Gifts from heaven above are amazing things that God has gracefully given his children without us even asking, one of which is the gift of technology. It is now much easier to save the lost no matter how far they are because of the power of social media. According to an article from Internet Evangelism Day, the church can make the use of social media in realizing its purpose.
Since biblical evangelism is usually relational and discussion-based, social media is an ideal match. There is a valuable chart explaining the differences between an older traditional understanding of one-way evangelism, and a more effective relational approach which the writer has called 'withreach'.
Never use social media as a way of trying to preach or teach. The main purpose is to have a two way communication wherein there is interaction between the two.
Social Media has a wide variety of tools to use in promoting something good in the community. In the same Internet Evangelism Day article, it highlights the essence of social media by the Church.
The only way to decipher the significance of the different social media tools is to try to make the use of them and see how it works.
Church Use of Social Media
Personal and church use of social media obviously differ somewhat. That which is published in the church's name represents the fellowship. Personal use relates more to an individual set of friends and followers. Check these challenges and issues:
The young people are part of the church and they too, use social media to communicate to one another. This is beneficial but should not be interpreted as reaching out to the rest of the community. When you are talking about the internet, you do not have a ready audience and there is no 'trickle down effect'. This would mean that the communication you have between fellow young people would not automatically appeal to the others who are not part of the youth of the Church. Do you actually press the like button or perhaps follow on Twitter or Facebook if there is no interest or inclination at all? Why should you actually do that?
Using the social media takes responsibility and the Web is not used for broadcasting to the whole world. Each user is unique and opt to view what only interests them. Of course, this would catch some interesting materials along the way but not necessarily a given thing.
Since biblical evangelism is usually relational and discussion-based, social media is an ideal match. There is a valuable chart explaining the differences between an older traditional understanding of one-way evangelism, and a more effective relational approach which the writer has called 'withreach'.
Never use social media as a way of trying to preach or teach. The main purpose is to have a two way communication wherein there is interaction between the two.
Social Media has a wide variety of tools to use in promoting something good in the community. In the same Internet Evangelism Day article, it highlights the essence of social media by the Church.
The only way to decipher the significance of the different social media tools is to try to make the use of them and see how it works.
Church Use of Social Media
Personal and church use of social media obviously differ somewhat. That which is published in the church's name represents the fellowship. Personal use relates more to an individual set of friends and followers. Check these challenges and issues:
The young people are part of the church and they too, use social media to communicate to one another. This is beneficial but should not be interpreted as reaching out to the rest of the community. When you are talking about the internet, you do not have a ready audience and there is no 'trickle down effect'. This would mean that the communication you have between fellow young people would not automatically appeal to the others who are not part of the youth of the Church. Do you actually press the like button or perhaps follow on Twitter or Facebook if there is no interest or inclination at all? Why should you actually do that?
Using the social media takes responsibility and the Web is not used for broadcasting to the whole world. Each user is unique and opt to view what only interests them. Of course, this would catch some interesting materials along the way but not necessarily a given thing.
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The harvest is many yet the laborers are few. Building a good grasp and knowledge on the use of social media tools and its role in the churchcan make a difference in a staggering church growth!
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