HOW A CHURCH CAN ABUSE ICT

ICT facilities are not final answers to several delinquencies in the church and her ministries. ICT really has positive influences in churches nowadays, but care must be taken that it should not be overused. Using ICT is not a substitute for other methods of teaching or presenting sermon. Do not use visual media in worship if your reasons include the followings:

· We have an important programme/dignitaries, and we want the outsiders to know that we can be ranked as among the first when it comes to the use of ICT in ministry

· Entice guest to join the church

· Without using the latest technology, we won’t increase our congregation.

· To gather crowd since people are attracted to video.

· We want to rank equal with other church in material acquisition.

· Other churches that of the same size and year of establishment are using projectors and other ICT facilities, therefore, we must have our own.

· To show that we are of higher class if other churches are using projectors, why must be left behind.

· Making use of films to replace time of sermon when pastor did not prepare message.

· Just for entertainment

· Let us build our ICT unit, so that we attract young folks to the church.

· Not many people like walking around with their bible and hymn book, so let them be helped through projecting of the Bible passage and hymns.

· Technology will help us to expand without struggle. There is a need to know that church expansion is not as a result of technology.

You should know that ICT facilities are not:

· For entertainment

· Not means to draw crowd or a means to cure all challenges in the church

· Substitutes for good preparation.

· For personal satisfaction

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