21 May 2015, The Tablet

Evangelisation 2.0

by Brenden Thompson

 
The obligation to evangelise falls on all Christians but the methods have changed over the centuries according to the means available. The smartphone app is one tool with enormous potential Love, Hope, joy, vision­, promise, life, peace, truth, goodness and beauty: these are words we use to describe the Church. Each of these words speaks volumes of the Good News and the person of Christ, who gave humanity the best story ever told – and who gave his Church the job of sharing that story. It is a story that touches the deepest needs of the human person and yet, we struggle to share the story.We are living in an increasingly technological world but I’m not sure that parishes are keeping up. I am a part-time pastoral assistant at St Mary’s parish in Hampstead and I am cu
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