Social Media Church podcast

Nate Merrill of Lake Pointe Church: Episode 47

May 212013

May 21, 2013 Episodes Tagged with: conference, event, iMinistry No Responses »

Podcast: Download (Duration: 28:22 — 13.0MB)

This episode of Social Media Church features a conversation with Nate Merrill, Associate Pastor of the Internet Campus for Lake Pointe Church (Rockwall, Texas) and the official location of iMinistry 2012 and iMinistry 2013. Listen to Nate Merrill share the back story of why Lake Pointe Church started its Internet Campus, what kind of results they’re seeing, and some of the great learnings from last year’s iMinistry gathering and what’s coming this year! (Be sure to listen closely for the special discount code for $50 off!)

Show Notes

Connect with Nate Merrill on Twitter @TheNateMerrill

#event iMinistry 2013 – October 15-17, 2013 – the most unique nationwide gathering to discuss Internet Ministry and Church Online

#webinar Top 3 Tech Trends Impacting the Church via @leadnet

#news The Table has been aquired by Gateway Church (video) and Press Release – A Technology Tool That Can Revolutionize Churches Worldwide: Gateway Church Acquires The Table Project

#episode Jason Morris of Westside Family Church was on Episode 11 of Social Media Church (Nate mentioned how Jason makes volunteering fun)

Oscar Soto of Christ Fellowship: Episode 46

May 122013

May 12, 2013 Episodes Tagged with: campus, free, online, webinar 1 Response »

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Social Media Church features a conversation with Oscar Soto, the Online Campus Pastor of Christ Fellowship (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida). We take an insider look at how Christ Fellowship reaches as many people online as they do offline, how they do 16 online services every week, online training, translating messages into American Sign Language (ASL) for online ministry to deaf, and more!

Show Notes

Connect with Oscar Soto on Twitter @OscarSotoJr and on Facebook at facebook.com/oscarsotojr; on Christ Fellowship’s Online Campus at live.gochristfellowship.com

#article Click ‘Pray’ to Pray: How Evangelical Megapastor Joel Osteen Is Saving Souls With Facebook (Huffington Post, 5/9/13)

#webinar Sign up for the free Leadership Network webinar, “Top 3 Tech Trends Impacting the Church” - Thursday May 16th (2:00pm ET/ 11:00am PT) with a panel of thought leaders from Google, MonkDev, Social Media Church, and Menlo Park Presbyterian Church to discuss the trends of Social Media Engagement, Mobile Implementation, and Crowd Mobilization.

Beyond Digital Initiative of Leadership Network - The two primary components of the Beyond Digital initiative are the Beyond Digital Leadership Community and the Leadership Network Hackathons. The Beyond Digital Leadership Community is a two-year, peer-centered learning community that brings together innovative church leaders who place a high strategic value on digital tools, tactics, and spaces for accomplishing their church’s mission. These are churches that have “gone digital” to a high degree, but also recognize that having an app or an internet campus isn’t the extent of their digital reach. The result of the Beyond Digital Leadership Community will be the deployment of the most innovative digital tools of our time for the accomplishment of the timeless mission of the Church. Code for the Kingdom, Leadership Network’s Hackathons, will involve a series of creative contests designed to help churches engage and release the information technology innovation of the general public, without constraints of geographies, church membership, and cultures, to produce solutions that will advance the Kingdom.

John Dyer – From The Garden to the City: Episode 45

May 072013

May 7, 2013 Episodes 1 Response »

Podcast: Download (Duration: 29:19 — 13.4MB)

This episode of Social Media Church features a conversation with John Dyer, author of From the Garden to the City: The Redeeming and Corrupting Power of Technology. John is also the Executive Director of Communications and Educational Technology at Dallas Theological Seminary. We talk about a biblical perspective on technology, how technology is being incorporated in the seminary classroom, online education, which social media to use, and a possible future with wearable technologies like Google Glass.

Show Notes

John Dyer blogs at donteatthefruit.com and is on Twitter @JohnDyer

#book From the Garden to the City: The Redeeming and Corrupting Power of Technology by John Dyer

#episode How Technology Will Affect Your Ministry: Episode 44 - John Dyer’s presentation at DTS Chapel

#video watch the raw video of this conversation with John Dyer and DJ Chuang

How Technology Will Affect Your Ministry: Episode 44

Apr 302013

April 30, 2013 Episodes Tagged with: issues, ministry, technology, theology 3 Responses »

Podcast: Download (Duration: 43:30 — 19.9MB)

This episode of Social Media Church features a caller’s comment, commentary, and presentation. You can listen to the episode for the comment and commentary. And, the presentation “9 Ministry Issues You’ll Face with Technology” is an audio excerpt of a Chapel message by John Dyer, courtesy of Dallas Theological Seminary – used by permission. John Dyer is the Executive Director of Communications and Educational Technology at Dallas Theological Seminary. John is also the author of the thought-provoking book, From the Garden to the City: The Redeeming and Corrupting Power of Technology.

