Tweeting the good news (Tweevangelism)
By Walker Adams I love Facebook. It is a great way for me to keep track of what is going on with my friends, find
By Walker Adams I love Facebook. It is a great way for me to keep track of what is going on with my friends, find
Harriet Baber makes a couple of provocative claims in a comment on yesterday’s item about why people don’t go to church. She notes:
Here is the Facebook page of the Episcopal Diocese of Quincy, where my business partner and I had the pleasure of giving a communications workshop
by Derek Olsen Episcopalians can do a lot of things well. Historically, evangelism was one of them. Anglican mission societies brought the faith to wherever
Now we are on the cusp of the Christmas season, and folks are hustling around buying and baking and generally trying to make a nice holiday for their loved ones and the response of much of the church is to tell these people that they are ruining Advent.
Episcopal Church Foundation Vital Practices:
Jesus said that no one lights a lamp and puts it under a bushel basket, but Jesus had never met any Episcopalians. As a rule, we have been reluctant to call attention to ourselves. We are more comfortable being the church invisible, the church inoffensive, the church optional, and the church afraid of being associated with intolerant and heavy-handed people who are also Christian.
To tell our story to contemporary audiences, we must baptize the tools and techniques that other organizations use to spread their message, inform their members, influence society, raise money, and engender the devotion and enthusiasm necessary to sustain their communities.
by Maria L. Evans In sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life through our Lord Jesus Christ, we commend to Almighty God
Interview with religion scholar Diana Butler Bass, author of PBS Religion and Ethics Newsweekly: