Kent Shaffer is the founder of ChurchRelevance.com and OpenChurch.com. Kent met up with me (DJ Chuang) in-person during his road trip through Orange County, California and we sat down to talk about how he got into social media, his spiritual life and dynamic journey in recent years, going from LifeChurch.tv to an inner city missional community, his nomadic lifestyle with a young family on the road in an RV, how to best understand the top churches lists that he curates, how sermons are like lifehacks, church communications, and of course we talk about how churches are using social media.
Show Notes
Connect with Kent Shaffer on Facebook facebook.com/kentshaffer + LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/kentshaffer
ChurchRelevance.com (resources and lists for creating relevant & effective ministries)
OpenChurch.com – free downloadable resources + ideas from the global church, helping disciples of Jesus collaborate, learn from each other, and share resources
#list Top 200 Ministry Blogs (as of 9/2013), in which DJ Chuang is #83
#list Top Ranked Churches in America (in the areas of church growth, size, innovation, church planting, influence, and overall)
#list 108 Great Church Logos
#list 40 Great Church Websites of 2013
Church Conference Calendar List (@ churchrelevance.com)
The Big List of Theological Seminaries, with sortable info by denomination, tuition cost, and location
Clint Schnekloth wrote this new book titled, “Mediating Faith: Faith Formation in a Trans-media Era“, and is lead pastor at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church (Fayetteville, Arkansas). He joined the Social Media Church podcast for a conversation about the back story of his new book, how social media is used in his church community, and his experience of joining others for worship in the virtual world of Second Life, and, of course, we do talk about the book too.
Show Notes
Connect with Clint Schnekloth at http://ClintSchnekloth.com + on Twitter @Schnekloth + on Facebook fb.com/Schnekloth+ his blog http://lutheranconfessions.blogspot.com
#post 11 Reasons I’m Proud to Pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
#transcript Interview — Mediating Faith: Faith Formation in a Trans-media Era by Clint Schnekloth on the #chsocm blog by Meredith Gould
#podcast Meredith Gould of #ChSocM : Episode 30 @ Social Media Church
#video Interview with Clint by Abigail Letsinger
#interview Fortress Press Author Q&A for Mediating Faith
#meme #bookselfies #mediatingfaith – photos of people with the Mediating Faith book
Social Media Church has a lively conversation with Justin Wise, author of a brand new book, The Social Church: A Theology of Digital Communication, just released 1 week ago and the print edition was already sold out on day 1 and it is still temporarily out of stock. But good thing the Kindle edition never runs out and you can buy it instantly! Get the back story of how the authoring and publishing experience went for Justin, how they decided to focus the book’s big idea on the “why to” rather than the “how to”, how Justin is training and coaching churches and entrepreneurs to be more effective with social media, and listen for the special offer for Social Media Church listeners. By the way, Justin Wise is currently a professional social media strategist, based in Des Moines, Iowa, a city that he’s very proud of.
Show Notes
Connect with Justin Wise at justinwise.net and on Twitter @JustinWise
#podcast Justin Wise: Episode 33 of Social Media Church (prequel to authoring the book) goodies from Justin Wise:
#video [raw recording session] Google+ Hangout on Air with Justin Wise for this very episode
#video #SocialChurchBook Hangout – book launch day Google+ Hangout with Justin Wise and Clark Campbell
#post Vision is Viral: Talking Social Media & Church with Justin Wise (churchmarketingsucks.com)
#review of The Social Church – Kevin Hendricks (churchmarketingsucks.com)
#post Social Media: Another Greeter for Your Church by Jane Halton
#mentioned Scott Stratten @unmarketing of unmarketing.com
On this special episode of the Social Media Church podcast, listen to keen insights from Brandon Cox — church planter, social media enthusiast, and author of a new book, REWIRED: How Using Today’s Technology Can Bring You Back to Deeper Relationships, Real Conversations, and Powerful Ways to Share God’s Love. Recorded before a live online audience via Google+ Hangout on Air.
Show Notes
Brandon Cox is Pastor of Grace Hills Church in northwest Arkansas
Connect with Brandon Cox on Twitter @brandonacox + on Facebook facebook.com/pastorbrandoncox +brandonacox.com
#book Rewired: How Using Today’s Technology Can Bring You Back to Deeper Relationships, Real Conversations, and Powerful Ways to Share God’s Love by Brandon Cox
Rewired book website is rewiredbook.com + on Facebook facebook.com/rewiredbook + on Twitter @RewiredBook
#list The Ultimate List of Social Media Policies for Churches & Ministries #resource
#book The Social Church: A Theology of Digital Communication by Justin Wise #mentioned
Social media management dashboards #mentioned: Buffer, Hootsuite, Tweetdeck