Comments on: Twitter for Churches

By: John At LifeWay

John At LifeWay — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:44:14 +0000

We may not be a church, but we are a ministry – LifeWay has several Twitter accounts these days. I run the one for LifeWay Student Ministry (@StudentMinistry). http://www.twitter.com/StudentMinistry

By: Joe Miller

Joe Miller — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:32:18 +0000

We had a rough go of using twitter in our service. I think everyone can learn from our mistake.

By: Barbara Rozgonyi

Barbara Rozgonyi — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 07:12:21 +0000

Put together this resource: http://www.thetwitterguide.com
Like your suggestions on how churches can use twitter. Will add this post to the guide.
Feel free to follow me @wiredprworks on twitter.com.
Barbara

By: Kyle Chowning

Kyle Chowning — Mon, 12 May 2008 04:47:59 +0000

Twitter, for business and ministry is not a must-have, just like the same with keeping up with friends, family, coworkers and the like. However, it has proven itself to be useful and engaging for those who have embraced it. Moreover, I’ve personally heard of people increasing traffic at their site/blog by up to 15% in a short amount of time due to their posts on Twitter.
The point is, it’s not for everyone, but it is for some. Remember, marketing is about meeting people where they are at and giving them a compelling reason to respond. Twitter is one tool that will compel people to action.
Check out 5 reasons why I believe twitter is a great app for today on my blog: http://snurl.com/28ghc
Kyle Chowning
twitter.com/chownage

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:30:43 +0000

Twitter is great – no doubt! There are companies like Mobile Verses (www.mobileverses.com) that provide mobile solutions specifically for churches. Text messaging, mobile sites, mobile storefronts) to communicate, engage, and raise money for churches. More and more churches are adopting a mobile strategy and very quickly look to move beyond text messaging once they become aware of what else is possible through the mobile phone.
As smart phones become more prevalent there is a growing need to serve congregations better by making info more readily available. For example, a text message with a link to a mobile site can provide up to date in depth info on events, sermons, content for sale…even pastor blogs and discussion boards – accessible just about anywhere.

By: Mark Brown

Mark Brown — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:49:11 +0000

What about Twitter Prayer? Actually I see the potential for twitter to develop beyond just text to photos, audio, vid etc.. The trick will then be for each of us to manage our network so we aren’t inundated with data. Once this is done, what an amazing community building tool it could be!

By: ethan

ethan — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 07:50:19 +0000

just added everyone to following status on my twitter twitter.com/ethand
in the end I think twitter is still a geek tool and a place for us geeks to hang out. Honestly I have more in common with some twitter friends whom I’ve never met than with people I know.
Maybe I just get tired of explaining what a blog is. Twitter allows me to have niche friends :-)

By: Jason Curlee

Jason Curlee — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:22:16 +0000

I love twitter as it can be useful for a variety of things other than telling people you are about to go eat pizza a such and such place.
I believe it really hasn’t been maximized yet.
Hit me up twitter.com/jasoncurlee

By: Kevin D. Hendricks

Kevin D. Hendricks — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:21:57 +0000

Brad, it all depends on how you use twitter, just like any other medium. A blog can be just as obsessive if you use it to tell people what you’re doing every moment of every day.
I usually ignore people who use Twitter like that.

By: Eric Atkins

Eric Atkins — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:01:01 +0000

Don’t look at Twitter as just a web app. Twitter extends beyond the browser.
Look at Twitter as a cell phone SMS app.
Imagine being able to send out SMS messages to your subscribers notifying them of events and gatherings. (BTW: Twitter has special “EVENT ACCOUNTS” that you can use if you mail them).
Twitter is a way to connect churches to the cell phones of the congregation.
Imagine using an application like TwitterFeed to catch RSS feeds and update Twitter at will. You could mash up several church apps and spit the results out to TwitterFeed –> Twitter –> congregation’s cell phone. Sojourn Huntsville’s web team is experimenting with this.
I’m on twitter at http://twitter.com/ericatkins