ICCM AU: A Theology of Mobile Ministry (Keynote 2)

A THEOLOGY OF MOBILE MINISTRYANTOINE RJ WRIGHT (@MOBILEMINMAG) FOR ICCM AU 2015 (#ICCMAU)

FRAMING OUR DISCUSSION

• Defining Mobile Ministry

• Presenting Biblical Arguments

• Presenting Historical Arguments

• Applying Theology to Mobile (and Other Technology-Behaviors)

DEFINITION OF MOBILE MINISTRY

–From the Toilet to the Pulpit, Mobile Ministry Magazine

http://mobileministrymagazine.com/Issues/cpcc-gf-2011.html

“The skillful use and application of mobile technologies and behaviors for the fulfilling

religious practices.”

BIBLICAL ARGUMENTS

–Deut. 6:1-9

...Bind them as a sign on your hand and let them be a symbol on your forehead. Write

them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

–Matthew 28:18-20

...Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the

Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit...

–James 1:22-27

...Because if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at

his own face in a mirror. For he looks at himself, goes away, and immediately forgets

what kind of man he was....

–John 17:20-26

...May they all be one, as You, Father, are in Me and I am in You. May they also be one in Us so the world may believe You sent Me...

HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS

HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS

• Changing the Intended Design of Technologies• Writing• Roman Roads/Trade Routes• Designing Around Governments/Behaviors• Designing for Ministry, Moving Beyond

Ministry (BAM)

APPLYING THEOLOGY TO MOBILE

Technologies and Behaviors

TECHNOLOGIES AND BEHAVIORS

• Tools• Focuses/motivations of developers,

marketers, etc.• Usability, accessibility, and access

Effects and Outcomes

EFFECTS AND OUTCOMES

• At the intersection of faith and mobile tech, what effects personally should we be looking for

• At the intersection of faith and mobile tech, what effects to the community should we be looking for

Questions We Should Ask

QUESTIONS WE SHOULD ASK

• What designates skillful use, versus foolish?• What are the effects to local traditions?• What practices of the faith should be kept/lost?• What have been some outcomes of mobile

ministry efforts to date (include organizational change)?

• What is not mobile?

Questions We Shouldn't Ask

SUMMARY AND TAKE AWAYS

SUMMARIZING OUR DISCUSSION

• Defining Mobile Ministry

• Presenting Biblical Arguments

• Presenting Historical Arguments

• Applying Theology to Mobile (and Other Technology-Behaviors)

–From the Toilet to the Pulpit, Mobile Ministry Magazine

http://mobileministrymagazine.com/Issues/cpcc-gf-2011.html

“The skillful use and application of mobile technologies and behaviors for the fulfilling

religious practices.”

Theological Explorations from Here...

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ANTOINE RJ WRIGHTMOBILE MINISTRY MAGAZINE@MOBILEMINMAG#MOBMIN