Kids say e-mail is, like, soooo dead

NOTE: This story emphasizes the need for the Church and ministries to utilize the web in every way possible. I have had some folks tell me that my videos should not be on YouTube or I shouldn't have a page on MySpace because there are so many "bad" things on these sites. I believe that Jesus said Christians should be "salt" and "light". Jesus met people where they were without falling into sin. Christians must put on the whole armor of God and go after the lost wherever they are. Salt and Light must go where needed. We have a new generation that is growing up on the web, sounds like that is where Christians need to be too. What do you think? Post your comments below.

For more information visit Internet Evangelism Day or Internet Evangelism Coalition. You can also listen to an interview with Dr. Sterling Huston of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and IEC Chair on the May 2006 edition of Walking with the Giant.

SAN FRANCISCO--The future of e-mail might be found on the pages of MySpace.com and Facebook.

Just ask a group of teen Internet entrepreneurs, who readily admit that traditional e-mail's more suited for keeping up professional relationships or communicating with adults.

"I only use e-mail for my business and to get sponsors," Martina Butler, the host of the teen podcast Emo Girl Talk, said during a panel discussion here at the Mashup 2007 conference, which is focused on the technology generation. With friends, Bulter said she only sends notes via a social network.

"Sometimes I say I e-mailed you, but I mean I Myspace'd or Facebook'ed you," she said.

To be sure, much has been written about the demise of e-mail, given the annoyance of spam and the rise of tools like instant messaging, voice over IP and text messaging. But e-mail has hung on to its utility in office environments and at home, even if it's given up some ground to new challengers. It may be that social networks are the most potent new rival to e-mail, one of the Internet's oldest forms of communication. With tens of millions of members on their respective networks, MySpace and Facebook can wield great influence over a generation living online, either through the cell phone or the Internet.

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