[New post] Church of England Amazon Alexa skill

The Bishop of Oxford, with staff from Church House, launched the Church of England’s ‘Ask Alexa’ skill this week. The new resource will allow millions of users to ask for prayers, resources and church information from the Church of England. The skill is also integrated with A Church Near You, the national church finder, to locate the nearest services and events and to seek to increase users’ knowledge of the Christian faith by answering questions such as, “what is the Bible?”, “who is God?”, and “what is a Christian?” The launch has already received widespread publicity with coverage from the BBC and national newspapers and magazines including the Guardian, Telegraph and The Economist. The new facility has been developed by the Church House Digital team, working with Church House Publishing and Renewal and Reform.