4 Ways Blogging Can Help Your Church
- Posted by: Todd
- Posted on: Wed, June 29, 2005
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One of the fundamental issues in church life is communicating the vision. Often the vision gets lost for more pressing issues. However, blogs will help the church family stay in constant communication. We will be able to share ideas and thoughts in a timely way and wait for others to respond.
2. Blogging will help to develop sermons and classes
Now, a preacher will be able to post a sermon idea at the beginning of the week and have the congregation respond so that when he delivers the sermon he will have brought many along for the ride. They will be actively engaged in the process and be able to share ideas and thoughts. Soon a preacher that does not blog with his congregation will be out of touch and behind the pack. Just note: blogging will change how preaching is done!
3. Blogging will break down barriers and remove masks
People experience significant freedom to communicate when blogging. This venue allows people time to think about their ideas and how they want to communicate them. In face-to-face communication, many people feel threatened and stifled.
4. Blogging will help the church to engage the culture.
Stephan Baker and Heather Green in the Business Week article say,
Blogs are different. They evolve with every posting, each one tied to a moment. So if a company (or church) can track millions of blogs simultaneously, it gets a heat map of what a growing part of the world is thinking, about, minute by minute. E-mail has carried on billions of conversations over the past decade. But those exchanges were private. Most blogs are open to the world. As the bloggers read each others comments, and link from one page to the next, they create a global conversation. (p. 62-63)
We have the world at our fingertips and we can do a whole new kind of evangelism.
It is a whole new world out there in the 'blogosphere'. I'm hoping to get some time to write in this new category some of how this blog is reaching people I never even intended to. It's a great way to connect and reach out to people, even in your own church.
Have you considered having either a personal blog or a blog for your church? If you have, and you don't know where to start, please ask your questions here. I'll try to do my best to find good answers to share; and maybe we can all start on the same page: influencing others for Christ with 'blogs' (who woulda ever figured?) Please share your questions or blogging experience now! 
Today we’ll look at Ken Gosnell’s four tips on how blogging can help your church. Have you considered adding a blog for your church? It’s a great idea! Here’s why…
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Su Ray on Wed, September 28, 2005
I’m new to this….What’s a blog?
Vincent Klug on Mon, March 20, 2006
I think your right. Blogs is an excellent way to communicate with many and have the information available in a convenient way for others.
I have a xanga site, but I’m new to this.
Would you please recommend a blog site where other’s can download sermon audio’s and has more of a page that can be manipulated?
Vincent Klug on Mon, March 20, 2006
I think your right. Blogs is an excellent way to communicate with many and have the information available in a convenient way for others.
I have a xanga site, but I’m new to this.
Would you please recommend a blog site where other’s can download sermon audio’s and has more of a page that can be manipulated?
Vincent Klug on Mon, March 20, 2006
Woops…typo. Should read “blogging is an excellent way…”
Tye Male on Mon, April 09, 2007
I love blogging, and for all four reaons stated. My primary reason for blogging is to stay in the habit of writing and doing so in a positive way on negative topics. It also helps me to stop long enough to think critically about things that are happening around the world as well as in my life.
But I have to say that one of my goals with my blog is to develop community. My hope is that the people who read my blog will be part of a community that interacts with one another as well as me. I love getting feedback too!
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