The problem isn’t necessarily organizations, like churches, being consciously opposed to new technologies. Instead, the problem tends to be that organizations struggle to anticipate how technologies they may be inadvertently inhibiting today could actually dramatically impact them tomorrow.

This article gives an example of what I mean: http://www.businessreform.com/article.php?articleID=11777

As the mobility age (http://www.law-of-mobility.com) radically changes how businesses and non-profits operate, decisions made today could have a dramatic impact on the ability to succeed tomorrow!

(As always, my comments don’t necessarily reflect the opinions or positions of my employer.)

Okay, to back up the 666 frequencies, I found it at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Mobile_Phone_System#Frequency_bands
And it was “channels” not frequencies. Wireless service the “Mark of the Beast?”

“Religious Groups Don’t Need To ‘Get Religion’ When It Comes To Tech”

Here are some things that held Churches/Ministries back in times past, and still will for some…

• Churches are usually known as cheapskates, so they get charged extra by proxie…

• They are notoriously famous for being technology illiterate.
• Generation and culture gaps creates a divide with the church leaders and the people who can develop and maintain the technology.
• Decreased understanding leads to miss matched budgets, that leaves people trying to do too much with too little.
• Power struggles and politics, (what’s new) plus no technical knowledge other than “the power button is on, it should be working??” leads to going through volunteers faster than a rocket propelled greased bunny on ice…

Thanks God there is a movement of churches that realize that in today’s world, the most effective way to reach people with Gospel hasn’t’t changed; It is still to get their attention, just the methods have changed. We live in a society that is technology driven, and we are competing with tv and the internet for their minds and souls.

The normal church is about as compelling to a young person as salad at an ice cream shop. people don’t even bat an eye. And it doesn’t’t stop with young people. Every generation is tired and worn out on tradition and bull. People don’t need religion, they need to see Jesus in us, loving them.

To be effective soul winners, we have to be effective communicators. Technology is not the fix all its just a step in a direction that can touch them in their world.

Media and technology are way outside the churches comfort zone. They have to step out, take risks, and get outside the box. We will see some churches do a good job of this, while others abuse it… All in all though, its just a small step in a very large movement to connect with people in new ways.

note: I like how the article intends to emphasize the churches aptitude for change. Slightly delusional, but it made me smile 🙂
– in all seriousness, I think we need to see allot more people just sharing Jesus and truth, than people taking up money and trying to run a catalog store…

I hereby Copyright the Holy Bible.

yes, kudos on grok, i wonder how many people understand that reference anyway…rather ageing book if i might say so myself