Social Media Church podcast

Oscar Soto of Christ Fellowship: Episode 46

djchuang — Sun, 12 May 2013 20:30:52 +0000

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

djchuang — Tue, 07 May 2013 14:02:43 +0000

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

djchuang — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:00:47 +0000

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

djchuang — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 23:03:57 +0000

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

djchuang — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:30:34 +0000

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

djchuang — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:00:57 +0000

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

The making of Social Media Church: Episode 40

djchuang — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:15:41 +0000

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

#article LinkedIn Gone Wild: ’20 Percent Time’ to Tinker Spreads Beyond Google
Google Voice google.com/voice
Google+ Hangout plus.google.com/hangouts
Skype video & audio calls skype.com
Blue Yeti USB Microphone
Audacity – open-source audio editor
WordPress – open-source content management system
PowerPress – WordPress Plugin
browse episodes of Social Media Church by guest pix = socialmediachurch.net/guests
List of Churches with Internet Campuses
DJ Chuang’s itinerary
Support the Ministry of DJ Chuang

Selected Episodes

Top 5 Most Downloaded Episodes (to date)

How to Podcast – Key Ingredients: Episode 39

djchuang — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:33:33 +0000

The Social Media Church podcast is a weekly conversation with church leaders about social media. On this episode, we break from the typical conversation and open the floor for host DJ Chuang to describe the key ingredients that go into making a podcast so you can think through the preparation for the podcast you should be producing.

Show Notes

Connect with DJ Chuang at djchuang.com, on Twitter @djchuang, facebook.com/djchuang

my List of Christian podcasts that aren’t sermons

Results from a 2007 study conducted by The Barna Group showed that 38% of evangelicals and 31% of other born-again Christians had listened to a sermon or church teaching via podcasts

5 Podcast Ideas to Connect to an Online Audience

Facebook Groups: Online ministry & church practitioners, Social Media for Churches

Google+ Community: Social Media in the Church, Church Tech

Podcast Resources

ing Church Trilogy: Podcasting Church, Tweeting Church, & The Serving Church [Kindle Edition] by Paul Alan Clifford
Podcast Answer Man has a suggested equipment list and Learn How To Podcast 101 video tutorials
The Audacity to Podcast (TAP)
TAP069: Top Podcast Directories and How to Get in Them
howtopodcasttutorial.com – step-by-step podcast tutorials

Podcast Hosting

Buzzsprout.com (freemium) has tutorials @ Podcasting 101
sermon.net (free)
sermoncloud.com (freemium)
sermondrop.com (freemium)
libsyn.com

Podcasting Buzz

Podcasting – Is the Old New Again? (Chris Brogan)
The Resurrection Of Podcasting (Six Pixels of Separation)
Podcasting Renaissance: Is Podcasting Making a Comeback? (Social Media Examiner)

#aside Lon Solomon’s NOT A SERMON, JUST A THOUGHT sixty-second messages based on real-life issues, broadcast throughout the Washington D.C. metro area — [ed.note: and ought to setup a podcast feed to increase distribution]

Elwood Matthews of Zion Church: Episode 38

djchuang — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:30:24 +0000

Elwood Matthews is Online Pastor at Zion Church in the metro Washington DC area. Listen to this episode of Social Media Church to hear about how their church launched its iCampus, how they make it a meaningful online worship experience, and what they’re exploring next.

Show Notes

Connect with Elwood Matthews on Twitter @elwoodmatthews

#video Landmines (a sermon series promo)

Dr. Tim Hutchings, online church researcher: Episode 37

djchuang — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:00:28 +0000

This episode of Social Media Church features a conversation with Dr. Tim Hutchings, currently a research fellow in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Open University and editor of the Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture. Tim discusses learnings and insights from rigorous academic research about online churches, what kind of people worship online, explores whether online relationships are real or not, and much much more.

Show Notes

Connect with Dr. Tim Hutchings on Twitter @tim_hutchings

Participate in Tim’s current project, CyberBibles: New Media and Sacred Text. If you’ve tried using digital media to help you read the Bible, please fill out this survey – and encourage your friends to do the same. This survey is part of a new research project that aims to find out how digital media are changing Christian attitudes to Scripture. If you have ever read the Bible on a computer screen, listened to it on your MP3 player, joined an online reading group or downloaded a Bible app to your mobile phone, fill out the survey. Learn more about this research project.

