This episode of Social Media Church podcast features a conversation with Jay Kranda, the Internet Campus Pastor at Saddleback Church, yes, the one pastored by none other than Pastor Rick Warren. You’ll hear about how Saddleback’s Internet Campus is developing to be more purpose-driven, how they’re doing online small groups, Saddleback’s value for community. Plus, a couple of questions were posed to the host of Social Media Church, DJ Chuang, about how he keeps up with tech trends and what he fears about online church.

Show Notes:

Connect with Jay Kranda on his blog hyperthinking247.com, Twitter @jaykranda and Facebook facebook.com/Jaykranda

Infographic on Global Reach of Saddleback’s Internet Campus

Mashable.com
TheNextWeb.com
GigaOM.com

What surfaced during the conversation on this episode of Social Media Church with Dan Ohlerking, Online Campus Pastor of Healing Place Church (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) was the lifeline of prayer. We often talk about the importance of prayer as church leaders, yet where can the average person go to participate in prayer online? Hear how Dan and Healing Place Church is providing online worship and online prayer, including a rare-to-find weekly online prayer gathering.

Show Notes ::

Connect with Dan Ohlerking on Twitter @danohlerking and Facebook facebook.com/danohlerking

Healing Place Church’s Online Campus

HPC Online Prayer Wall – Facebook Prayer Group – “It’s where to go online when you need prayer.”

Online Prayer Gathering every Wednesday at 12PM Central Time

What’s it like to be at a church where social media usage is actively encouraged and most welcomed? Social Media Church talks with Chris Surratt of Cross Point Church (Nashville TN), one of the most social media active churches around, where multiple faces and voices can be seen and heard online almost every day. Hear the back story of what prompted Cross Point Church to start its Internet Campus, how they mobilized 800 people for flood relief through Twitter alone, and how social media shapes how they do everything atCrossPoint.tv.

Show Notes::

Connect with Chris Surratt on Twitter @ChrisSurratt and Facebook facebook.com/chrissurratt
Pete Wilson – withoutwax.tv @pwilson
Carlos Whittaker – ragamuffinsoul.com, @loswhit, “Single Ladies Devastation” viral video with 6,000,000+ views
Jenni Catron – jennicatron.tv, @jennicatron
Stephen Brewster – stephenbrewster.me @b_rewster
Brent Hodge – brentinworship.com @inworship

This episode of Social Media Church features a conversation with Steve Knight, Community Architect of the TransFORM Network, Local Planning Team Member of Wild Goose Festival, and founder of Sogo Media, the Minister for Hope Partnership for Missional Transformation, blogging at Missional Shift on Patheos, among other things. You’ll hear about his spiritual journey and how he’s been an active participant in being a part of a missional church, where social media has been a part of cultivating those conversations in the cirlces of mainline and progressive Christianity, and a new online television network he’s launching. Read his bio.

Show Notes:

Connect with Steve Knight at knightopia.com/blog and on Twitter @knightopia

Subscribe to Sogo Media TV on YouTube youtube.com/sogomediatv

Social Media and Communication InnovationLab launching in September 2013 at Leadership Network

Mosaix Global Network – a relational network and resources for multiethnic churches and leaders

raw video of the unedited conversation with Steve Knight and DJ Chuang

On this episode of Social Media Church, hear a conversation with Dan Hickling, Internet Pastor at Calvary Chapel of Fort Lauderdale‘sWeb Campus. He describes how they facilitate an online worship experience that builds relationships and fosters discipleship, how they measure success, and why they don’t treat everyone the same online. He describes all this in such great detail, it’s almost like a play-by-play off of the run sheet. You can tell he’s a pastor and a teacher.

Show Notes

Connect with Dan Hickling on Facebook facebook.com/dan.hickling.58 and Twitter @Dan_Hickling10

DJ Chuang‘s List of Churches with Internet Campuses and/or Livestream

Article: Praying in the cloud: Churches use social media to get word out — Sun Sentinel (6/01/2012)

Worshipers no longer have to be in the same room, or even the same time zone, to meet, pray and get counseling via computer, cellphone and tablet during an average week with Calvary Chapel of Fort Lauderdale. In fact, the church’s web pastor, Dan Hickling, lives in Nashville.

On this episode of Social Media Church, we hear from Alan George, the Church Online Pastor at LifeChurch.tv, sharing the back story of how someone not technically-inclined became an Internet Campus Pastor, the big surprise of pastoring online, how to coordinate and mobilize a large team of volunteers, the missional use of technology, and what LifeChurch.tv might be dreaming up next.

