Faith in the (digital) world

Faith in the (Digital) World

Dr Bex LewisSenior Lecturer in Digital Marketing, Manchester Metropolitan University

Director, Digital Fingerprint

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For many churchgoing is no longer the ‘cultural norm’. People don’t actively ignore the church: they don’t even think about it. Matthew 5:13-16 calls us to be salt and light in the world, and for thousands in the ‘digital age’, that world includes social networks such Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Pinterest. With literally billions in the digital spaces, the online social spaces presented by churches need to be appealing, welcoming, and not look like they are just an afterthought: they are now effectively the ‘front door’ to your church for digital users, and you ignore those spaces at your peril.

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http://www.churchgrowthrd.org.uk/blog/churchgrowth/growing_churches_in_the_digital_ageImage: Flickr

http://www.churchgrowthrd.org.uk/blog/churchgrowth/growing_churches_in_the_digital_age



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http://resources.snydergroupinc.com/groupthink/10-social-media-marketing-cheatsheets-infographics-for-b2b-companies


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H/T @God_Loves_Women

Jesus often encountered people individually. Social media gives us the same personal access to people. This is an every-member ministry, and it’s exciting and inspiring.Rev Pam Smith, author, Online Mission & Ministry; Priest in Charge, iChurch

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https://theconversation.com/how-social-media-is-changing-the-church-57405

https://theconversation.com/how-social-media-is-changing-the-church-57405



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http://biblia.com/verseoftheday/image/Ga5.22-23


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@thechurchsofa

• I can't separate my faith from my actions, including those in public life. If people of faith are in public life faith is there too. @JennRiddlestone

• How can you separate faith from your public life? Is private faith true faith? @loulou_uberkirk

• If being a Christian is loving God and loving others, even if I don't announce why I'm doing something, my faith is unavoidably in *public.* @Hstanley_


“The real battles of faith today are being fought in factories, shops, offices and farms, in political parties and government agencies, in countless homes, in press, radio and TV, in the relationship of the nations. Very often it is said that the Church should go into those spheres but the fact is that the Church is already in those spheres in the persons of the laity.” World Council of Churches, 1955 “No life of faith can be lived privately. There must be overflow into the lives of others.” C.S. Lewis

H/T @jaybutcher


I don't subscribe to a religion but a lot of the time I enjoy talking to and living alongside those who do. Their beliefs can be inspiring and thought provoking and challenging, and I value them as people and so I like that conversation being a public one - and hope it is respectful.


Miranda Cooper-Beglin

If you have faith, then you live that faith 24/7. Not something that can be switched off in differing contexts.

@MurielSowden





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