Analog Church - Why We Need Real People, Places, and Things in the Digital Age

Outreach Resource of the Year
The Gospel Coalition Book Award
What does it mean to be an analog church in a digital age?
In recent decades the digital world has taken over our society at nearly every level, and the church has increasingly followed suit--often in ways we're not fully aware of. But as even the culture at large begins to reckon with the limits of a digital world, it's time for the church to take stock. Are online churches, video venues, and brighter lights truly the future? What about the digital age's effect on discipleship, community, and the Bible?
As a pastor in Silicon Valley, Jay Kim has experienced the digital church in all its splendor. In Analog Church, he grapples with the ramifications of a digital church, from our worship and experience of Christian community to the way we engage Scripture and sacrament. Could it be that in our efforts to stay relevant in our digital age, we've begun to give away the very thing that our age most desperately needs: transcendence? Could it be that the best way to reach new generations is in fact found in a more timeless path? Could it be that at its heart, the church has really been analog all along?

About the author

Jay Y. Kim serves as the lead pastor at WestGate Church in Silicon Valley and on the leadership team of the ReGeneration Project. His writing has been featured on Christianity Today, The Gospel Coalition, Mission Alliance, and Relevant Magazine. He lives in Silicon Valley with his wife and two children.

Summary

As our culture begins to reckon with the limits of a digital world, it's time for the church to do the same. In our efforts to stay relevant in our digital age, have we begun to move away from transcendence? Pastor Jay Kim grapples with the ramifications of a digital church, from worship and Christian community to how we engage Scripture.

Product details

• Authors: Jay Y Kim, Jay Y. Kim, Scot McKnight
• Publisher: Ivp
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780830841585
• ISBN: 978-0-8308-4158-5
• No. of pages: 216
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 311 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Gift books, albums, perpetual calendars, postcard booklets; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Labour, economic and industrial sociology; Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Gruppen, Wissenschaft, Technologie und Gesellschaft, Religion - Church Life, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Pastoral Resources, RELIGION / Christian Church / Leadership, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects