Evangelization Through Social Media – Opportunities and Threats to the Religious Life of an Individual and Community

Abstract

Evangelization is a task and mission commissioned by Christ to the Church as an institution, but it is also the task of every member of the community of believers. Christ calls us to go with the good news wherever there is a person. Today’s human being lives in two worlds – the real one, but also in the digital one. Therefore, it is important that the process of evangelization takes place not only in a traditional way in the real world, but also that the Gospel is present in the digital world. The subject of this article is the issue of on-line evangelization, including the use of social media. The aim is to show that the presence of the Gospel in the digital world is necessary, but it carries many opportunities and threats.

Keywords

• evangelization
• the mission of the church
• social media
• digital world
• evangelization on the internet
• the gospel