Tim contributes to the Big Bible Project blog, i.e. Cyberchurch Theology (part one of, um, more than one), Cyberchurch Theology, Part Two: The Problem With Community, How Not to do Online Evangelism

Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture - a free online publication

“Considering religious community through online churches” published in Digital Religion: Understanding Religious Practice in New Media Worlds by Heidi Campbell (Routledge, 2012) – features a case study of St. Pixels (Church on the Internet) and LifeChurch.tv

Creating Church Online: Ritual, Community, and New Media by Tim Hutchings – to be published May 2013 by Routledge, based on his Ph.D. research, an ethnographic study of five Christian communities that met online, using new media to create forms of worship, teaching, evangelism and debate. The study focused on ritual, authority, community and the relationship between online and offline activity.

“Creating Church Online: Networks and Collectives in Contemporary Christianity” (by Tim Hutchings) is published in “Digital Religion, Social Media and Culture: Perspectives, Practices and Futures”, ed. Pauline Hope Cheong, Peter Fischer-Nielsen, Stefan Gelfgren and Charles Ess (Peter Lang, 2012)

#excerpt Creating church online: A case-study approach to religious experience, in Studies in World Christianity 13(3) (2008)

Scholar’s Top 5: Tim Hutchings’ 5 recommended resources on the topic of online Christian churches

Rey Lopez of City Church: Episode 36

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:02:37 +0000

This episode of Social Media Church features a conversation with Rey Lopez, the Online Campus Pastor at City Church (San Antonio, Texas), and that’s just one of three hats that he wears. Pastor Rey talks about how City Church launched its Online Campus, while in the whirlwind of being in a fast-growing church, how they’re [...]

Christian Warne of the Spoutcast: Episode 35

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:15:54 +0000

This Social Media Church episodes features a conversation with Christian Warne, founder and co-host of The Spoutcast, a weekly podcast show hosted by Christian Warne, Sarah Welles and Jayne Fossett at The Well Community Church in Fresno, California. You may have noticed that a large overwhelming majority of church podcasts are just an on-demand feed of sermons. [...]

Brent Wong, Dave Ingland: Episode 34

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:36:59 +0000

On this episode of the Social Media Church, DJ Chuang chats with 2 friends he’s known for years, Brent Wong and Dave Ingland, having connected with them offline (aka IRL – “in real life”) and online. Brent shares how he recently got inspired to get active on social media, and Dave describes his unique perspective [...]

Justin Wise: Episode 33

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:00:10 +0000

This Social Media Church episode features a conversation with Justin Wise, Communications Director for Monk Development, an internet technology company. We learn about his past experience as a digital director at Lutheran Church of Hope (Des Moines, Iowa), how he launched an Internet Campus for a Lutheran church, and his keen insights about social media, [...]

Todd Rhoades: Episode 32

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:00:37 +0000

Listen to this Social Media Church podcast conversation with Todd Rhoades about how he curates interesting content about the church, his perspective on the evolution of social media, how email is still relevant, online conferences at Leadership Network, why social media is underutilized in local churches, and more. Todd is the Director of New Media [...]

Adam Jeske on #u12 Pastoring via Twitter: Episode 31

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:00:43 +0000

Listen to how social media was integrated into the Urbana 12 conference with Adam Jeske, who directed and coordinated the 14-member Social Media Squad at the Urbana Missions Conference to actively engaged 16,000+ participants along with others off-site via a livestream video feed and other social feeds too — nearly 40,000 tweets on the event [...]

Meredith Gould of #ChSocM : Episode 30

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:53:48 +0000

This episode of the Social Media Church podcast features a conversation with Dr. Meredith Gould, the founder and host of the Twitter-based ecumenical Church Social Media Chat using hashtag #ChSocM. Listen to the back story of how this Tweetchat has flourished over the past year and a half, becoming the go-to place on Twitter for [...]

Dana Byers of BlueDoor.tv and LifeChurch.tv : Episode 29

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:00:47 +0000

Dana Byers is our first special guest in 2013 on the Social Media Church podcast, and she shares about her top learnings from years of experience in doing online ministry globally with Blue Door Ministries, as well as her ministry as Online Community Pastor at LifeChurch.tv. Show Notes Connect with Dana Byers on Twitter @danalbyers and [...]

