Missionale kerkwees en die elektroniese sosiale media
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Lazenby, Martin John
Niemandt, Cornelius Johannes Petrus (Nelus)
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AOSIS Open Journals
Abstract
Die geweldige toename in die benutting van die sosiale media as interaktiewe
kommunikasiemiddel wêreldwyd, bied aan die Christelike kerk groot missionale geleenthede,
maar stel ook groot uitdagings en eise. Hierdie geleentheid moet benut word om missionaal ’n
verskil ten gunste van God se koninkryk te maak. Die inhoud en die kommunikasiestyl kom
onder die vergrootglas. Hierdie artikel poog om ’n paar bybels-etiese beginsels aan te dui wat
as basis vir die missionale styl van kommunikasie moet dien. As uitgangspunt word die Bybel
as die Woord van God gebruik. Daar word geredeneer dat die moreel-etiese beginsels wat in
die Bybel aan die gelowige voorgeskryf word, van die grootste belang is om gestalte te gee aan
die koninkryk van God in hierdie wêreld wanneer via die sosiale media op horisontale vlak
met mense gekommunikeer word. Dit gaan dus vir die gelowige nooit net om humanistiese,
sosiale kommunikasie nie, maar altyd dat die beeld van God in hierdie wêreld geëer en sy
koninkryk daardeur uitgebou word. Vir die Christen-gelowige gaan dit nooit om die mens
nie, maar altyd om God se eer en die manifestasie van sy koninkryk.
Being a missional church and the social media. The tremendous increase in using the social media as interactive communication medium worldwide creates the opportunity for the Christian church to make a missional difference in favour of God’s kingdom on earth. It also brings great challenges with it. This means that the way communication via the mass social media is done, becomes of the utmost importance. The content as well as the manner in which the communication is conducted must be considered. This article aims at providing certain basic biblical-ethical principles for communicating in the mass social media that will serve the missional calling of the church. The point of departure is the Word of God. The basic focus of the argument is that the moral-ethical principles given to the believer in the Bible are of the utmost importance to give practical form to the kingdom of God on earth by means of horisontal communication via the social media. For the Christian believer the focus never falls on humanistic social communication as such, but always to glorify the image of God and thereby expand God’s kingdom in this world.
Being a missional church and the social media. The tremendous increase in using the social media as interactive communication medium worldwide creates the opportunity for the Christian church to make a missional difference in favour of God’s kingdom on earth. It also brings great challenges with it. This means that the way communication via the mass social media is done, becomes of the utmost importance. The content as well as the manner in which the communication is conducted must be considered. This article aims at providing certain basic biblical-ethical principles for communicating in the mass social media that will serve the missional calling of the church. The point of departure is the Word of God. The basic focus of the argument is that the moral-ethical principles given to the believer in the Bible are of the utmost importance to give practical form to the kingdom of God on earth by means of horisontal communication via the social media. For the Christian believer the focus never falls on humanistic social communication as such, but always to glorify the image of God and thereby expand God’s kingdom in this world.
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Missionale kerkwees, Elektroniese sosiale media, Missional church, Social media, Interaktiewe kommunikasiemiddel, Interactive communication medium, Christian church, Christelike kerk
Sustainable Development Goals
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Lazenby, M.J. & Niemandt, C.J.P., 2014, ‘Missionale kerkwees en die elektroniese sosiale media’, In die Skriflig 48(1), Art. #1770, 6 pages.http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ids.v48i1.1770.