Show Notes

Connect with Alan George on Twitter @alanvgeorge and Facebook facebook.com/alanvgeorge

Episode 10 of Social Media Church – Brandon Donaldson tells all about how LifeChurch.tv launched its Internet Campus

Church Online – LifeChurch.tv worship experiences online

Church Online Platform – a free tool to help you launch an online ministry

ChurchMetrics.com – track your church data

#news: Bible.com joins the YouVersion family and LifeChurch.tv’s newly formed Digerati Church to Church Team more LifeChurch.tv resources for your church – and yes it’s all free

Jason Caston is Internet Church Developer at The Potter’s House / T.D. Jakes Ministries and author of The iChurch Method, among a number of other titles and accomplishments. On this episode of the Social Media Church, listen to how he got into social media, how The Potter’s House incorporates social media and streaming media, who really does the Twittering on Bishop T.D. Jakes‘ Twitter account, and more.

Show Notes

Connect with Jason Caston on Twitter @jasoncaston and at iChurchMethod.com

Jason’s book, The iChurch Method: How to Advance Your Ministry Online (self-published)

The Potter’s House (Dallas, Texas) / T.D. Jakes Ministries

The Potter’s House Internet Church

watch raw video of this conversation with DJ Chuang + Jason Caston

Jason is quoted in this KDAF-TV news video, Tweeting in Church, iPad Bibles Now Common For Worship: North Texas, Nation’s Churches Go High Tech To Reach Congregations (4/23/12):

At the Potter’s House in Dallas it’s Jason Caston’s job to stay on top of trends.

“Basically my job is to take whatever new technology is out there, and for the most part they`re very low cost, and make sure the ministry is able to utilize them,” said Potter`s House Social Media & Mobile Developer Jason Caston.

The Potter’s House uses Facebook, Twitter and even Pinterest to connect with its congregation. They also stream services live on iPhone, iPad and android.

“We have our first app coming down the line for the Pastors and Leaders conference that`s coming up in about two weeks and then after that we`ll have your TDJakes.org app and then your Potter`s House app,” said Caston.

#article: Twittering in Church, with the Pastor’s O.K. (Time magazine, May 2009) spotlighted 4 churches that are using Twitter as a part of their worship services

And, I’d mention Cross Point Church (crosspoint.tv, Nashville, Tennessee) as one of the most social media active churches I’ve seen

On this episode of Social Media Church, DJ Chuang talks with Bryce Ashlin-Mayo, who is doing doctoral studies on the effects of information technology and social media on preaching. Since he is studying this topic in-depth, a podcast episode can only begin to the scratch the surface on the many issues to explore and consider with regards to making preaching (and teaching) more effective in the world we live in that’s saturated with social media. Bryce noted how times have changed drastically, and preaching, not so much:

Most pastors, including myself, have a tendency to enter the homiletic act with presuppositions based on former questions, presuppositions and assumptions. These questions, presumptions and assumptions were designed and based on a culture and society that once was, rather than now is. I think this tendency is largely due to an ignorance regarding the seismic change that is occurring culturally around us. This change is ubiquitous and will effect everything – including preaching. — via Preaching in the “Age of Anxiety”

Show Notes

Bryce Ashlin-Mayo’s blog, on Twitter @BryceAshlinMayo, Facebook facebook.com/bryceashlinmayo

watch raw unedited video of this conversation – Bryce Ashlin-Mayo and DJ Chuang

Parkview Alliance Church

George Fox Seminary

Mobiquity: A Semiotic Analysis of Google Glass (part 1 of 3), part 2 of 3, and part 3 of 3

On this episode of Social Media Church, you’ll hear from  Jason Morris, the Online Campus Pastor of Westside Family Church. The featured audio is a portion of the live recording from the Advanced Social Media workshop at the National Worship Leader Conference (NWLC 2012) in Kansas City. Outstanding creative ideas include: gamification, making volunteering crazy fun, involving underage kids, making room in the physical campus lobby for the online campus, using beer and mint for communion, and so much more!

Show Notes

Jason Morris – blog, Twitter @jasonandmaria, Facebook facebook.com/jcmorris

Westside Family Church in Lenexa, Kansas, and its Online Campus, powered by the Church Online platform

National Worship Leader Conference in California, October 9-11, 2012 @ Escondido (North San Diego) worshipleader.com/nwlcca

Google Voice google.com/voice

Bonus: Read about Jason’s use of Google AdWords, $10k worth of ads for FREE to churches – Church Using Free Google Ads to Transform Internet Campus via Leadership Network

Social Media Church features on this episode the back story of how LifeChurch.tv started its Internet Campus (now called Church Online). Brandon Donaldson shared the story on a November 2008 Leadership Network webinar, A Closer Look at Internet Campuses. Brandon started as LifeChurch.tv’s Internet Campus Pastor in 2005, launched it in April 2006, and continued in that role through mid-2011, when Alan George took on the role.

