Technology and Ministry

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• Name the various technologies used in this episode.

• In what ways do these technologies enhance the family dynamics?

• In what ways do the technologies perpetuate possible dysfunction of the family?

• Where are there potential breaches of boundaries?

• How have you utilized technology in your ministry?

• How has technology enhanced your ministry and/or community life?

• How has technology been a perpetuate of possible dysfunction in your ministry and/or community life?

W H A T A R E W E TA L K I N G A B O U T ?

T E C H N O L O G Y:

technology |tekˈnäləәjē noun (pl. technologies); • the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry: advances in computer technology | recycling technologies; • machinery and equipment developed from the application of scientific knowledge; • the branch of knowledge dealing with engineering or applied sciences.

New Oxford American Dictionary



technology |tekˈnäləәjē noun (pl. technologies); • the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry: advances in computer technology | recycling technologies; • machinery and equipment developed from the application of scientific knowledge; • the branch of knowledge dealing with engineering or applied sciences.

New Oxford American Dictionary



technology as the mediums and/or tools used to apply knowledge of something [or someone] of significance for real and practical purposes.

T E C H N O L O G Y:W H A T A R E W E TA L K I N G A B O U T ?

Science Technology


Science Technology


Science Technology


Science & Technology

S O C I A L M E D I A : O R G A N I C T E C H N O L O G Y

Form Function

Immediacy, Information, One-Way Communication

Two-Way Communication, Open-Source, Idea &

Concept Sharing

Community Formation, Self-Promotion, Marketing,

Networking, News Broadcasting

T E C H N O L O G I C A L T O O L S : C O M M U N I C AT I O N & E F F I C I E N C Y

Form Function

Capturing, Celebrating, Illustrating, Broadcasting,

Narrating Stories

Connecting, Communicating, Globalizing

Resource Sharing, Data Storing,

Infinite Accessibility

M I N I S T R Y I N A G E O F I N N O VA T I O N

T H E O L O G Y O F T E C H N O L O G Y:

technology as the mediums and/or tools used to apply knowledge of something [or someone] of significance for real and practical purposes.

S A C R A M E N T S A S T E C H N O L O G I C A L W I T N E S S ?




Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. 2 And as they migrated from the east,[a] they came upon a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. 3 And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar. 4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves; otherwise we shall be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.”

Genesis 11:1-4

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 2 And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband…I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. 23 And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb.

Revelation 21:1-2, 22-3



“The church can’t change her response to Gutenberg’s printing press, the radio, or the television; they are forever fixed in history. But at the onset of this digital revolution, her response to New Media is wide open. The world is waiting and listening in the virtual sphere. Will the church remain silent, or will her voice be proclaimed from the roof tops (and the laptops)? Will she plunge the message of Christ into Facebook feeds, blogposts, podcasts, and text messages, or will she be digitally impotent? If the Church’s promotion of evangelization, formation, community, and the common good is to continue throughout future generations, she must harness these technologies and utilize them well."

---Brandon Vogt, The Church and New Media: Blogging Converts, Online Activists, and Bishops Who Tweet



"Dependency on machines, in other words, is part of the Great Emergence, and it infiltrates far more than our mundane activities. It infiltrates as well our unsettled and unsettling inability to determine where the line is between us and machines...how many of them we will allow into our bodies, how much we will allow them to stimulate our actions, how long we will be able to control them.”

Phyllis Tickle The Great Emergence

Where and when have you seen technology serve as faithful witness?

#WhatDoWeDoNow

• You Cannot & Should Not Utilize All Forms of Technology

• Know Your Context & Community • Be Aware of Your Limitations • Maintain Healthy Boundaries • Permission & Edit. Edit. Edit. • Know the Available Resources • Bear Witness: Technology as a Tool for Ministry

not as an End or Goal • Pray

#WhatDoWeDoNow