Saturday, October 27, 2007

"Godcasting"-new technology for churches

In the New York Times article "Missed Church? Download It to Your Ipod", Tania Ralli describes "godcasting" as podcasting used by churches. Pastors are now podcasting their sermons for people to download directly to their iPod. One pastor, Pastor Batterson "believes that podcasting will have an impact on the church as profound as that of the printing press when the first Bibles were printed in the 15th century." Downloading missed sermons is one benefit from using "godcasting", but listners can also hear a sermon more than once whenever they want.
Using new technology such as podcasts helps keep churches up-to-date with what society is interested in. Incorporating this allows thousands of listeners access to church sermons, religious music, and daily tidbits on life, work, family issues, and more. I believe churches and religious organizations ought to embrace 21st century technology and use it to attract a larger audience. Overall, "godcasting" can get the message of the Good News of the Gospel out to millions of people; definitely one thing worth downloading.

1 comment:

The Lecturer said...

Great start on your blog! Your passion for the ministry is very clear, and the article on Godcasting was great. I look forward to reading more.