church & facebook

I live, eat and breathe social media for a living. While you probably don't, there are for sure valuable lessons to be learned from the social media landscape that can be applied to your church. I’m not a marketer by trade, but I’ve been a relatively active user of various social media platforms since I first heard that AOL Instant Messenger door creak open for the first time when I was in elementary school.

Facebook was definitely not the start of social media nor was it the first successful one but right now, it is the most heavily...

When I attended the Bayside Thrive conference last month, I had the pleasure of attending a break out session called, "Social Media Bootcamp" where...

You didn't set out to completely ruin your reputation on Facebook, it just sort of happened. You griped about waiting in line at Starbucks, dropped a few expletives about dealing with your kids at Wal-Mart, criticized your spouse for not being on time, and suddenly you find yourself wondering why people are looking at your differently at church. Did you forget that you are a pastor?

If Facebook were a country, it would be the third largest in the world behindChina (1.33 billion) and India (1.17 billion), and followed by the U.S. (307 million). Now, a new church is being planted in the "nation" of Facebook, bringing live worship to its 400 million-plus residents.