Twitter, it’s kind of a big deal.
And it seems that it’s really a big deal when it breaches the walls of the sacred, sotospeak.
Time Magazine recenly had some coverage of Twittering in Church that’s worth a read if you’ve got a second.
Probably one of the coolest things is that the pastoral staff had training sessions for his congregation to help them understand the service as well as train them in use.
That’s pretty progressive. That’s wisdom. Training is definitely a smart move.
One final point of note is a quote that really stuck out to me:
“If God leads you to continue this as a form of worship by all means do it.”
This open attitude in terms of use is refreshing, especially when I’ve seen a lot of the times a all-or-nothing approach to technology use and adoption.
Good stuff guys. Good stuff.
sullied says
that is a pretty cool quote. never thought about it that way
David says
This makes me very happy π
Graham Brenna says
I twittered this article from TIME earlier today! I think I might use it in my talk in a couple weeks! http://www.gbrenna.com/u/h
chrissulli says
It has been awesome to see how church leaders have been early adopters of so many new technologies (kind of goes against everything people assume about the church) and all the creative ministry uses.
Brian Alexander says
I tweeted this a few days ago, saw it on numerous blogs, and now I see it here. A bit popular of an article I think,
Phillip Gibb says
this is a very cool concept, I tried doing this myself at church; two Sundays ago and it was great.
Not only do I get to tell everyone how cool everything is going from setup to set down, I get to share the Word and the message.
Using a phone is not easy though, and last Sunday Twitter would not let me sign in, grrrr.
Maybe people should he identified and given a better interface than a phone to twitter on; the official twitter person.
The only draw back of this is that a single person has a different and smaller reach than a number of people.
Josh Wagner says
I still feel awkward and somewhat disrespectful if I tweet in church. I feel like I should be paying attention to the service, not my phone. But if the church can leverage this for good, then good! I might have to try it once or twice to see.
Graham Brenna says
My position in my church forces me to be up in our sound booth away from the congregation. This allows me to tweet and take notes from my iPod Touch without worrying what the people around me think. In my church… I feel that if I broke out my iTouch in the midst of the congregation that I'd get some stares. It's too bad… because I may be the only person really taking notes!!! π
Jim says
Ugh…I've been questioned by my pastor and one of the radio-execs about twittering in church. My wife and I had a conversation about this when it came out. At the moment it seems that live-blogging would make more sense to us than twittering.
Graham Brenna says
Twitter can be "Live Blogging"… just sayin π
Jim says
just had another conversation with Sharon(wife) we both have an issue with twittering in that you'd have to be very focused on the sermon to twitter. kind of like trying to read a book and watch tv. i don't think that everyone should be doing it. i'm going to write an article on it soon.
Graham Brenna says
Can't wait to read your article! Keep in mind that some people are better multi-taskers than others. I oftentimes watch my favorite "thinker" TV shows such as LOST, 24 and PrisonBreak while playing around on the interwebs. I don't miss a thing on either my TV screen or my computer screen. It's sort of a generational thing I think… π
Adeline says
It's only 140 words. It wouldn't take you more than 1 minute to conceptualize and comment on the sermon. Just not worshiping, when you are in full focus on God.