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The world’s first text-message sermon was beamed out to mobile phones all
over Germany last week. The Reverend Stefan Heinze of the Hanover Evangelical
Youth Church wanted to combine technology with tradition to bolster his flock.
Over 1100 people signed up for the service which he chopped up into short,
snappy phrases. Heinze said that he had to paraphrase the Lord’s prayer because
it wouldn’t fit into the 160-character limit for text messages. He added that a
sermon needn’t last 20 minutes when a single succinct phrase might do the
trick.