Social Media Vs Traditional Church

Introduction It only takes one word to put most traditional church members on edge, that word is change. Rather this change is picking a different paint color or changing services times, this can begin a fight that most are not ready to fight. Therefore, it is important to establish the biblical reasoning behind the changes made within the church walls. One such concept is establishing the difference between church tradition and scripture. All to often these two concepts are considered one in the same. The church has the unique opportunity to bring in new and fresh innovations to a Sunday morning service, all the while keeping with the tradition and rooted aspects of the church. The argument usually stands at the heart of any discussion …show more content…
For this reason, it is a vital tool for the church, that just so happens to be free. Social media stands to do two things: engage your congregation and reach out to the community. Social media takes many different form rather it be Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. It is important for the user of these tools to realize their own purpose of using this relatively new technology to send the message of the gospel. In other words social media should be used to care for the congregates of the church and share to gospel to those who do not believe, thus comes the encouragement and outreach of social media. The use of social media should begin slow if it is not something that is already integrated within ones church. If this is something new then start slow, nothing could be worse then trying to establish your church on five different social media sites all at once. Especially if one person runs all of the social media with your church. For this reason take it slow and begin to accurately paint the picture of the heartbeat of your church. If I go to a traditional Southern Baptist church it would not make since for me to post coffee house pictures with the sermon series as …show more content…
The purpose of social media should not be just posting announcements and an e-bulletin. As the church we are called to invest in the relationships of those around us. If the average person that attends your church is a young parent then it would be to their advantage for you to minister by linking them to some awesome parenting websites or given them a quote to get them through a difficult day. One suggestion is the 80/20 rule, which states that 80 percent of what is posted should be adding value to people and only 20 percent should be talking about or promoting the