Today at church we had a discussion about joining the dialogue on the internet regarding Mormons, religion, doctrine and personal beliefs. The Ward challenged us to put in action Elder Ballard's talk of 2007 where he stated: "Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints need to join the global conversation and use new technology to stand up for what they believe in. Perhaps now, more than ever, we have a major responsibility as Latter-day Saints to define ourselves, instead of letting others define us," said Elder Ballard, a member of the LDS Church's Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
The top techology stories regarding the church for 2010 included how the Church used the Internet and new technology to reach a wider audience in 2010. They mentioned the following:
- The launch in January of a new website for LDS youth (youth.lds.org).
- Store.lds.org, a new church online shopping site, opened for business in September, replacing the old LDS Catalog.
- A new handbook for leaders was released and made accessible for members online. (If you haven’t read it, I encourage you to read the first few chapters that outline the purpose of the Church, the priesthood, and leadership, and their relationship to the family. You can find the handbook in the Serving in the Church section of LDS.org. Or click here.)
- Familysearch.org was improved.
- Church websites mormon.org and LDS.org were redesigned and launched.
- A new website called combatingpornography.org was created.
- Elder Quentin L. Cook became likely the first apostle to post a blog.
- Missionaries in Rochester, N.Y., started a pilot project online to do missionary work in cyberspace.
Have you written one?
I plan on writing one before the year is over - thoughts?
