Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Technology and the Church
As new technologies have been developed and become available, the Church has taken those technologies, evaluated them, and then, if any have been found lovely or of good report, has started using them to further the reach of the gospel. Most ward buildings I have been in recently have had a wireless network, for example. This enables the leaders who need access to up to date information be able to access it no matter where they are in the building, and without needing special access to the Ward Clerk's office. And look at social media, as well. As of this writing, the Church's Facebook page has 808,823 likes, and there are more than 46,000 people talking about the church on Facebook. Then there's YouTube, which BYU blocked from 2006 to 2009. Now there are multiple YouTube channels where viewers can stream content produced by the Church. The Church is moving in the right direction with how they embrace technology, and I can't wait to see what the future brings.
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The living nature of the Church is awesome. We don't lag behind the wave of technology, but instead ride it into the future. It's getting harder for the Church to work through knocking on physical doors, but the Internet is opening a great avenue into peoples' homes.
ReplyDeleteThe injunction was to "Preach my Gospel unto all nations", right? The Internet's kind of like a nation, I'd think. Certainly, it's within the spirit of the commandment: preach the gospel everywhere. Why not online as well?
ReplyDeleteI like that the password is usually the same too, allowing me to be on the wifi where ever I go.
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