Monday, October 13, 2008

Beachy Amish and the Electronic Culture

Today’s church is undergoing radical changes as a result of our electronic culture. Digital Discipleship: Forming Faith in an Electronic Culture—for the 12th Anabaptist Vision and Discipleship Series at Hesston College, November 7-9 The conference also features input from leaders of local BEACHY AMISH churches. Several leaders will respond to Hipps, lead workshops, and serve on a panel discussion where they will talk about the communal discernment process they use concerning the use of electronic technology. “We need this conversation with the BEACHY AMISH,” says Hershberger. “They have chosen the hard road. They refuse the easy way of either hiding from the electronic culture by calling it all bad or embracing it uncritically by calling it all good. Click to read about Digital Discipleship, featuring Shane Hipps, at Hesston College, November 7-9