Your Ministry Helper » social networks http://www.yourministryhelper.com tips and solutions for the business side of ministry Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:27:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Using Social Networks for Ministry http://www.yourministryhelper.com/using-social-networks-for-ministry.html http://www.yourministryhelper.com/using-social-networks-for-ministry.html#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:34:02 +0000 Valerie Johnson http://www.yourministryhelper.com/?p=611 I am a regular reader of Shaun King’s blog, Shaun In the City.  I actually found his blog through the social network, StumbleUpon.  One of the things that  keeps me reading his blog is how efficiently he uses social networking.  A few things I’ve watched him use it for is:

  • announcing the new ministry he started at the beginning of the year (Courageous Church)
  • inviting people to attend services at the church (over 600 attended the first service)
  • recruiting volunteers to help with the church
  • getting people to loan him equipment for a speaking engagement
  • donations for their new office space
  • finding a contractor for some small jobs at the church

Since the recent upheaval around the Iran elections, blogging and Twitter have received a lot of attention and we see how they can be used in many different situations.

If you are interested in learning to use social networking for ministry or business, you might want to check out the BUG Conference, a one day marketing clinic at the Highlands Church in Birmingham, Alabama.  I have already registered and am looking forward to learning a lot about using social networking more efficiently and effectively.

Maybe I’ll see you there.

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