LinkedIn, the ability to connect with one another has moved from large screen and time-dependent media to the more personal and time and location independent arena of mobile devices. Forwarding this change has been smartphones, iPods, and Wi-Fi. Modern culture has demonstrated various ways to connect with this mobile technology, though the Body has been slow to assume the position of a change-agent for using this technology to connect communities. When we understand this ability for mobile technology to enable us to be change agents, we can better adjust our focus of ministry towards more than just those stationary moments. This presentation will therefore cover the impending impacts of mobile devices and services on local and global communities, and how we can be led by Christ towards connecting to all.

So, even if this is something that you ordinarly think might not be so exciting, come out anyways. There will be a lot of pushing and challenging the Body to be better examples of Christ-centered living with this conference. And who knows, maybe I'll do a good enough job that you'll want me to come and speak with members in your community about the same topic ;)

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