Can text messaging during church strengthen a congregation?

While text messaging in church could be considered a violation of etiquette, a few Adventist churches are incorporating the technology into the service. In other churches, some parishioners are adding texting to the service anyway.

Texting @ church, u?

Sound of airplanes doesn't faze congregation

The Gatwick-Horley Adventist Church meets in this 150-year-old building owned by the Church of England. The church is next to the second largest airport in Britain.

United Kingdom: Airport church takes off

Goal set to reach one-third of continent with gospel

Workers hang a display from a 13-story building in Brasilia, Brazil, in preparation for the September 6 Live With Hope outreach event. The initiative, sponsored by the Adventist Church in South America, advertised with 10,000 billboard announcements.

South America: Live With Hope project targets millions

Launch completes netAdventist ownership transfer

John Beckett, director of the church's Office of Global Software and Technology, demonstrates netAdventist's capabilities at the launch. The software lets church members and leaders share information and resources even if they're not equipped to run the technical side of a church Web site, he said.

New communication software to connect members globally

Victims in U.S., Caribbean receive food, clothing, shelter

New Orleans evacuees select clothing from an Adventist Community Services center in Smyrna, Tennessee, Tuesday, September 2. The Adventist Church provided assistance to hurricane victims in the Caribbean and the U.S. Gulf Coast region throughout the weekend.

Adventist relief workers respond to Hurricane Gustav

Be 'ambassadors of peace,' Paulsen says; Christianity a 'higher identity, new humanity'

Adventist world church president, Jan Paulsen, left, meets with Mwai Kibaki, president of Kenya in Nairobi, Friday, August 22

Kenya: Visit from Adventist president bolsters unity

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New communication software to connect members globally

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Texting @ church, u?

United Kingdom: Airport church takes off

South America: Live With Hope project targets millions

New communication software to connect members globally

Adventist relief workers respond to Hurricane Gustav

Kenya: Visit from Adventist president bolsters unity