I’ve excerpted just the relevant portions from the webinar audio pertaining to LifeChurch.tv and included the Q&A relating to LifeChurch.tv. (The full webinar also had a presentation about Flamingo Road Church’s Internet Campus, now known as Potential Church.)

At the time of this episode’s publishing, there are less than 100 U.S. churches with Internet campuses. Hearing this back story can be most helpful for the other 300,000+ churches to develop their use of social media and the Internet to extend their ministries.

Show Notes

A Closer Look at Internet Campuses – watch video of entire webinar and webinar show notes

LifeChurch.tv ‘s Church Online now runs 51 online worship experiences every week, and has since launched its Church Online Platformfor free so your church can run its own online worship experience too

DJ Chuang’s List of Churches with Internet Campuses or Livestreams

 

Social Media Church chats with the first female Internet Campus Pastor Bernadine Young of Family Life Church. She lives in Houston, Texas, and Family Life Church is physically in Brunswick, Georgia, possibly foreshadowing of an emerging trend for how church leaders can work together from remote locations.

Show Notes

• Bernadine Young @bernadineyoung on Twitter and Tumblr blog
• Family Life Church and its Internet Campus
• Google Map of Family Life Church’s 11 locations
• Chris Foster‘s 2010 Interview with Bernadine Young – The first female internet campus pastor
• DJ Chuang’s Linsanity board on Pinterest

Social Media Church connects with Nathan Castleberry for a conversation about being deputized as the second Internet Campus Pastor at Potential Church, a multi-site church that started in Cooper City, Florida. Potential Church was formerly known as Flamingo Road Church, and launched an Internet Campus to hold worship online back in 2007.

Show Notes

• Nathan Castleberry on Twitter @nathancberry, on Facebook facebook.com/nathan.castleberry
• Video of the first internet baptism on February 17, 2008
• Potential Church Online is sometimes affectionately called the iCampus
• worshipleader.com/nwlcca National Worship Leader Conference, Oct 9-11, San Diego, California
• djchuang.com – slides from NWLC 12 social media workshops (basic and advanced)

On this episode of Social Media Church, I, DJ Chuang, roundup some things I’ve seen recently that point to what the future of the Internet church could look like. I think it’s still too early to call, but there are models beginning to take shape. Segments on this episode: my response to a couple of articles about how social media might shape the church, examples of network churches (organizational churches resourcing organic churches), Internet evangelism, and using Google+ Hangout on Air for online ministry.

Show notes:

• Phil Petty’s How will Social Media Reshape the Way we do Church? and Will Mobile Social Media Change How we do Church?
• Ryan Kellermeyer’s “Bottom-Up Theology in an Age of Networked Intelligence“
• Global Media Outreach (GMO), video introducing their online ministry
• LifeChurch.tv‘s NetworkChurches.tv
• Northland Church‘s DoingChurchSimply.com
• MultiplyMovement.com – Francis Chan’s online discipleship course (beta?)
• Jason Morris, Internet Campus Pastor at Westside Family Church (Kansas City)
• Google+ Hangout

At one of the earliest churches to have an Internet Campus, Seacoast Church, is Seth Farrior. On this episode, hear Seth tell about what prepared him to host online worship experiences, how Seacoast makes their Internet Campus carry the same ministry values as its physical campuses, and what they’re exploring next.

This extended episode of Social Media Church with Vince Marotte covers considerable new ground. Vince Marotte is the Internet Pastor at Gateway Church (Austin, Texas) and authored an e-book titled “Context and Voice: communication design in our new media culture.” Vince unpacks his church’s online ministry philosophy, its integration of various technologies for a customized experience, and his rethinking new forms of church that’s contextualized in an Internet-connected culture.

