Terrace Crawford chats on the Social Media Church podcast about his new book, Going Social: A Practical Guide on Social Media for Church Leaders. The book carries with it endorsements from heavyweights like Ed Stetzer, Kem Meyer, Scott McClellan, Tim Stevens,Todd Rhoades, Josh Griffin, Tim Schraeder, and more.
Connect with Terrace Crawford on his blog @ terracecrawford.com/blog + on Twitter @terracecrawford
Website for book: goingsocialbook.net
Facebook: facebook.com/goingsocialbook
Twitter: @goingsocialbook
The contest deadline for winning a copy of the Going Social book is Monday, December 3rd, 12:00am midnight EST. Listen to the episode for instructions on how to win.
On this episode of Social Media Church podcast, DJ Chuang talks with Identity Specialist Lem Usita about how social media affects our relationships and identity. Make sure you’re sitting down for this one, because this conversation may very well deconstruct your preconceived ideas. Lem Usita is a Professor (and Director of the Henry Morris Leadership Scholarship Program) at San Diego Christian College.
Show Notes
Connect with Lem Usita: @Lemness on Twitter and at identitySPECIALIST.net, and on his podcast the identitySHOW
Lem Usita’s article, “Creating Identity: How Youth Workers Can Help Kids Become Persons” explains Erickson’s stages of identity development
Lem also has noted that “Every experience shapes and forms us. There’s no escaping it. All of our Deep Hurts have a powerful influence on our identity.” and “Whether you spend lots of time thinking about them or not, your decisions shape who you become. You are who you are today because of decisions that you’ve made.”
Call-in comment from Bruce Herwig of Trinity Church (Redland, CA)
Video of the first internet baptism on February 17, 2008 at the then Flamingo Road Church, now Potential Church; Social Media Church episode 8 featured a conversation with Potential Church’s Nathan Castleberry
2 Internet Campus Pastors who live and work in a different location than their church’s home location: Bernadine Young of Family Life Church (Episode 9) and Dan Hickling of Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale (Episode 15) — Know of others? Please add a comment.
LifeChurch.tv’s worship space in Second Life; other religious destinations on Second Life
Plus, listen to the other version of our conversation over at Lem Usita’s identitySHOW podcast
Bruce Reyes-Chow stops by the Social Media Church podcast to share about his years of experience in using social media as an author, blogger, pastor, podcaster, and moderator of a mainline denomination, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), or PCUSA in short. Bruce is an ordained minister, the founding pastor of Mission Bay Community Church, the Moderator of the 218th General Assembly of the PCUSA from 2008-2010, and currently an active blogger, writer, speaker, and consultant.
Show Notes
Connect with Bruce Reyes-Chow at reyes-chow.com, on Twitter @breyeschow and Facebook facebook.com/breyeschowpage
eBook: The Definitive-ish Guide for Using Social Media in the Church
Wikipedia entry for Bruce Reyes-Chow
Bruce currently blogs at Patheos’ Progressive Christian Channel and at HuffingtonPost.com
Watch video of my conversation with Bruce about a church online beta, first introduced back in February 2012
While an advocate for churches and church leaders to actively using social media, Bruce has also noted some caution: An Open Letter to Pastors About the Dangers of Using Social Media
Bruce is 1 of 7 church leaders on Animate, a seven-session adult course from sparkhouse, an exploration of big questions of the Christian faith, designed to spark conversation in faith communities