The last word: Communication, communion and koinonia

Notes: "In the Bible, communion or 'koinonia', signifies a wide range of things that are characteristic of the Church as communion, including communication. For instance, letters were sent from one Christian community to another as a sign of their communion with one another. The letters of St. Paul fall into this genre". "What does communion have to do with communications strategies, press releases, websites, and social media ?" "By knowing what to celebrate, what to mourn, what is happening in other churches, Christians are more able to assist each other and to pray for each other. Communications is vital in the process of receiving, discussing and discerning decision and proposals from the wider church". "As much as there are opportunities for modern communication to serve the communion of churches, there are just as many temptations to distort or deny communion through incomplete or inaccurate information: 'alternative facts'. When communication is used as a weapon, communion is diminished. Responsible communication within and between the churches supports responsible communion. 'Anglican World' and the Anglican Communion News Service website (www.anglicannews.org) model such responsible communion between the churches of the Anglican Communion; they merit recognition and support as (lower case) 'instruments of communion'."; Author "is the Director for Unity, Faith and Order for the Anglican Communion".

Subjects: Communication in the Bible; Communication - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion; Koinonia (The Greek word); Internet - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion