Using social media and apps to enhance religiosity amongst Christian youth

ABSTRACT

Social Media is a term that is so often used in our daily conversations. Whether we like it or not, it hasbecome an inevitable part of our life and it is going to stay that way in the time to come. Its rapid growthand acceptability has greatly influenced human behaviour, lifestyle and thinking. Regardless of age,gender, status and geographical location, people actively get involved in different social networking sites.The speed, cost and reach captivate the users to spend more time on the social media. Whether socialmedia is good or evil will depend on the nature of its use. This article throws some light on the increaseduse of social media among Christian youth, the role it plays in uniting Christian communities and itsgrowing impact on the administering of sacraments and the conducting of church activities. Akin togeneral population, many church leaders like Pope, Cardinals, Bishops and Priests are part of the socialmedia like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. Some of them use it extensively to spread the Good Newsand to share their messages and ideas across larger population.