social media & the holistic urban church

Social  Media  and  the  Holis0c  Urban  Church  Impressions  and  ideas  from  the  City  to  City  Europe  conference  in  Berlin,  October  2011  Alexander  Gewessler,  @ohneworte,  #bckirche20,  Linz,  11-­‐12-­‐11  

Social  Media  The  Urban  Church  The  Holis0c  Church  

Redeemer  City  to  City  -­‐  Facts  

Redeemer  Presbyterian  Church  2009,  NGO  

Timothy  J.  Keller    

Read  more:  hVp://redeemercitytocity.com/our-­‐story/history.jsp  

Redeemer  City  to  City  -­‐  Principles  

Gospel  City  

Movement  

Read  more:  hVp://redeemercitytocity.com/our-­‐story/approach.jsp  

City  to  City  Europe  

Berlin  25th  -­‐  27th  October  2011  

Conference  that  focused  on  church  plan0ng  for  the  renewal  of  the  ci0es  in  Europe  

More  details:  hVp://citytocityeurope.com    

City  to  City  Europe  -­‐  Impressions  

     Far  more  impressions:  hVp://www.facebook.com/RedeemerCTC    

City  to  City  Europe  –  e.g.  Ireland    

 hVp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6FeWQc9sgA  

Ok,  but  relevant  for  all  of  us?  

..  Contextualiza0on  

A  posi0ve  view  of  the  city  Cultural  engagement  Missional  bearing  

..    

What  about  our  media?  

Bigger,  beVer,  faster  Growth  as  only  goal  

 And  in  our  churches?  

 Further  reading:  

hVp://www.knallgrau.at/company/weblog/stories/ein-­‐koenigreich-­‐fuer-­‐einen-­‐fan    

What  about  our  goal?  

It’s  all  about  being  a  witness.  The  ques0on  is  not  “How  many?”  -­‐  but  “What  kind?”.  

Stefan  Pass    

Listen  to  the  talk:  hVp://citytocityeurope.com    

Ok,  and  the  growth?  

Growth  is  important  for  our  mission,  but  not  our  mission.  Stefan  Pass  

 Listen  to  the  talk:  

hVp://citytocityeurope.com    

Ques0ons  so  far?  Ques0ons  because?  

Case  example  (quellenstrasse.at)  Another  video  

Talk  

Thank  you!    

Alexander  Gewessler  @ohneworte  #bckirche20  

Linz  11-­‐12-­‐11