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The Most Interesting Technology for Future Religious Media Use Is

By Steve K. (not verified) on December 24, 2008 - 7:40pm

Phil,

I feel like your survey title is too open-ended. "Future" is much too broad. If you'd have said "The Most Interesting Technology for Religious Media Use in 2009" then I probably would've picked "Social Networking (Facebook, Myspace, etc.)." But since you said "Future," I had to go with "Mobile Phones," because I know mobile is the long-term direction things are headed -- and are already in many parts of the world.

Shalom (and Merry Christmas),

Steve K.

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By Osborn4 (not verified) on December 27, 2008 - 4:19pm

Web 2.0, blogs and social networking sites should already be part of the current arsenal used by churches.

Using mobile phones to make the church services more interactive, e.g. prayer requests, questions on the sermon and such, could really be a great future step.

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By Andrew B (not verified) on December 28, 2008 - 2:07pm

Hey Phil,

I went with mobile, partly because I agree with Steve K and partly because my business involved with mobile technology (an obvious bias). As we believe in convergence, our technology efficiently renders critical components of Internet applications (like Facebook, My Space, Twiiter and so forth) to the mobile, so we could check all the boxes.

However, in terms of the future of technology and "religious uses", we have built a platform for a social networking internet Application designed on running small groups - particularly youth groups - which protects privacy and addresses parental concerns. We want the benefits of web 2.0 for our children with out the risks. We are considering an add-on for integrated instant messaging. Again, we are happy for our children to benefit from IM, but would like some of the risks removed.

Fond regards

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