“The Church absolutely needs to be more present through the digital media in a conscious and deliberate way.” With these words, Bishop Emmanuel Badejo of the Oyo Diocese in Nigeria opened a workshop entitled, The Influence of the Modern Means of Communication and the New Technologies on African Families Today. The workshop, which he coordinated, was part of the program of the 17th Plenary Assembly of SECAM/SCEAM.
Bishop Badejo invited everyone to reflect on the fact that “millions of people today use the social media as their source of information, but investment in media programs for evangelization in Africa is far too scarce.” He then went on to urge the pastors of the Church in Africa to “create new apostles” by involving young people in this work since they are digital natives, entrusting the transmission of Gospel values to them.