Comments on: Why Pastors Should Be Anxious About Social Media

By: Matt Harrell

Matt Harrell — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:00:47 +0000

That is excellent what mayo clinic is doing. Way to take the bull by the horns. There are so many other big brands that need this now. And churches will need it too. I like how mayo drives *everything* through that one blog.

By: The Tension of Building a Institutionally-Personal Brand - ChurchCrunch

The Tension of Building a Institutionally-Personal Brand - ChurchCrunch — Thu, 21 May 2009 23:52:31 +0000

[...] already blogged about the dangers of social media here, which would be a good reminder if you haven’t read it [...]

By: Fridays @ 10 - May 15 | Down Write Honest

Fridays @ 10 - May 15 | Down Write Honest — Sat, 16 May 2009 00:06:40 +0000

[...] Saddington a.k.a @human3rror posted a phenomenal blog titled Why Pastors Should be Anxious about Social Media over at Church [...]

By: human3rror

human3rror — Fri, 15 May 2009 12:52:08 +0000

yeah. agreed. i do that all the time…

By: Graham Brenna

Graham Brenna — Fri, 15 May 2009 12:28:51 +0000

Yeah… it's legit. A lot of times we tweet the first thought that comes to our head. Sometimes those thoughts aren't the best…

By: Tyler Gillies

Tyler Gillies — Fri, 15 May 2009 12:13:44 +0000

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By: human3rror

human3rror — Fri, 15 May 2009 11:11:04 +0000

yeah. in my circumstance i felt it was necessary to take down.

but, that was the first time ever… andhasn't been the last…

By: human3rror

human3rror — Fri, 15 May 2009 11:07:50 +0000

HAHA! THAT'S AWESOME!

By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 15 May 2009 03:40:28 +0000

I remember too the person who was hired by Cisco tweeting how they were going to get a nice paycheck but also hating having to work for them (the tweet was seen by a fellow Cisco employee): http://bhc3.wordpress.com/2009/03/17/how-to-tweet... Of course, there are times when we tweet or blog about something that we shouldn't have. But I'm not so sure we should get rid of it. After all, it does nothing more than reveal the fact that we're infallible and prone to the same missteps and mistakes like anybody else. The key is acknowledging it and seeking forgiveness.

By: benjizimmerman

benjizimmerman — Fri, 15 May 2009 02:56:50 +0000

Great stuff Andy.

John – I have already had 2 posts I have been asked to take off my personal site because it mis-represents what Central Christian Church is all about. I saw there point of view and took them down. But even well meaning bloggers like myself can post crap. I think that this issue is more important than the "internet celebrity" idea that you talked about a while back.

Especially the bigger the church, because take for example Central. We have almost 100 staff members. 15% have there own personal blogs, 5 different ministries have their own blogs, 50% of our staff is on twitter and about 80% on Facebook/Myspace/etc who monitors all that information? What is being said and not said and how it is communicated?

Social Media/Networking is amazing but it has no filter. We are boneheads and hotheads from time to time. How does a church censor all of the info going out?