"Myspace as Ministry?"

Earlier this summer the Salvation Army's Eastern Territory blocked access to the internet community "Myspace.com" from all computer connected to its network spanning the east coast. This decision was made after a rash of media reports involving incidents of girls and boys being sexually preyed on using the internet community as a meeting place"

While i have been outspoke infavor of internet ministry this event presents a real world example of how relational holiness happens in the context of a larger community.

In each momment an individual is presented with with scores of decisions or responces. these responces can be to past action of the indivisual, God, or others. God through his spirit is constantly calling the individual to respond in Love.

What ever decision is made sets into motion ascore of possible responces for those in community.


In this case the decision to block myspace appears to be a genuine decision made in the hopes of protecting young people using the salvation armys computers.

Just because this decision was made as a loving responce does not mean it was best nor does it just impact those who it was made in responce to.

It is then up to those who are also effected by this decision to also respond to it in love. The happened in the form of a kind exchange between some minstry practicioners in the field and those who made the decision.

Finally for the leaders of the larger community to atempt to come to a solution that is also a loving responce.


I Realise if you were just interested in what the army's position on myspace is than you wasted your time reading this but this blog is dedicated to holiness in particular i have been excited by what has been call relational Holiness. as revealed in the simplified process i just outined. The process of responding to each other in the context of community is truly beautiful when it works.

unfortunately it tends to break down when one or to in comunity react to others in a way that is less than loving. however even then if the rest of the comunity responds in a loving responce