Comments on: Can Twitter Kill Your Church?

By: stephy

stephy — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:32:47 +0000

I know what you mean about Twitter. I wrote about it and the church phenomenon of it here in case you’re bored. http://www.stuffchristianculturelikes.com/2009/04/73-twitter.html

By: Des

Des — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:56:11 +0000

Like anything, Twitter can be your friend or enemy. It’s good to get quality feedback, but it can also turn a crowd into a mob. Look up the Mark Zuckerberg, Sarah Lacy interview at the SXSW keynote to see how Twitter got that crowd turned into an angry mob.

By: Michael Holmes

Michael Holmes — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:01:22 +0000

Pete, I don't think Twitter can kill your church...bad word of mouth can!! Twitter is just a tool that facilitates word of mouth. It's a medium. It worked to the disadvantage of "Bruno" and the advantage of "Transformers 2" (which I loved). So it the church, the movie, or the whatever that can kill itself. Good post by the way Michael Holmes’s last blog post..DOES THE BIBLE ENDORSE COACHES OR CONSULTANTS?

By: Lett

Lett — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:13:18 +0000

I tweet about everything, the scary part is the risk it runs of turning so quickly to gossip, 140 characters read by one person then retweeted into a different 140 and so on and so forth it turns into the telephone game fast

By: mike foster

mike foster — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:14:29 +0000

i twittered about my dilike for Transformers 2 and tried to save as many as i could from enduring that torture. great post pete. mike. mike foster’s last blog post..A PROVOCATIVE COMIC ON CULTURE

By: Mike Hamilton

Mike Hamilton — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:02:07 +0000

Well, I do think it is odd to tweet during services, but in reality a lot of times I’m zoned out at 15 minutes thinking about being the greatest softball player of all time or the best motivational speaker every to walk the earth. Pictures of flashbulbs going off all around me as I walk onto the softball field, many slow-mo portrayals of my many, many, amazing diving catches and head…….anyway, I digress, so twitter in church, okay, sure, its better than zoning out…and if the church is willing to read responses and change if it needs, then great, if not, I don’t think it is going to actually cause a church to disband and go down the drain.

By: Mary

Mary — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:44:18 +0000

Twitter at church? Oh my that is like a dream come true. I'm still trying to explain what a blog is.... twitter? That's something I don't think I can explain just yet. And no, it's not a small church, it's your typical small town So. Baptist conservative church. "We do it this way 'cause that's the way we've always done it." But I do LOVE twitter. The relationships, the instant information, the fun -- it's all there. Mary’s last blog post..Mean Girls, Gossip, and Giving Grace

By: Tony York

Tony York — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:11:09 +0000

Ok.. so I twitter. Not a lot but some. Here are the reasons I twitter. 1. It updates my Facebook status. 2. It gives me a method to remind myself of things that I don't want to forget. 3. So I can annoy those who follow me. If you want to be annoyed... I am at tonyyork Tony York’s last blog post..Two sides to the story

By: JP

JP — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:50:44 +0000

Pete, Echoing previous sentiments, Twitter like any other forms of communication is simply a portal or method to get the message out. It is content that kills the messenger and not the the method of delivery. Crosspoint continues to deliver substantive life affirming messages that resonate to a broad audience, believers and non-believers alike. While Bruno is a waste of film and deserves the twitter bashing it got. JP JP’s last blog post..The Leddy and Arce Families At David’s Home

By: Maureen

Maureen — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:07:37 +0000

I use twitter mostly for my blogs, but I do tweet about what I read, watch etc. Its true what you wrote...if you have a large following, you have a large influence (good or bad) Maureen’s last blog post..Extreme Close Up