Media Outreach

Twitter and the Church

Social networks and blogs are quickly making way over personal emailing as a way of communication. According to research completed by The Neilsen Company, 67 percent of the global online population are using social networking sites like Facebook and micro blogging sites like Twitter to stay connected to their “community.” With the somewhat new trend of [...]

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Trendy Tuesday

Honduras- The Honduran Supreme Court ordered the removal of the Honduran President from the country in an effort to change the constitution. Michael Jackson- The 50 year old pop-star died in Los Angeles on June 25th. Cause of death- still to be determined. What was your favorite Michael Jackson song? Ipod- An intern at CrunchGear swapped [...]

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How are you telling your story online ?

The power of a story should never be underestimated. I believe that the “Church” has the most amazing story to tell. Watch how this video below tells the story of what he did in 2008. Short and sweet and very simple. Here are a few ideas that you can use to help tell your churches story [...]

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The Welt

I was playing paintball a few years ago. There was a shed that we were supposed to protect. I was hiding behind the door as someone on the other team came through. I told him to surrender or get painted. He turned, put his hands in the air. Looking at his eyes, I knew there [...]

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The Intersection: Larry Shaw from Life Springs Worship Center; Lexington, SC

1. Can you give me some background about the church and how long have you been there ? Life Springs Worship Center was planted by the West Columbia Pentecostal Holiness Church in December 2001; so we’ve been here for 7 ½ years.  We are part of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church (IPHC) based in Oklahoma City, [...]

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And the Top Twitterers are…

Top Twitterers based on number of followers: Ashton Kutcher- 2,339,251 followers Ellen Degeneres- 1,993,474 followers Britney Spears- 1,927,625 followers CNN- 1,914,238 followers Twitter- 1,503,783 followers Barack Obama- 1,467,450 followers John Mayer- 1,410,658 followers Oprah Winfrey- 1,402,212 followers Ryan Seacrest- 1,367,634 followers The_Real_Shaq- 1,336,246 followers Source: Twittown pic by woodleywonderworks

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Grab Their Attention

Neilsen Online just came out with some internet usage stats for May 2009.  I thought they were interesting and goes to show just how much time people are on the Internet. During the month of May, the average person viewed 2,352 web pages. They spent an average of 56 seconds on each web page. With so little [...]

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Making Twitter Work for You

I read an article from November 2008 on computerworld.com but thought the info was relevant and wanted to share. Everyone is trying to figure out how Twitter can work for them. Whether it’s a marketing plan or just another avenue of communication, Twitter is trying to make it easier. But if you’re a church or business [...]

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Book Review: What Women Wish Pastors Knew

I was in the book store a few weeks ago, and my eye caught the book entitled “What Women Wish Pastors Knew” by Denise George. I have seen this book here and there. But I felt like I really needed to read this book. I believe men, and specifically pastors, often  times overlook what women [...]

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Online strategy…

This is going to be a rather odd and unusual post. It’s has more questions than answers. But I think they may be good questions. What would you make available online, if someone in your church only had your website as a reference for all their spiritual questions? They could call the office or email [...]

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