Twittering for Jesus
- Posted by: Todd
- Posted on: Mon, April 28, 2008
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Why should you care? Well, quite possibly you don’t. But I wanted to introduce you to a new possibility for your ministry. If you’re looking for a way to connect with your church often throughout the week—to give them an inside look at your ministry life and to share in a brand new way the vision and mission of your church, Twitter may be just the tool for you.
I Twitter. Last week, while I was in Orlando at the Exponential Conference, I was giving instant Twittering nuggets from the conference. In fact, if you had been reading my Twitter feed, you would have gotten notice of our live interviews with Andy Stanley, Rick Warren, Dave Ferguson and many others. We were able to stream these interviews live, but only had a few minutes notice, so we sent out ‘twitters’ to let everyone know what was happening. Scott Hodge and Chris Elrod are pastors that I was hanging out with at the conference… they also used Twitter to their tell their friends about what all was happening..
Could Twitter be a cool tool for your ministry? Check out a little more about the possibilities here. And give it a try!
I use the small download Twhirl to read all the updates from the people I’m following. Here are some of the people that I think you might like to add to your Twitter list:
Me (of course!)
Perry Noble
Tony Morgan
Kem Meyer
Anne Jackson
Geoff Surratt
TallSkinnyKiwi
Los
DJ Chuang
ScottHodge
ChrisElrod
Bobby Gruenwald
Terry Storch
Feel free to add your name to the list in our comments section! And, please DO share how YOU are using Twitter!
Perry Noble "Twitters." So does Tony Morgan. What does this mean? Well, it simply means that these guys are sharing their lives throughout the day through Twitter.com, telling the whole world what they're up to during the day. (For example, recently Perry was working on the plans for Mother's Day at Newspring Church. Tony was headed off to a leadership strategy meeting to discuss NewSpring's future. Have you ever heard of Twitter? If not, maybe it's time to spread your wings and discover a new, free tool that you can use for ministry. Twitter is a social networking tool that many pastors and church leaders are starting to use to communicate on the Internet with their friends, colleagues, and church members.
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Camey on Mon, April 28, 2008
Thanks for posting this Todd. I’ve been considering it but still not sure.. Although now that I’m in a little trouble - it might be the right time to get started. http://www.mondaymorninginsight.com/images/smileys/smile.gif
iggy on Mon, April 28, 2008
http://twitter.com/iggyinMontana
Man, I was bummed not to make the list…
LOL!
iggy
Joshua Cody on Mon, April 28, 2008
twitter.com/jpcody
Joshua Cody on Mon, April 28, 2008
Sorry for the double post, I posted before I was ready last time. Take the jump to Twitter, it’s all the connectedness of social networking with none of the bloat of the other (Facebook, MySpace, etc) sites.
Steve Murphy on Mon, April 28, 2008
I have found that twitter is an amazing tool for networking and connecting with some amazing people. Some might say I’m addicted… I can quit anytime I want, but I’m no quitter!
http://www.twitter.com/Godstories
Terrace Crawford on Mon, April 28, 2008
No doubt, a great way to network.
follow me:
http://www.twitter.com/terracecrawford
Adam on Mon, April 28, 2008
twitter.com/ypadam
I have used twitter to keep up with friends in ministry and to exchange ideas with each other. I am hoping to use it with our student ministry to keep up with students throughout the week.
Clayton Bell on Mon, April 28, 2008
http://www.Twitter.com/ClaytonBell.
I think Twitter has TREMENDOUS untapped potential for the local church, aside from all that it’s provided to the church at large with conference updates.
A church-wide devotional, twittered out daily. Urgent prayer requests? Twitter sends them to the cell of everyone in the church. Last-minute schedule change? Everyone knows via text.
Oh, and it includes every pastor’s favorite word: FREE.
Chris Reeder on Mon, April 28, 2008
twhirl is a great tool…
http://twitter.com/chrisreeder
CS on Mon, April 28, 2008
“Could Twitter be a cool tool for your ministry?”
I’ve heard the story in the news recently of a Twitter page that helped saved a man’s life from being in prison in Egypt. And, I was first exposed to Twitter while Todd was on assignment, by checking out his updates. Although I appreciate Todd’s diligence in making those updates while at the conferences, in looking at this tool, though, it seems like Twitter is just increasing the noise to signal ratio and reducing the amount of thought that needs to go into things.
We’ve gone from having finely-researched books, down to multi-page letter mailers, down to blog postings, now down to 160 character text messages for communicating great thoughts about our faith. Don’t get me wrong, sometimes fewer words are better, and some excellent teaching, preaching, and edifying can be done in just a few words, and we still have those other tools at our disposal, but at what point does everything become a sound-bite or a quick commercial in length?
Not trying to be negative here; just trying to keep perspective on the utility of this tool with regards to the faith.
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CS
jim on Mon, April 28, 2008
I twitter at @jbonewald. I’m a pastor.
I twittered my sermon title yesterday morning and one of our college kids was so excited to know the sermon title before she and her parents got to church….
Kim on Mon, April 28, 2008
tweet tweet!
http://twitter.com/kaliczi
Paul Kuzma on Mon, April 28, 2008
Lovin it!
Join the journey with me at http://www.twitter.com/Paul_Kuzma
Jeff Gibson on Mon, April 28, 2008
I caught several of the live feeds last week because of the twitter updates. I’ve been able to try out things that other people are using because they might not seem significant enough to blog about, but they are twitter-worthy.
Try it!!!
@jeffreygibson
Matt on Mon, April 28, 2008
I think everyone who follows you on twitter should be known as “tweeps.” Ya know, like,
Where mah tweeps at?
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