Episode 3: Social Media Church with Justin Lathrop

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In this episode of Social Media Church, DJ Chuang talks with Justin Lathrop about how a church could use Twitter to connects locally (taking a cue from a twitter-active mayor), how he uses social media as a connector and strategist, and a lesson from his social media faux pas.

Justin blogs at JustinLathrop.com + @justinlathrop on Twitter + facebook.com/justin.lathrop on Facebook. Justin Lathrop is Director of Strategic Relations at General Council of the Assemblies of God and previously the Director of Strategic Development at The Oaks Fellowship.

Show Notes

• Corey Booker (@coreybooker) is Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, dug residents out of a blizzard (snow storm) in December 2010; and in April 2012 he rescued a neighbor from a burning house with 1000s of tweets applauding the mayor via the meme #CoreyBookerStories
• The Oaks Fellowship and its Internet Campus
• River Valley Church (Minnesota) and its Internet Campus
• New Break Church (San Diego)
• Leadership Network - Ideas to Implementation to Impact
• Vanderbloemen Search Group - church staffing firm
• DJ Chuang’s Pinterest board of ex-churches - buildings that used to be churches