Nagpur | July 7, 2014
The National Council of Churches
in India has a fully functional and updated website at www.nccindia.in. However, having a website is
no longer enough, as we need to be engaging wherever its target online users
happen to be which includes facebook, blogs and other online social networking hubs.
The need was felt to avail of the various functionalities of online social
networking tools for the purpose of:
2. Organizational
visibility and providing a common platform for dialogue and discussion;
3. Information
exchange including opinion gathering and improved decision-making;
4. Creating
more communication spaces;
5. Expanding
to mobile (becoming more prevalent) applications for news and networking;
6. Quicker
dissemination of information and quicker feedback;
7. Suitability
and adaptability to the quick changes in our situation;
8. Etc.
As part of its program relating
to systems upgrade, streamlining communication processes and increasing
efficiency, NCCI Commission on Communications and Relations has revamped NCCI’s
online communications. Please note below the online networking tools that will
be in use now.
NCCI’S FACEBOOK PAGE
Go to: facebook.com/nccionline
(Please visit our facebook page and click on “Like”. You can also click
on “Get notifications” from the same button. Participate in discussions and
voice your comments)
NCCI BLOG AND NEWS
Go to: nccinet.blogspot.in
(Visit the page for options to share, comment, subscribe, etc. You can
subscribe yourself for email updates. Keep updated of NCCI news)
NCCI NEWS ANDROID APP
Now you can get NCCI news on your
android mobile phone when connected to the internet and using our NCCI News
app.
On July
7, 2014, Rev. Dr. Roger Gaikwad, General Secretary of National Council of
Churches in India launched the systems and processes clearing them for official
use with immediate effect. He expressed his wish for these tools to be a
channel of blessing, healing, hope and restoration to the people in the online
community who, despite virtual identities, are real people contending with real
situations in the real world. He also noted that the NCCI has to keep step with
modern technology to continue being relevant to changing situations and
emerging needs of people. Various tools of Online Communication and networking
will be used by NCCI Secretaries to ensure smoother and faster flow of
communications and network functions.
With the
focus on grassroots ecumenism, it is hoped that the tools in use now will
create spaces and pathways not only for connections, but for real communication
across regions and various barriers rendered possible by the offerings of
internet technology.
Rev. Dr. Roger Gaikwad
General
Secretary, NCCI
Rev. Caesar J. David
Executive
Secretary, Commission on Communications and Relations, NCCI
