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**Saduyre9de** · 03-13-2009, 12:21 PM

My priest the other night said converts are becoming Orthodox not because of evangelism but because of technology. People have access through the web to Orthodox sources in English that they never had before. So it is only natural that people show up long after they have done a lot of reading.

I agree with your priest. But you would never reach someone like my wife who is very intelligent, but not interested in surfing the web, reading about in depth theology, etc. Granted, she was introduced through me, but I think about all of the people out there who have no Orthodox friends and whose paths will not likely cross with us simply becuase they never even realized we were out there. Nothing ever piqued their interest. I think sometimes we converts forget how very unknown Orthodoxy is among the non-Orthodox.

Technology is doing a lot to bring converts to the Church, but there are only certain demographics it can reach because it is still a very passive form of a evangelism (which is fine, so this is not a complaint or criticism, just a thought that perhaps we are missing an entire demographic).

Joshua

03-13-2009, 12:21 PM	#7
Saduyre9de Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 493 Senior Member	My priest the other night said converts are becoming Orthodox not because of evangelism but because of technology. People have access through the web to Orthodox sources in English that they never had before. So it is only natural that people show up long after they have done a lot of reading. I agree with your priest. But you would never reach someone like my wife who is very intelligent, but not interested in surfing the web, reading about in depth theology, etc. Granted, she was introduced through me, but I think about all of the people out there who have no Orthodox friends and whose paths will not likely cross with us simply becuase they never even realized we were out there. Nothing ever piqued their interest. I think sometimes we converts forget how very unknown Orthodoxy is among the non-Orthodox. Technology is doing a lot to bring converts to the Church, but there are only certain demographics it can reach because it is still a very passive form of a evangelism (which is fine, so this is not a complaint or criticism, just a thought that perhaps we are missing an entire demographic). Joshua
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