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Social Media and Evangelization

Social Media and Evangelization

“We need to be more present on social media; that’ll get more people involved in the church. The youth will love it. It’s evangelization.”

—Excited Parishioners

It’s important to evangelize people. Pope Paul VI emphasized that “The Church exists in order to evangelize.” Evangelization is the vocation of the Church and all her members. The problem with social media is that it promises connection, but often delivers isolation.

Embers

Embers

“I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing!” Luke 12:49

Jesus goes on to say, “Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division." He has come to pit two against three, and a son against his father, and mother against daughter. Truth often leads to conflict.

In my first few years of ministry, I experienced a powerful conversion.