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Internet users invited
to complete survey

	NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) -- Internet users are being invited to help religious
leaders know how to plan for future use of the popular technology.
	Questionnaires are available to anyone on the Internet at
http://www.religion-research.org/question1.htm.
	"This is an important opportunity for those who use the Internet to provide
information that will help religious leaders plan for the future use of the
Internet," said Ken Bedell, director of a research project being sponsored by
United Methodist Communications (UMCom).
	With a grant from the Louisville Institute, the communications agency is
attempting to discover the extent and nature of religion on the Internet.
Religious organizations are adopting Internet technologies without having
answers to fundamental questions about how religion is experienced on the
worldwide computer network, according to the Rev. Judith Weidman, staff
executive for UMCom.
	Bedell has designed questionnaires and set up systems to review Internet
activity. Results of the study will be announced at a National Council of
Churches meeting in Indianapolis on Feb. 14. They also will be available on
the Internet and distributed to religious leaders across denominational lines,
Bedell said.
     Inquiries about the project can be e-mailed to kbedell@dnaco.net. A
description of the project is posted on the Internet at
http://www.religion-research.org.
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