LETTER FROM
THE EDITOR
HUFFINGTON
06.09.13
Answered
Prayers,
Broken
Promises
HIS WEEK, Bianca
Bosker puts the spotlight on Joel Osteen’s
efforts to spread God’s
word through social media.
Osteen is the pastor of the
largest church in America. His
“Night of Hope” gatherings draw
tens of thousands of evangelical
Christians to stadiums around
the country. But it’s Osteen’s use
of technology, and particularly
social media, that underscores
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his reach: He has a presence
on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube
and Instagram, in addition to
podcasts, an iPad magazine
and two forthcoming iPhone
apps. His dedicated site, “Pray
Together,” lets people post
prayers and respond to the
prayers of others. As Bianca puts
it, “In life, prayers may or may
not be realized. But in the social
media realm of the Night of Hope,
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