The Bishop of Croydon, the Rt Rev Nick Baines (@nickbaines), and the Bishop of Huntingdon (@bpdt), the Rt Rev David Thomson will launch Count Your Blessings in Twitter on March 9.
For the 45 days of Lent they will use the social networking site to share daily reflections and actions.
Daily actions will be posted every morning on Christian Aid’s Twitter page.
Bishop Baines said: “The great thing about Twitter is that it allows immediate interaction. Anyone across the world can join in and tweet what they are doing in Lent, so I am encouraging people to follow us, get tweeting and learn through Lent.”
A Count Your Blessings calendar has been made available for download at www.christianaid.org.uk/lent to help people look at the good things in their lives and respond through giving, reflection, action or prayer.
The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, is encouraging people to get involved in Count Your Blessings.
He said: “We should all count our blessings for what God has given us and I hope that everyone will consider taking action to help those in need this Easter, no matter where they live.”
Follow the Twitter actions at www.twitter.com/christian_aid
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