The document discusses the role of online spaces in faith conversations, highlighting how social media provides a comfortable platform for people to ask questions about their beliefs. It emphasizes the idea that the church is defined by the community and mutual support rather than traditional sacraments or buildings. Additionally, it encourages embracing diversity in viewpoints and maintaining respectful dialogues.

2. Hybridity and Mission
Rev Bryony Taylor, Rector, Barlborough & Clowne (@vahva)
Dr Bex Lewis, Senior Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan
University (@drbexl)

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5. “.. People find it easy and more comfortable to ask
questions about faith in a private space online…
people on social media are directly contactable in
a way that has not previously been so easy;
paradoxically there is a distance offered by the
online environment akin to the screen in the
confessional box” (p18)
Taylor, B. Sharing Faith Using Social Media,
2016, Grove Books
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7. …the commonest question I am asked
about online church is ‘What do you do?’
and it is hard to explain that we don’t ‘do’
church – we are church to each other,
despite the lack of sacraments or a
building, because we are committed to each
other’s journeys in the faith and in Christ’s
love.
Smith, P. Online Mission and Ministry, 2015, Introduction
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“The original disciples gave each other that which
each needed, were honest and true, were respected
by people, and sought to live both the good and
difficult parts of life together. Will others say that of
us? My thought whenever someone thinks different
from me is to think, how interesting, and to want to
have a conversation about the journey they took to
reach that understanding! We need to celebrate our
similarities, rather than focusing on our differences.”
Bex Lewis, ‘Church as Family’, 17/02/18, Day by Day with
God

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10. My dear brothers and sisters, take
note of this: Everyone should be quick
to listen, slow to speak and slow to
become angry, because human
anger does not produce the
righteousness that God desires.
James 1:19-20 (NIV)
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13. Q&A
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Photo by Camylla Battani on Unsplash

14. • Rev Bryony Taylor
• https://bryonytaylor.com/
• http://bcjj.org.uk/
Thank You
@vahva // @drbexl
• Dr Bex Lewis
• https://drbexl.co.uk/
• http://bit.ly/MMU-drbexl
• http://bit.ly/SurvSocFaithSo
cMedia