The Internet as we know it will be history and exciting changes are coming in the next 2 years. An estimated 700+ top-level domains (TLD) will be launching, like .SHOP, .WEB, .HOTEL, .MENU, and many many more.
One TLD of particular interest is .BIBLE, and when that launches, people could get domain names like PREACHING.BIBLE, STUDY.BIBLE or SOCIALMEDIA.BIBLE. Full disclosure: I, DJ Chuang, work with American Bible Society and the .BIBLE Registry.
On this episode of Social Media Church, I’ve invited 2 key members of the .BIBLE Registry launch team from theAmerican Bible Society, John Mark Mitchell (Director of Digital Innovation) and Scott Wennermark (Director, Strategic Advancement) to share the back story of how this came about, how the Internet will be changed forever, answer commonly-asked questions, and how you can participate in this opportunity to shape the future of the Internet. (Note: John Mark Mitchell had a new title change soon after post-production.)
Show Notes
Pre-register .BIBLE domain names for free and with no obligation at BibleTLD.org
Sign-up for the free email newsletter to stay informed about the .BIBLE launch
Like the Facebook page for Bible TLD at facebook.com/bibletld
#video What is .BIBLE? (explained in 2 minutes)
#article Washington Post on New gTLD’s: Com Was The Training Wheels For The Internet: Move aside .com
#article Newly OK’d domains make .com look so 1999
whatdomain.org – website explaining how 100s of new domains are about to transform the web – the future of Internet – the Web’s New Neighborhoods
ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) – the organization that coordinates the infrastructure that runs the worldwide Internet
Mark MacDonald is Creative Brand Strategist at BeKnownForSomething.com and soon-to-be Communications Director at Community of Faith near Houston, Texas. Mark explains on Social Media Church why church communications is so important and essential, what makes it challenging, the back story behind the world’s biggest Easter Egg Hunt, how to take the sting out of loaded words like “entertainment” and “marketing,” and how social media is so broad too. Also an overview of how the Certification Lab they’re launching next month will help churches become well-equipped for communicating effectively. The topic of church communication is so large, and we only touched on a bit of social media, but we did get into the essence of communication, that is, identifying the essence and unique distinction of your church community. And then church communications is using your creativity, how to communicate so it gets remembered, and the role of leadership.
Show Notes
Connect with Mark MacDonald on Twitter @markmac1023 and at BeKnownForSomething.com
Certification Lab is 2-day intensive on church communications, hosted by the Center for Church Communications, better known for its Church Marketing Sucks blog. October 14-15, 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee. Listen to this episode for a special code to get $50 off!
#article Mark MacDonald: Overwhelmed Communicators (churchmarketingsucks.com)
Shamichael Hallman of New Direction Christian Church (Memphis, Tennessee) talks about his role as a Pastor of Innovation there, and how they’re leveraging social media, online, and mobile app. And listen for the most valuable piece in the conversation where he explains what they did that really helped their online giving skyrocketed. Money has a way of getting all our attention, doesn’t it?
Show Notes for this podcast episode of Social Media Church
Connect with Shamichael Hallman on Twitter @shamike2009 and Facebook facebook.com/shamichael.hallman
#video Man credits virtual church for miraculous recovery (WMC-TV News)
New Direction Christian Church on Twitter @NDCCMemphis and its Virtual Church is at n2newdirection.tv
#list Churches with Pastors of Innovation curated by DJ Chuang
#raw video of my Google+ Hangout on Air conversation with Shamichael Hallman
iMinistry 2013 – internet ministry conference in Dallas Texas on October 15-17, 2013 [listen to episode 47 with Nate Merrill for special discount code]
Code for the Kingdom hackathon – next one is Austin, Texas, October 25-27, 2013
#bridgebuildingchat twitter chat
#video How do you have a conversation across culture and race?
Connect with Tim Samuel on Twitter @TimSamuelCFO
Dr. Verity Jones is Project Director of the New Media Project, founded in 2010 to help religious leaders think theologically about digital technology. Listen to an excerpt from their February 2013 conference, Digital Church: Theology and New Media, with best ideas for social media from Nadia Bolz-Weber (House for All Sinners and Saints), Eugene Cho (Quest Church), and Tony Lee (Community of Hope AME Church). Sound bite: “Churches and church pastors are just going to be in the mixed media business for a long time…”
Show Notes for this episode of the Social Media Church podcast
Browse the growing number of thoughtful resources at the New Media Project <cpx.cts.edu/newmedia> and connect on Twitter@NewMediaAtCTS and Facebook facebook.com/NewMediaProjectAtCTS
Connect with Dr. Verity Jones on Twitter @verityjones
Conference videos – Digital Church: Theology and New Media (February 2013)
#article Thinking Theologically About Social Media (by Verity Jones, in Huffington Post 6/2012)
#blog #series Youth ministry and social media, Celebration and social media, Prayer and social media, Social justice and social media
In 2011, the New Media Project research fellows conducted case studies of 6 innovative projects in digital communication based in congregations, religious institutions, or para-church organizations. The 6 case study subjects are: