#MHC The Church That Twitters
Churches and the way they do (or don’t) use social medial has been the topic of a few posts recently (Facebook, Angry Whoppers, and the Future of Social Media on January 23, and The Spiritual Discipline of Twittering). Social media is a big part of my life and I have invested much of my life/career in the Christian experience.
Collide Magazine recently asked people to respond how their church was utilizing texting and twittering. @mikeyanderson let Collide know that Mars Hills Church in Seattle had recently been featured on a local news broadcast because of their use of Twitter. You can check out the news video at www.king5.com
Mars Hills is not just using Twitter to send information and promotional material. Mars Hill encourages their people to twitter about the Mars Hill experience. Some Sunday Morning, you should do a Twitter search for #MHC and see what comes up.
What do you think? How could your church benefit from encouraging your people to twitter? Would your church even be open to this?
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I think it’s great when things like Twitter are used to enrich worship. I still hear people poo-poo the validity of communicating through electronic media (as not being a “real relationship”), and I think they’re missing out on real ways to connect and impact lives.
i’ve noticed a trend at youth oriented conventions/gatherings (CIY Move, PCTC, NYWC) to include personal electronic devices (cells, blackberries, so on) and seen how it 1) helps and 2) enriches the overall experience. I would love for everyone in our church to be subscribed to a twitter or mass texting thing to easily communicate spiritual truths to them. Again, for the most part this is the church just being 5 or 6 steps behind what is truly relevant in modern culture.
@greg i have seen this too. funny thing is you could interact this way at a minor league baseball game 5 years ago. i would love to see churches fully explore how common technologies could enhance their experience (worship gatherings, theological education, spiritual experiences and disciplines).