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A THEOLOGY OF MOBILE MINISTRYANTOINE RJ WRIGHT (@MOBILEMINMAG) FOR ICCM AU 2015 (#ICCMAU)
FRAMING OUR DISCUSSION
• Defining Mobile Ministry
• Presenting Biblical Arguments
• Presenting Historical Arguments
• Applying Theology to Mobile (and Other Technology-Behaviors)
DEFINITION OF MOBILE MINISTRY
–From the Toilet to the Pulpit, Mobile Ministry Magazine
http://mobileministrymagazine.com/Issues/cpcc-gf-2011.html
“The skillful use and application of mobile technologies and behaviors for the fulfilling
religious practices.”
BIBLICAL ARGUMENTS
–Deut. 6:1-9
...Bind them as a sign on your hand and let them be a symbol on your forehead. Write
them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
–Matthew 28:18-20
...Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit...
–James 1:22-27
...Because if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at
his own face in a mirror. For he looks at himself, goes away, and immediately forgets
what kind of man he was....
–John 17:20-26
...May they all be one, as You, Father, are in Me and I am in You. May they also be one in Us so the world may believe You sent Me...
HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS
HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS
• Changing the Intended Design of Technologies• Writing• Roman Roads/Trade Routes• Designing Around Governments/Behaviors• Designing for Ministry, Moving Beyond
Ministry (BAM)
APPLYING THEOLOGY TO MOBILE
Technologies and Behaviors
TECHNOLOGIES AND BEHAVIORS
• Tools• Focuses/motivations of developers,
marketers, etc.• Usability, accessibility, and access
Effects and Outcomes
EFFECTS AND OUTCOMES
• At the intersection of faith and mobile tech, what effects personally should we be looking for
• At the intersection of faith and mobile tech, what effects to the community should we be looking for
Questions We Should Ask
QUESTIONS WE SHOULD ASK
• What designates skillful use, versus foolish?• What are the effects to local traditions?• What practices of the faith should be kept/lost?• What have been some outcomes of mobile
ministry efforts to date (include organizational change)?
• What is not mobile?
Questions We Shouldn't Ask
SUMMARY AND TAKE AWAYS
SUMMARIZING OUR DISCUSSION
• Defining Mobile Ministry
• Presenting Biblical Arguments
• Presenting Historical Arguments
• Applying Theology to Mobile (and Other Technology-Behaviors)
–From the Toilet to the Pulpit, Mobile Ministry Magazine
http://mobileministrymagazine.com/Issues/cpcc-gf-2011.html
“The skillful use and application of mobile technologies and behaviors for the fulfilling
religious practices.”
Theological Explorations from Here...
END(...DOES THEOLOGY REALLY END?)
ANTOINE RJ WRIGHTMOBILE MINISTRY MAGAZINE@MOBILEMINMAG#MOBMIN
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