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Today I learned that my church – Quail Springs Baptist Church in Oklahoma City – is now on Twitter!
Follow our church, plus some of our ministers here:
In case you haven’t heard…The Advance Conference will be taking place in Durham, NC, June 4th through June 6th, 2009. Speakers include John Piper, Mark Driscoll, Matt Chandler, Ed Stetzer , and Eric Mason. It looks like it will address some great topics such as “What is the Church?” and “Preaching the Gospel to the De-Churched.” If you happen to attend, please let Church Communications Pro what you thought of the conference and any “cliff notes” you would share with our friends.
Twitter is an amazing tool that continues to explode and gain a more mainstream attraction. The unusual thing Branding Shed has discovered is that Twitter is mostly used by people over the age of 30 and not the younger crowd one would imagine. With so many people jumping into the “Twittersphere” it is essential the churches who have not already done so to get Twittering!
Here are five great Twitter ideas you can use for your church communication efforts:
- Celebrations: Every time a person dedicates their life to Jesus, gets married in the church, or does something awesome you can tell the world and you church members about it!
- Prayer: While you may want to be careful on what details you provide, you can ask your Twitter followers to pray for a specific need or person — or just offer a short daily prayer people can read and feel energized by.
- Events: You can easily keep your congregation or church members informed of planned gatherings (or even spontaneous get together’s) by sending Twitter updates — or why not use it to invite people to church in a non-threatening way?
- Sermons or Message: Why not drop a link into your conversation and let people know you have a new sermon or message uploaded so they can listen or watch if they missed it?
- Community Dialogue: People in your community will probably be on Twitter and you can begin conversations on pressing needs in your town, schools, or other churches. You can discuss social issues to religion to sports…all great things for building trust and building your church “brand”.
The truth is your church will need to start taking risks and using tools such as Facebook, Blogs, and Twitter to establish connection points with the people you want to reach or help. Just don’t let it take a back seat to personal attention and care as these will/should always be the staple in creating strong relationships in a church!
So what are you waiting for? Go get started on Twitter today!
Please feel free to follow James Dalman on Twitter (http://twitter.com/jamesdalman)
You can also download my FREE ROCKIN’ TWITTER BIRD ICONS to plug into your site.
My wife told me about this tragic story of a Southern Baptist pastor being killed in Illinois … and when I saw his name I remembered I had interviewed for a story a couple years ago when I was communications director for Midwestern Baptist Seminary.
Here is the article I wrote for our alumni magazine
Please keep his family and church in your prayers.
