Comments for Church Blog Theory http://churchblogtheory.org Engaging the Internet for the Glory of God Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:43:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Another Doorway with LinkedIn by Luke http://churchblogtheory.org/2009/11/12/another-doorway-with-linkedin/#comment-858 Luke Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:43:35 +0000 http://churchblogtheory.org/?p=571#comment-858 Very interesting suggestion. We've focused our efforts more on Facebook and Twitter, but of course Linked In is the obvious next step to take. Have you seen a strong response through Linked In either in your church body or through those outside your congregation? We have a pretty tech savvy congregation, and I know a lot of them are on Linked In. Very interesting suggestion. We’ve focused our efforts more on Facebook and Twitter, but of course Linked In is the obvious next step to take. Have you seen a strong response through Linked In either in your church body or through those outside your congregation? We have a pretty tech savvy congregation, and I know a lot of them are on Linked In.

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]]> Comment on Twitter by Josh Hunt http://churchblogtheory.org/2009/07/25/twitter/#comment-503 Josh Hunt Tue, 22 Mar 2011 06:11:25 +0000 http://churchblogtheory.org/?p=502#comment-503 I want to like twitter. I just don't get it. -Josh I want to like twitter. I just don’t get it.

-Josh

]]> Comment on Contact by Kit Mullilns http://churchblogtheory.org/about-2/#comment-11 Kit Mullilns Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:32:19 +0000 http://churchblogtheory.org/?page_id=5#comment-11 Hey Ryan, How ya doing? We haven't chatted in a while so I thought I would visit your site. I just viewed your 3 survey reports and wanted to thank you for the time you have spent working on these projects. They were very insightful and have spurred me to thinking even deeper. I thought I would drop you a note and get some additional insights from you. We (CBT and World Bible School) are closely related in our goals and mission. I hope we can help each other achieve those goals. I'd like to ask some questions because I feel you are working in the heart of an area that fascinates and excites me with its potential. I found several things in your survey reports that were interesting. For example, the first video reported that building the faith-based relationships was not as important as delivering the Truth. Yet, in the second video, people did not feel that social media was personal enough. I thought those two points stood in an interesting contrast. What did you conclude from those points? Another thought that came to my mind as I began listening to the third report was that you seem to be working with some assumptions. These are some assumptions that I have wrestled with in WBS and wondered if they were accurate assumptions as we try to help teachers use social media with their WBS students. 1) Many Christians have a desire to be engaged in personal evangelism - whether face-to-face, online, on short-term mission campaigns. (By personal evangelism, I mean the evangelism includes opening the Word, and discussing matters of faith, sin, and salvation. I do not mean works that are solely benevolent missions such as medical/dental work, giving food, house building, and other service projects.) 2) Christians today know the Book. They are still considered "people of the Word" and want to share it with people who do not know the Word. 3) Christians are aware of the global social media phenomenon and its implications for missions/evangelism. Then, I had one more question, that is not an assumption, but a practical question that came to my mind. If someone were to connect with a seeker using social media, and the seeker wants to be baptized, how do you recommend the Christian find a local body of believers for the seeker. What's next on your To Do list? You sure seem to be on the right track here! Keep up the good work my Brother! Kit Mullins VP Internet Technologies World Bible School kit@worldbibleschool Cell - 325.280.2114 WBS on Facebook - http://facebook.com/worldbibleschool Hey Ryan,
How ya doing? We haven’t chatted in a while so I thought I would visit your site.

I just viewed your 3 survey reports and wanted to thank you for the time you have spent working on these projects. They were very insightful and have spurred me to thinking even deeper. I thought I would drop you a note and get some additional insights from you. We (CBT and World Bible School) are closely related in our goals and mission. I hope we can help each other achieve those goals. I’d like to ask some questions because I feel you are working in the heart of an area that fascinates and excites me with its potential.

I found several things in your survey reports that were interesting. For example, the first video reported that building the faith-based relationships was not as important as delivering the Truth. Yet, in the second video, people did not feel that social media was personal enough. I thought those two points stood in an interesting contrast. What did you conclude from those points?

Another thought that came to my mind as I began listening to the third report was that you seem to be working with some assumptions. These are some assumptions that I have wrestled with in WBS and wondered if they were accurate assumptions as we try to help teachers use social media with their WBS students.

1) Many Christians have a desire to be engaged in personal evangelism – whether face-to-face, online, on short-term mission campaigns. (By personal evangelism, I mean the evangelism includes opening the Word, and discussing matters of faith, sin, and salvation. I do not mean works that are solely benevolent missions such as medical/dental work, giving food, house building, and other service projects.)
2) Christians today know the Book. They are still considered “people of the Word” and want to share it with people who do not know the Word.
3) Christians are aware of the global social media phenomenon and its implications for missions/evangelism.

Then, I had one more question, that is not an assumption, but a practical question that came to my mind. If someone were to connect with a seeker using social media, and the seeker wants to be baptized, how do you recommend the Christian find a local body of believers for the seeker.

What’s next on your To Do list? You sure seem to be on the right track here!

Keep up the good work my Brother!

Kit Mullins
VP Internet Technologies
World Bible School
kit@worldbibleschool
Cell – 325.280.2114

WBS on Facebook – http://facebook.com/worldbibleschool

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]]> Comment on Getting Started by John http://churchblogtheory.org/getting-involved/#comment-20 John Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:24:16 +0000 http://churchblogtheory.wordpress.com/?page_id=14#comment-20 Dear friends in Christ, I have been trying to figure out how to use the internet to witness for Christ on an individual level for some time... Your article on Church Blog Theory which I read today, seems to offer me the best option in view of my personal Christian experiences... I would most sincerely like to set up a personal Blog site for witnessing and would like some insights as to how I should go about creating one for personal evangelism.... Your article is very stimulating and I would like to take action on your ideas for evangelism... Maybe I should check out some other witnesses to get ideas..? Thanks and regards, John Dear friends in Christ,
I have been trying to figure out how to use the internet to witness for Christ on an individual level for some time… Your article on Church Blog Theory which I read today, seems to offer me the best option in view of my personal Christian experiences… I would most sincerely like to set up a personal Blog site for witnessing and would like some insights as to how I should go about creating one for personal evangelism…. Your article is very stimulating and I would like to take action on your ideas for evangelism… Maybe I should check out some other witnesses to get ideas..? Thanks and regards, John

]]> Comment on The Future of Social Media by Wes Woodell http://churchblogtheory.org/2009/09/10/the-future-of-social-media/#comment-504 Wes Woodell Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:24:45 +0000 http://churchblogtheory.org/?p=531#comment-504 And to that I say, "yep." Thanks for the pingback. Sorry to hear your profs don't understand. And to that I say, “yep.”

Thanks for the pingback.

Sorry to hear your profs don’t understand.

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