Cultivating Sustainable Faith in a Digital World with Steven Dilla

Our friend Steven Dilla spoke yesterday evening at That Church Conference. This is just a glimpse of what he covered.

• In New York, there’s very little to catalyze faith.
• People to connect to community before they connect to Christ.
• There are more people carrying a copy of Scripture than ever before, because it’s on their phones.
• 85% of people say mobile devices are a central part of daily life.
• As of 2013, social media is a major part of 65 percent of ministries.
• Why people read the Bible: 72% personal prayer and devotion; 62% learn about religion
• The internet is as much as a problem as it is a solution.
• The average American receives 63.5 notifications per day and reports that notifications help them feel more connected.
• It takes 15 minutes for your mind to fully reset after receiving notification.
• This equates to 16 hours per day of reset time.
• There is no such thing as “church online.”
• The average person didn’t have access to the Scriptural text of the Bible until hundreds of years after the Resurrection of Christ.
• The Bible should be integrated, but so far, it’s only been distributed.
• We could risk having data point engagement driving Christian orthodoxy.
• The most intimate place is the couch at the end of the day.
• “Digital is the catalyst that will trigger people toward communities where they can receive the gospel.” @StevenDilla #thatcc
• “Leverage all your skills and accumen to drive people toward community in creative and compelling ways.” @StevenDilla #ThatCC
• Lay the gospel over search data points to give people what the need.
• Let social media be the catalyst for change in how we share and spread the Gospel #ThatCC @StevenDilla @ThatChurchConf
• “The brick and morter church must work together with the digital world to create a holistic experience.”
• Book Recommendations: Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman, Reclaiming Conversation by Sherry Turkle, and Platform Revolution.

Follow Steven on Twitter at @StevenDilla, and be sure to follow your favorite note taker and church branding and design specialist Aly Hathcock at @alyhathcock.