Steve Thorngate, assistant editor of the Christian Century, recently wrote these words:
The biggest question about social media and the church is not how the church can harness the power of social media for good ends while safeguarding against bad ones (useful as such discussions may be). It’s how social media is changing what it means to be church.
So What?
It is important to understand what it means to be church in America today. More specifically, church leaders should understand what it means to be church in a post-Christendom, post-modern, post-denominational, and pluralistic society.
- When did your church leadership body last discuss the topic of what it means to be church? How does (or how might) this discussion, and any insights gained from it, inform decision making about ministry and mission?
- How has social media changed your understanding of what it means to be church?