Computers in Economics, Politics, and Social Structures (continued)

Computers and Religion
Information technology has also entered the spiritual spheres of human society.

Religious Organizations and Computing
Many religious organizations (churches, synagogues, religious-issues organizations, etc.) provide information about themselves over the Internet. They communicate with members via e-mail and keep organization records in computer databases. Some churches use multimedia presentations during worship services, presenting sound, images, and sermon notes through a projector system. Some churches even conduct online worship services!

Ministries such as Desiring God Ministries, BiblicalTraining.org, and OnePlace.com offer sermons, books, and entire seminary course lectures online.

Online Devotion
There are many religious websites on the Internet. Gospelcom.net (which grew out of work initially done by a Calvin University (formerly Calvin College) student) features online devotionals, testimonials, Bible translations, links to other Christian ministries, and much more. As of April 2006, Gospelcom.net was typically receiving over 4.4 million pageviews (accesses to individual pages on their website) per day and reached an estimated 5.5 to 7 million people each month.

These pages were written by Jeffrey L. Nyhoff and Steven H. VanderLeest and edited by Nancy Zylstra
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