Thanks for the comment, Charles.

Saying social media adds to disconnect between people is something I can see in relationships (although I've never thought about it in a church perspective…not sure it applies). But I'd be careful with the "and we won't be changing" vows. Half the people I know on Twitter and Facebook vowed, once upon a time, they would "never" get on them. 🙂

Haha. I can empathize, Sally! My church is small, too. And while most everyone in the church is on Facebook, it seems very, very, VERY few are on Twitter.

You're welcome!

Thanks, Darryl. I'm glad you liked my site!

As for your link: I didn't mean the abbreviation was the problem. I meant that, if you click your hyperlink, it was taking you to a URL that had a close parentheses at the end of it (resulting in a "page not found" error).

I just didn't want anyone clicking your link, getting a page not found, and then leaving your site (because they didn't look up at the address bar and notice the close parentheses like I did) prematurely. 🙂

I took a trip over to your website and had a look at your most recent projects. Very nice.

It seems that even your link above has been abbreviated. However, if you hover your mouse over the link, it seems to still point to the correct place.

God bless
D

Thanks for the comment, Darryl! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

There was a tiny typo in the link you posted, so let me re-post that for anyone else who would like to read your articles:
http://purposefullysocial.com/blog/category/my-st…

(I'm not sure if these comments accept HTML code or not. I guess we'll see!)

Like you, I consider point #4 to be the strongest. Time, security, heckling, miscommunication…those all can be addressed (relatively) easily. But the reality is your church's Twitter account speaks for your church. And if MULTIPLE people are handling your church's Twitter…

Well, it can get a tad complicated if you let it. 🙂

I look forward to reading your articles when I have time later today. Thanks again for the comment, Darryl!

Great post.

I volunteer manage my church's social media including their Twitter and was in fact having a very similar conversation with my pastor just yesterday, saying that I am all for the church being on Twitter, but not necessarily for the church (institution) to be engaging on it. And the key reason is your point 4 above – whoever speaks on Twitter on the church's account is effectively speaking on behalf of the church, and I'm not comfortable with just anyone doing that. Yes, it is fine for me to speak as I am the only one doing the tweeting, but my strategy is to build a team of volunteers and I want duplicatability. Having (other) volunteer people engage on behalf of the church is not duplicatable. This does not say I don't trust them, but trust is built up over time.

That said, I am ALL for the church (congregation) engaging on what the church posts. THAT is social community. I have even addressed this with a seminar I ran entitled Sociavangelism (I broke up the talk into four articles posted here – http://purposefullysocial.com/blog/category/my-st….

God bless
Darryl