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Evangelizing the Cyber Generation
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Academic journal
Author
Jung Ki Mook (장로회신학대학교)
Journal
The Korean Society of Mission Studies 선교신학 선교신학 제40호 KCI Accredited Journals
Published
2015.11
Pages
275 - 309 (35page)
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.14493/ksoms.2015.11.275

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From a sociological perspective, today’s young generation is born into the digital environment and they are characterized by their ease in crossing between the physical and the cyber space with their various IT devices and smart phones. From this perspective this paper terms today’s younger generation a ‘cyber generation’ and seeks to explore methods and strategies necessary to evangelize them. Consider today’s young person walking down the street. They have a smart phone in one hand and a take-out cup with a drink in the other hand. The cyber generation cannot put down their smart phones because all necessary knowledge, entertainment, and communication can be accessed with this one device. A smart phone is part of the culture of the cyber generation, and even a physical appendage. The take-out cup containing a beverage is a kind of representation of communal identity. Just as in the past jeans were considered the uniform of youth culture, the take-out cup works as a symbol. With this cup in one hand, they feel a sense of unity with others in their consumption of the same culture. How can we evangelize to the cyber generation? The most important factor in evangelizing them is to love them with the heart of the Father God, and to enter into their culture with Jesus’ incarnational posture, humbling ourselves to see from the cyber generations’ point of view. It is to communicate with the cyber generation just as the Spirit of God does. Above all, we must love. As Apostle Paul taught, without love, all is for nothing. The Social Network Service(SNS) is a vast space where the cyber generation communicate and share their thoughts. To evangelize this generation, such cyber space should not be ignored or passed by. Evangelism to the cyber generation must be networked, where the mission organizations, individual churches, and the denomination must unite to collaborate in developing programs. For example, a project is planned on the regional level, and resources and funds are pooled to proceed with the programs. The cyber generation contacted through these programs must be connected to individual churches for sustained contact and fostering. The cyber generation rarely lets go of their smart phones physically. Their smart phones might as well be a part of their body. While there are benefits to this situation, the reality is that there are also a considerable amount of harm. Then what must be done? It seems paradoxical, but there is nothing but to enhance the positives and supplement the negatives. The fact that the cyber generation is so highly dependent on their smart phones means evangelism methods should be developed to be conducted through smart phones, in ways that these devices may be used as evangelical contact points. Also, while an assertive evangelism strategy is necessary for the cyber generation, there also must be a strategy to protect and sustain the existing Christian cyber generation.

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