Randy Naylor

General Secretary of the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC)

RCCongress 2010 Plenary Speaker:

Tao Meets Tech: Emerging Global Trends in Religious Communication

Randy Naylor, Canadian and ordained, was installed in the position of General Secretary of the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) in July 2001. He is responsible for liaison with the Asia region.

He has worked for the United Church of Canada as a congregational minister, missionary, regional program officer and as General Secretary for Communication (12 years), during which time he served on WACC’s Central Committee as a member and President from 1991-96. He was honored for his work in communication with a Doctor of Divinity degree in 1995.

He was head of communication of the National Council of Churches (USA) from 1997-2000. He has also worked extensively on communication policy in Canada and the United States, and was awarded the Everett C. Parker Award in 2000.

Tao Meets Tech: Emerging Global Trends in Religious Communication

WACC President Dennis Smith and General Secretary Randy Naylor will explore the global impact of communication technologies on religious communication. Together with several of the Global Partners present at RCCongress 2010, they will examine four areas:

How new religious movements are using communication technologies to impact politics and culture
Gender and the news media
Current religious approaches to radio and television
Religious institutions, new media and social networking

This multi-disciplinary panel will illustrate the increasingly nuanced conversation between personal faith, religion communicators, technology and the social sciences.