It seems religion is catching up with technology this new year.
Senior bishops in Britain are set to tweet their Christmas Day sermons for the first time this year in a Christmas Tweet campaign.
The Archbishop's of Canterbury, York, and the Archbishop Designate of Dudley will also be joined by congregations and clergy from across the Church of England.
On Christmas Eve and Christmas Day churchgoers in the 16,000 parishes of the Church of England are being encouraged to live-tweet the joy and meaning of Christmas to the 10 million UK Twitter users.
The Church of England has reminded their followers:
Calling all Christmas Day preachers. Will you be sharing the message on Twitter with #ChristmasStartsWithChrist? Remember to let us know!
— Church of England (@c_of_e) December 10, 2012
#ChristmasStartsWithChrist
Reverend Arun Arora is Director of Communications at the Archbishops' Council.
"This is a brilliant opportunity for parishes to take the good news of the first Christmas out of churches and into people's lives and homes" he said.
"It is the first time that the joy and excitement of Christmas will have been broadcast widely on Twitter. There are large numbers of social media enthusiasts to be found in pews and pulpits across the country".
"Churches from all denominations will be invited to broadcast their services via twitter" he added.
A Twitter spokesperson said "Twitter brings you closer to the things you are passionate about - and for millions of people across the globe that is faith."
The hashtag #ChristmasStartsWithChrist goes live on Christmas Eve with tweets expected from carol, crib and midnight services, before carrying on into Christmas morning services at which stage the highlights of the sermons at Canterbury Cathedral, York Minster and Durham Cathedral will join the torrent of tweets.
