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The December 2009 Slipstream podcast comes from the Evangelical Alliance's Digimission Day - an opportunity to explore how technology is shaping faith, church and mission.
More and more of us are spending time online - on social networks, blogs, Twitter, and more. How do the new digital technologies change the mission of the Church? Are social media a distraction from mission or a new mission field? A wealth of helpful input from Shane Hipps, Adrian Warnock, Jonny Baker, Maggi Dawn, Mark Meynell and Krish Kandiah.
Shane Hipps
Keynote speaker at the event was Shane Hipps. In a technical first for us, this was by a live link from Arizona, courtesy of Ustream. The good news is that the live link worked. The bad news is that the recording of Shane's presentation... didn't. However, we highly recommend reading Shane's book 'Flickering Pixels: how technology shapes your faith:
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See also....
Issue 31 of Redcliffe College's Ezine 'Encounters' is all about how digital technology affects mission - half a dozen good articles here, by authors including Tony Whittaker of Internet Evangelism Day, and Phil Prior of Wycliffe Bible Translators. (Phil is also one of Focus' trustees, so we have an interest here!)
Krish Kandiah: why did you organise the Digimission day?'
Mark Meynell / Maggi Dawn / Jonny Baker: why do you blog?
Mark Meynell / Maggi Dawn / Jonny Baker / Krish Kandiah: does digital technology change the mission of the Church?
Mark Meynell / Maggi Dawn / Jonny Baker / Krish Kandiah: is digital technology just a distraction from the real mission of the Church?
Maggi Dawn / Jonny Baker / Krish Kandiah / Mark Meynell: what advice would you give to someone who wants to start using digital technology in mission?
Jonny Baker's presentation
Jonny Baker is part of the leadership and discipleship team at Church Mission Society, and blogs at http://jonnybaker.blogs.com
Maggi Dawn's presentation
Maggi Dawn is Chaplain and Fellow of Robinson College, University of Cambridge. She is a member of the RSCM Advisory and Consultative Panel. She writes and presents for the BBC and is an occasional writer for Christian Century, Guardian Online, and Third Way. Maggi blogs at www.maggidawn.com
Mark Meynell's presentation
Mark is Senior Associate Minister at All Souls Church Langham Place. His blog can be found at http://markmeynell.wordpress.com
Adrian Warnock's presentation
Adrian Warnock is a regular preacher at Jubilee Church in North London. He blogs at http://adrianwarnock.com
Krish Kandiah's presentation
Krish Kandiah is Executive Director for Churches in Mission at the Evangelical Alliance. He blogs at http://krishk.wordpress.com