The Social Church: A Theology of Digital Communication

Jesus is the fulfillment of the image bearer identity we all have inherently instilled in us by God the Father. He is the perfect human—what a life lived infused with the Holy Spirit looks like. He is, quite literally, the Alpha example of a life devoted to the purposes and plan of God. This, my friends, is the essence of the good news. When we see

it’s important we understand our responsibility to use this power of new media to our advantage to spread the gospel.

Increasingly, relational connections are starting to form primarily online.

As followers of Jesus, our responsibility is to sow seed as often as we can. The results, biblically speaking, are up to God and God alone.

Technology is all around us, and the pace is quickening. Will the church keep pace?

“God typically works by calling us to something, not away from something.”

people don’t care how much you know (or what you have to share, sell, or suggest) until they know how much you care.

Social media is disruptive. Every other societal building block has been disrupted by the shift toward social. Why would we think the church should be any different?

Religious leaders everywhere need to consider what a social church looks like. When social networks can help topple dictators in heavily oppressed countries like Egypt and Libya, build orphanages for children in Vietnam, and mobilize literally thousands, maybe millions, of people at a moment’s notice, any smart person with a message should be payin