Show Notes

Arman Sheffey is an Associate Pastor at Torch Church (Round Lake Beach, IL); connect with him on Twitter @ArmanSheffey

Tim Keller blogs at KellerDating.com about Love, Sex and Dating in a Post-Christian World; connect with him on Twitter @TimothyKeller and Samantha Keller blogs at scrappysam.com

#blog #post Textamacy – How Social Media is Accelerating Relational Intimacy

John Dyer blogs at donteatthefruit.com and is on Twitter @JohnDyer

#presentation 9 Ways Technology Will Impact Your Future Ministry (3/6/2013 at DTS Chapel)

#presentation Thinking Theologically About Technology and Culture (3/5/2013 at DTS Chapel)

#book From the Garden to the City: The Redeeming and Corrupting Power of Technology by John Dyer

Paul Steinbrueck of Christian Web Trends: Episode 43

Apr 232013

April 23, 2013 Episodes Tagged with: google+, hangoutonair, live 4 Responses »

Podcast: Download (Duration: 39:21 — 18.0MB)

Social Media Church hosted its first live recording with Paul Steinbrueck, Founder of OurChurch.com - a Christian web company – an elder at Cypress Meadow Community Church, and blogger at Christian Web Trends among many other things too. This special episode of Social Media Church was recorded live on Google+ Hangout on Air before a live online audience. The topic revolved around how can pastors use social media more effectively with limited time. And we also made time for interactive Q&A with the audience.

By the way, do you know any church with a full-time Social Media Director on staff?

Show Notes

Connect with Paul Steinbrueck on Twitter @PaulSteinbrueck, and in addition to blogging at Christian Web Trends, he also has a personal blog at liveintentionally.org

Knott Avenue Christian Church

#blog Christian Web Trends posts related to church social media:

7 Practical Steps to Getting Started in Social Media

18 Ways Pastors Can Ruin their Reputation on Facebook

What is a Virtual Street Team?

#video watch the raw video of this conversation with Paul Steinbrueck and DJ Chuang

Peter Guirguis of Calvary Chapel South Bay: Episode 42

Apr 162013

April 16, 2013 Episodes Tagged with: news, Twitter 3 Responses »

Podcast: Download (Duration: 39:38 — 18.1MB)

This episode of Social Media Church features a conversation with Peter Guirguis, the Social Media Manager of Calvary Chapel South Bay. We talk about his passion for online ministry, how to share the Gospel online, and how to get thousands of Twitter followers, how often he does Twitter hygiene, and more.

Show Notes

Connect with Peter Guirguis on Twitter @petenaotg and his blog notashamedofthegospel.com

Get the (free) Guide to Getting Thousands of Twitter Followers

ManageFlitter.com - handy dandy Twitter followers manager

#article Pastor Rick Warren takes to social media to mourn son’s suicide (mobile version)

Contribute to The Matthew Warren Fund for Mental Health

Follow on Twitter – Pastor Rick Warren @RickWarren and Kay Warren @KayWarren1

The back story of YouVersion Bible app: Episode 41

Apr 092013

April 9, 2013 Episodes Tagged with: bible, LifeChurchtv, YouVersion No Responses »

Podcast: Download (Duration: 34:38 — 15.9MB)

This episode of Social Media Church features a presentation (excerpted with permission) courtesy of The Gathering, a community of givers for Christian philanthropy. During The Gathering National Conference 2011, Bobby Gruenewald shared the history of YouVersion during a breakout session. Bobby Gruenewald serves as Pastor, Innovation Leader at LifeChurch.tv, and is the founder of the YouVersion. He was also listed in the Fast Company 100 Most Creative People in Business 2011.

Show Notes

Get the Bible app at bible.com or youversion.com, read the YouVersion blog blog.youversion.com for the latest news and updates, and follow @YouVersion on Twitter

#article The Next Bible (The Daily Beast, 03/12/13)

#video TEDxOU – Bobby Gruenewald – The Responsibility of Technology

#video The Bible In a Technological Age by Bobby Gruenewald at Q Portland 2011

#chapter The Engagement Economy (Bobby Gruenewald, YouVersion) in Book: A Futurist’s Manifesto, edited by Hugh McGuire and Brian O’Leary

#news Bible.com joins the YouVersion family! (8/30/12)

#episodes of Social Media Church with others at LifeChurch.tv: Dana Byers, Alan George, Brandon Donaldson

Follow Dana Byers’ blogger trip with Lemonade International April 14-18, 2013

List of Churches with Innovation Pastors (@ djchuang.com)

#dashboard now.youversion.com Today in the YouVersion Community – current statistics about the Bible app

Spring Break. No episode this week.

Apr 022013

April 2, 2013 News No Responses »

The Social Media Church podcast is taking a spring break after Easter. No new episode this week. Check out any of the 40 episodes in the archives for some great conversations with church leaders about social media – even better, browse the past episodes using avatars.

The making of Social Media Church: Episode 40

Mar 262013

March 26, 2013 Episodes Tagged with: SocialMediaChurch 6 Responses »

Podcast: Download (Duration: 33:02 — 15.1MB)

On this episode, listen to DJ Chuang share the back story of how the Social Media Church podcast came into existence — how I decided on the content and program format, what are the technologies and software used, and my lessons learned.

Show Notes