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Is your church using Facebook and/or Twitter? Some churches are discovering them to be great tools to promote fellowship. Rockbridge Seminary students who have completed the course The Theology & Purpose of Fellowship might want to evaluate them for possible use in your church.
If your church is using Facebook and/or Twitter, is it worth the trouble? What do you think? If you’re still trying to decide, check out the resources below.
- Digital @ Leadership Network: “Facebook group or Facebook page for your church?”
- E-book “The Reason Your Church Must Twitter: Making Your Ministry Contagious” by Anthony Coppedge (purchase for $5)
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David Wilson said...
March 4, 2009
The answer is it depends on context. facebook is working here to build community and provide another "front porch", but Twitter is unheard of and unused, while in N GA, Gary Lamb says Twitter is THE thing that’s helping them build community.
Wally Yocum said...
March 11, 2009
facebook has served us well as a tool to keep our congregation connected between Sundays. We use the ‘events’ application to promote events and get things on the radar of people who aren’t as likely to hang the church bulletins on their fridge. twitter has yet to catch on, but is slowly gaining some traction. We use both twitter and the facebook status updates to notify friends/followers when new podcast episodes are available.
A key is streamlining our social media profiles…crossposting status updates, rss feeds and uploaded content so it doesnt become too time consuming