Category archives: Social Media

 

 

 

Read Receipts Make Facebook Groups Even More Valuable to Churches

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Facebook Groups are notorious for killing off time-sucking meetings and eliminating redundant communications. Can I get an Amen? The only trouble is I can never really be sure EVERYONE saw the communication. For instance, when I put things to a vote or post extremely important updates, I want to be sure that everyone on the committee, at the very least, read the communication.

 

 

Facebook Helps the Church Bridge the Community Gap Between Sundays

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The church is a Sunday morning organization. The church community gathers collectively on Sunday mornings (sometimes Saturdays). This makes many churches primarily Sunday morning organizations. Sundays are typically the only time that everyone meets together in one place. Even though you may meet with a smaller group throughout the week, there is a lot of [...]

 

Interested in Starting a Facebook Ministry at Your Church?

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To get your congregation using Facebook with a Kingdom focus, it is going to require that Pastors and church leaders take leadership, and set the standard for Facebook engagement. During this free one hour webinar I’ll will help you better understand Facebook, how your personal Facebook profile can be used for ministry, and prepare you to start “Facebook Ministry” at your church when you log off.

 

 

A Beginner's Guide to Twitter for Ministry and Outreach

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Facebook is naturally more accessible. You share stuff you like, with people you like. In comparison, Twitter is like traveling to another planet. Instead of Friends, Status Updates and Conversations you plunge into a world based on Followers, Tweets, Hashtags, Retweets, Lists, Tweetchats, all in 140 characters or less. Where Facebook is based primarily on relational communities (people we know), Twitter is based on communities of shared interest. It’s the best place to meet people who love what you love and do what you do all over the world.

 

What Christians Need to Know About the New Facebook Timeline Profile

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Sometime in the next few weeks, your Facebook profile is going to get a serious makeover. For those of you who haven’t already upgraded to the new “Timeline” profile, Facebook is making the new profile style mandatory for all users. As of right now, only personal profiles will be affected. Like all Facebook changes, the Timeline profile will be adopted, begrudgingly by many Facebook users. There will also be a resurgence of “What was the matter with old Facebook?” posts on your Newsfeed. Rest assured, this new update will make Facebook more beautiful and meaningful.

 

A Guide For Using Facebook to Share Your Faith and Grow Your Church

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That’s right. I used the word “need”. Facebook is the leader in social networking with over 800 million users. Each week more than 3.5 billion pieces of content (status updates, photos, videos, and comments) are shared, making the platform the most visited site on the internet. Even more interesting is that each user is connected to 130 friends and 80 fan pages. We need to be sharing our story of faith in the social media era, and Facebook is the perfect place to start.