The people who come to serve the ministry through technology are a diverse group. Some have great technical skills, but they lack spiritual depth. Others are spiritually mature Christians, but they aren’t always knowledgeable about the technology we use. Seems like there ought to be a happy medium case, where these servants are great at both. But how do you get there?

Christians are called to be mature – i.e. Eph 4:12-13. Those who already are mature should help those who are not, that the “body of Christ may be built up.” Technology has been well developed in the secular world, so that anyone can gain maturity in their technology skills by reading, or going through tutorials, or getting training in specific class settings. We should mentor each other until we are all mature in both our faith and in our technology in the Church!

Some possibilities for this include having a tech team Bible study, training nights to focus on the technology, outside training events in new technology that we are considering implementing, …. The possibilities and the challenges are enormous. And it doesn’t require a huge IT training budget to accomplish this. What it does require is time spent outside the Sunday worship experience, when you can focus on learning. Practice makes perfect, but training is the best kind of practice, for it allows you to make mistakes when nobody is looking! How do you find time to practice? That’s something to comment on.