Mei Ling Starkey is the Media Relations/Social Media Director at The Rock Church in San Diego, California, founded & led by Pastor Miles McPherson. She connected with us on the Social Media Church podcast while en route between one thing and another; we talk about Rock Church’s approach to communicating through social media, how to integrate volunteers into the flow of their church’s social media, engaging people on their online campus, a newly-launched video devotional app, and more.
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Connect with Mei Ling Starkey on Twitter @mlstarkey
The Rock Church is on Twitter @therocksandiego, Facebook fb.com/therocksandiego, Instagram instagram.com/therocksandiego, YouTube youtube.com/therocksandiego
Rock Live – Watch The Rock Church services live online
Miles A Minute – The 60 Second Daily Video Devotional app – Every day for a year with Miles McPherson
#new Real-time dashboard of the most popular church Facebook pages
DJ Chuang pontificates on where to get content for feeding social media, Christian podcasts produced for podcast listeners, and what every church website needs to make plain and simple. More importantly, he wants to hear from you! Call 949-354-3216 and leave a message with your feedback or email me@socialmediachurch.net with your burning question.
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#blog post by Josh Burns – Your Church’s Problem in Social Media
Josh Burns was featured on Episode 21 of Social Media Church; Josh is Director of Web & Social Media at Park Community Church (Chicago, IL)
browse the Christian Podcast Directory at SocialMediaChurch.net
Pete Mitchell and Peyton Jones together publish the Church Planter Magazine and host the Church Planter podcast – both are great resources by church planters for church planters. How they do all that they do I don’t know, but they made time to talk for this episode of Social Media Church podcast, and how social media and texting work for church plants and connecting with the next generation.
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Read + Subscribe to Church Planter Magazine, a free digital publication, and the Church Planter podcast
Connect with Pete Mitchell on Twitter Bustoutbigguns (Pete Mitchell is the Chief Marketing Mercenary at Big Guns Marketing) and publisher of the Church Planter Magazine and the Church Planter podcast
Connect with Peyton Jones on Twitter @PeytonJonesPunk (Peyton Jones is team leader of Refuge Long Beach and founding coach ofNew Breed Church Planting UK/USA. He also authored the book Church Zero: Raising 1st Century Churches out of the Ashes of the 21st Century Church.)
#church Refuge Long Beach on web refugelongbeach.com, on Twitter @RefugeLongBeach, on Facebookfacebook.com/RefugeLongBeach
#video raw recording of this video conversation – this extended recording also includes Peyton’s answer to the question “So who is Jesus Christ? Is He the son of God or is he God in the flesh?” and the recording for Church Planter Podcast episode #34: the one about social media with DJ Chuang
#article Why church planters must use social media by DJ Chuang
Jason Curlee is a campus pastor at Bay Area Fellowship (Corpus Christi, TX) at their Kingsville Campus and also launching out as a social media coach to train church leaders & small businesses to use social media more effectively. On this episode of Social Media Church, hear how their church is using social media, how he reached over 1 million impressions in a week, and listen for an exclusive $20 discount for one of his online courses, just for Social Media Church listeners. According to Jason’s bio, “With over 7,000 followers on his twitter, to over 100,000 views on his youtube account, to 2,500 friends on his personal facebook, he’s learned how to utilize various social media platforms to help others achieve the life they dream.”
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Connect with Jason Curlee on Twitter @jasoncurlee + his blog jasoncurlee.me
Take a look at his campus’ Facebook page facebook.com/bafkingsville and his church’s Facebook page facebook.com/bafchurch to see how they post engaging content
#article Can The Church and Social Media Exist Together by Jason Curlee
Jason Curlee’s Facebook Boot Camp (14-day online course + coaching) and Social Media Boot Camp To Startup Your Business (28-day online course + coaching)
#video raw recording of DJ Chuang’s conversation with Jason Curlee, via Google+ Hangout on Air