Scott Asai of The Startup Church: Episode 28

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 23:15:50 +0000

Scott Asai is the author of “The Startup Church: Reaching Millennials Where Faith Meets Business” and stops by Social Media Church podcast for a conversation about self-publishing via print-on-demand, and what he envisions for a new kind of church that could better reach Millennials. Of course, Scott describes how that does involve social media. Scott [...]

Douglas Estes of SimChurch: Episode 27

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:30:51 +0000

Listen to this espisode of Social Media Church to hear a conversation with Douglas Estes, author of SimChurch: Being the Church in the Virtual World (Zondervan, 2009.) We talked about his insightful perspective about churches using technology, and what he thinks might be next for the church in a virtual world. I like this book’s [...]

Antoine RJ Wright of Mobile Ministry Magazine: Episode 26

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:45:38 +0000

This episode of Social Media Church features the founder of Mobile Ministry Magazine, Antoine RJ Wright. Listen to his insights about mobile technology and how it’s developed over the past decade. You’ll also hear about how he creates his sketchnotes (visual note-taking), 3 personal tips for how to manage time while being a very active [...]

Jan Touchberry of Christ Fellowship McKinney: Episode 25

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 15:00:00 +0000

This episode of Social Media Church features a conversation with Jan Touchberry, the Internet Campus Pastor (and Programming Director) of Christ Fellowship (McKinney, Texas). And she’s the first attendee at iMinistry 2012 to share an eyewitness account of her experience here on Social Media Church. Question to you: anyone have experience with the Amazon cloud [...]

Going Social and Leaving Fear Behind: Episode 24

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 04:04:43 +0000

Terrace Crawford chats on the Social Media Church podcast about his new book, Going Social: A Practical Guide on Social Media for Church Leaders. The book carries with it endorsements from heavyweights like Ed Stetzer, Kem Meyer, Scott McClellan, Tim Stevens, Todd Rhoades, Josh Griffin, Tim Schraeder, and more. Connect with Terrace Crawford on his [...]

How Social Media Shapes our Identity: Episode 23

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:06:50 +0000

On this episode of Social Media Church podcast, DJ Chuang talks with Identity Specialist Lem Usita about how social media affects our relationships and identity. Make sure you’re sitting down for this one, because this conversation may very well deconstruct your preconceived ideas. Lem Usita is a Professor (and Director of the Henry Morris Leadership [...]

Bruce Reyes-Chow: Episode 22

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 18:57:34 +0000

Bruce Reyes-Chow stops by the Social Media Church podcast to share about his years of experience in using social media as an author, blogger, pastor, podcaster, and moderator of a mainline denomination, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), or PCUSA in short. Bruce is an ordained minister, the founding pastor of Mission Bay Community Church, the Moderator [...]

Josh Burns of Park Community Church: Episode 21

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:00:40 +0000

This episode features a conversation with Josh Burns with a bonus segment of my best tips for churches thinking about launching an Internet campus. Josh Burns, Director of Web and Social Media at Park Community Church (Chicago, IL), explains how he gets paid to do social media for a church, the philosophy of how his church [...]

Episode 20: The Value of Social Media Engagement

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:15:13 +0000

Why should churches and pastors use social media? It’s a question I still hear from more pastors than not, even though the impact of social media can be as great as being a factor for overturning the government of Egypt, and shaping the political conversations of this election year, to name a few. DJ Chuang, [...]

Episode 19: Jay Kranda of Saddleback Church

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:34:19 +0000

This episode of Social Media Church podcast features a conversation with Jay Kranda, the Internet Campus Pastor at Saddleback Church, yes, the one pastored by none other than Pastor Rick Warren. You’ll hear about how Saddleback’s Internet Campus is developing to be more purpose-driven, how they’re doing online small groups, Saddleback’s value for community. Plus, [...]

Episode 18: Dan Ohlerking of Healing Place Church

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 21:05:25 +0000

What surfaced during the conversation on this episode of Social Media Church with Dan Ohlerking, Online Campus Pastor of Healing Place Church (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) was the lifeline of prayer. We often talk about the importance of prayer as church leaders, yet where can the average person go to participate in prayer online? Hear how [...]

Episode 17: Chris Surratt of Cross Point Church

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:56:07 +0000

What’s it like to be at a church where social media usage is actively encouraged and most welcomed? Social Media Church talks with Chris Surratt of Cross Point Church (Nashville TN), one of the most social media active churches around, where multiple faces and voices can be seen and heard online almost every day. Hear [...]