It was only a few years ago that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints seemed to have serious technology problems. The websites were ugly, the search results for the church were misleading, and the message that come across to the wider audience was fragmented. The technological transformation of the LDS church in the last few years is nigh unto miraculous. Today, church members have functional and beautiful tools in the form of LDS.org and accompanying mobile apps. Gone are the days of the always out-of-date paper ward list. The church has greatly improved their presence on the web through mormon.org and good SEO - no longer does a search for 'mormon' lead only to the opinions of anti-mormons. More impressive is the way the members of the LDS faith have come together online to share of their faith in a consistent and friendly manner. Facebook is home to many missionaries, some even wearing name-tags. The fact that conference trends on Twitter every 6 months is incredible sign to the world that we aren't religious nut jobs incapable of reasonable thought, but normal, technology savvy people who just happen to have a strong faith. I used to think the church didn't "get" technology. It seems I was wrong, and I am glad I was.
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