In the midst of it all, I've been able to take Jason Byasee's invitation to again contribute last week to the Faith & Leadership Blog at Duke Divinity.
My latest post on The Wi-Fi Church of the Future (and the Present) is tagged under Innovation | Liturgy | Technology ):
"The past two years have seen a rapid acceleration in the adoption of portable computing by the average person. This will inevitably prompt changes by church leaders."
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It's prompted a good online exchange.
I'll encourage you to read the whole post on your own. But more than the post itself are the responses that follow it.
I'll encourage you to read the whole post on your own. But more than the post itself are the responses that follow it.
The Executive Director of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity first describes his "knee jerk" reaction against churches leaning on such technology. Another believes "the app" already exists. And yet another comment brings concern for the poor and their access to wi-fi technology and information.
I appreciate the dialogue. I'm learning all the time, and the comments are helpful.
Overall what this exchange suggests to me is that we've arrived at an interesting moment in the relationship between technology and church.
But church leaders remain nervous about learning new techniques to harness the use of these advanced devices to their ministries.
Smartphones are not the future; they are already here.
So the failure lies not in ministry budgets (people have their own phones), it lies in the imagination of leaders to use these devices to advance their ministry.
Overall what this exchange suggests to me is that we've arrived at an interesting moment in the relationship between technology and church.
Image via Wikipedia
But church leaders remain nervous about learning new techniques to harness the use of these advanced devices to their ministries.
Smartphones are not the future; they are already here.
So the failure lies not in ministry budgets (people have their own phones), it lies in the imagination of leaders to use these devices to advance their ministry.
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