Everyone who has a facebook knows that the facebook community is full of groups, causes, social events, and so much more. What many people don’t expect to see is facebook ministry. Recently, I read an article on The Facebok Blog of a guest blogger Shaun King, pastor of The Courageous Church in Atlanta. In his blog post Shaun tells of how The Courageous Church utilized facebook in a number of ways:
- Church Start-up
- Advertising
- Group Discussion
- Fund Raising
- Outreach
The results Shaun says is that on the opening Sunday, The Courageous Church had 700 people in attendance! And currently, more than half of the church congregation found Courageous Church through facebook.
The point is that often times we are dogmatic in our approaches to ministry. A changing and technologically advancing world demands new and exciting approaches to ministry in our call to faith. The Courageous Church is a great example of these exciting new approaches.
Tell me about some other unique approaches to ministry, especially online, you guys have seen.
2 Responses to “Facebook Church… New Approaches to Ministry”
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I know that a lot of nonprofit organizations are using Facebook to promote their causes. I am really not fan though, because I don’t really see the good that it is doing. Even if I really support the mission of the organization, I don’t see how “joining the cause” for the organization via Facebook practically helps anything. I do know that the College Pastor at my church uses Facebook to connect with students while they are away at school and to send messages about events.
i agree with you in the fact that i don’t buy into personally supporting causes and groups on facebook, but the reality is millions of people do. To say the least to have a cause on facebook creates awareness. The fact the half of the churches congregation found the church through facebook says that people are looking and listening. Just because one may not personally buy into facebook, doesn’t mean one shouldn’t consider utilizing it as a tool.