• Twitter @m_vince
• Gateway Church’s Internet Campus
• http://solutions.316networks.com – video streaming provider
• https://secure.kimbia.com – online giving
• http://wibiya.conduit.com/ – Wibiya Bar interactive features
• The Table – private social network for churches
• Vince’s blog post: 3 internet campus models
• Prayer Labyrinth Open Source Project intro video – Vince’s YouTube channel
• Live stream hardware setup – video overview
• Pay with Square – geo-location mobile payment app
• http://nextdoor.com – social network for neighborhoods
• Vince took notes at Clay Shirky’s SXSWi 2011 talk, with link to audio
• Clay Shirky books: Cognitive Surplus: How Technology Makes Consumers into Collaborators and Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations
• http://theoatmeal.com – popular online comic strip; the problem “What should I do about FunnyJunk.com?,” the fundraiser, the update
• Watch raw video of this conversation – recorded via Google+ Hangout on Air

Social Media Church’s DJ Chuang talks with Marc Payan, a lay pastor with Christian Tabernacle in Santa Ana, California. Marc shares practical ways that their pastoral team keeps a pulse on what’s happening in the lives of its church members via Facebook, how they’re using Soundcloud to spread the Word, developing livestream video of worship services, incorporating leadership development, and more

• Connect with Marc Payan at payanx.com, on twitter @iMarriage and @payanx, at facebook.com/MyPayanX
• Christian Tabernacle and its social media channels:
  • Facebook facebook.com/westcoastct
  • Twitter twitter.com/westcoastct
  • Soundcloud soundcloud.com/westcoastct – audio sermons
  • Livestream livestream.com/ctwclive – livestream video and video archive, with their Church Online under development at westcoastct.churchonline.org
• watch dynamic bilingual English/Hispanic sermon delivery at livestre.am/1GsPh starting at 41:30
• Church Online Platform churchonlineplatform.com – free tool for launching an online ministry
• Watch video mashup of photos illustrating his amazing personal transformation, losing 88 pounds in 1 year
• article: “Praying in the cloud: Churches use social media to get word out” in Sun Sentinel, June 1st, 2012

In this episode of Social Media Church, DJ Chuang talks with Justin Lathrop about how a church could use Twitter to connects locally (taking a cue from a twitter-active mayor), how he uses social media as a connector and strategist, and a lesson from his social media faux pas.

Justin blogs at JustinLathrop.com + @justinlathrop on Twitter + facebook.com/justin.lathrop on Facebook. Justin Lathrop is Director of Strategic Relations at General Council of the Assemblies of God and previously the Director of Strategic Development at The Oaks Fellowship.

Show Notes

• Corey Booker (@coreybooker) is Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, dug residents out of a blizzard (snow storm) in December 2010; and in April 2012 he rescued a neighbor from a burning house with 1000s of tweets applauding the mayor via thememe #CoreyBookerStories
• The Oaks Fellowship and its Internet Campus
• River Valley Church (Minnesota) and its Internet Campus
• New Break Church (San Diego)
• Leadership Network – Ideas to Implementation to Impact
• Vanderbloemen Search Group – church staffing firm
• DJ Chuang’s Pinterest board of ex-churches – buildings that used to be churches

An extended conversation with Nils Smith (@NilsSmith), the Social Media Pastor at Community Bible Church (CBC), San Antonio, Texas. Actually, his title is Pastor of Social Media and Young Adults (at the time of this writing).

Nils shares about CBC launched its online church in just 6 weeks back in July 2010 and now CBC Online is reaching 7,500 computers weekly with 168 services, that’s one every hour on the hour 24/7, plus its Spanish channel (CBCespanol.com), and online life groups. We even talk about staffing, volunteers, metrics, what’s flopped, finances, and more.

Watch the CBC Online 1 Year Anniversary video

The platform they use to host online church is mediasocial.tv

YouTube Playlist introducing CBC Online to new users

Want more Nils? Get more of Nils Smith in this video interview by Jason Stambaugh of heartyourchurch.com

Welcome to the first episode of the Social Media Church! This weekly podcast aims to be a place for conversations with church leaders about social media. On this podcast, you’ll hear from church leaders from around the country (United States of America) and around the world, and as you listen to their thinking behind why and how they’re incorporating social media into the life of their church, it’s our hope that you’ll also hear their heartbeat. You’ll hear from church leaders on the front lines of ministry, those who are pushing the envelope and dreaming up new possibilities, as well as church leaders in contexts that are just beginning to go from print to digital.

Our first guest is Kenny Jahng, Pastor of Media & Innovation at Liquid Church, a multi-site church in New Jersey. We discuss how Liquid Church is using social media to extend its ministry online and offline, incorporating both social media and traditional media, explaining the importance of innovation in the church, and more.

You’ll see 2 photos below, because there are 2 voices on the podcast. That’s me, DJ Chuang, on the left, and I’ll usually be the podcast host; and Kenny is pictured on the right.

Show Notes

• Kenny Jahng is on Twitter as @godvertiser and @kkcoolj and one of his blogs is Godvertiser.com – digital marketing tips for the church
• Silent Night Virtual Choir video cf. press release and media about how they did it
• Raw video of our video chat recorded via Google+ Hangout on Air

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