Do Churches Get Social Media?

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I was invited by the Plymouth Church of Seattle to speak on Social Media topics this morning. It was a ton of fun to do, especially since the crowd was heavily neophytical.

I think they LIKED me, but they weren’t LIKE me.

Hindsight tells me that I should have spent more time talking about political matters, and how big things happen because of social networking. I also didn’t get to show them that I could stream live video directly from my iPhone. Better luck next time, eh?

On my way home, I tweeted: “Walked into a church for the first time in ages. God did not strike me down, but the holy water kinda burned.” This was partially true (there was no holy water, only coffee and tea). Responses came flooding in:

shurup: My Prayers are with U by the way I do love the work u do as I find it very informative it's helped me many times!
about 3 hours ago
kharismaragon: Where is this church? What kind?
about 3 hours ago
bigdogdaddy: Welcome back, prodigal son. Take your shoes off and stay a while.
about 3 hours ago
TeQ: God can't help you with your USB troubles..
about 3 hours ago
JSandefer: that's awesome, man!
about 3 hours ago
soultapestry: I have to say before the burning starts it does have kind of a nice effervescent tingle…
about 4 hours ago
Guitarking: How was it? what were your thoughts?
about 4 hours ago
kpslover007: when was the last time you went into a church?
about 4 hours ago
lordlucifer: You're not supposed to bathe in it, Chris. Next time, just sprinkle it lightly on your dark nether regions.
about 4 hours ago
britchan: you make me lol all the time. XD
about 4 hours ago
anzollo: good for u. I enjoy a good church
about 4 hours ago
pompoB: I'm glad you didn't drink it it could have killed ya! lol
about 4 hours ago
Regietto: Chris, Quick Q, what iPhone app u use for streaming radio? Pandora, Pocket Tunes, and Which one read .pls? Thanks in advance.
about 5 hours ago
philemo: churches are evil
about 5 hours ago
LDStarling: what did u go church for?
about 5 hours ago
boredcollegekid: Reminds me of the fact that I haven't been in a church in 5 years.
about 5 hours ago
mibdepot: I did that once and started bleating like a sheep, ran out in fear!!
about 5 hours ago
Amacan: God missed you. I don't mean his aim.
about 5 hours ago
joebuddejr: if you ever go to a church http://www.crossroads.net is where to go. Free wifi and free coffee all day every day. its unreal.
about 5 hours ago
retroist: You may have used it wrong. Remember its topical.
about 5 hours ago
brandon_wirtz: if you want that Holy water burn every day try http://w34.us/BW-S the best in bottle holy drinking water, repels vamps too!
about 5 hours ago
igrafix: you were lucky – I think @HolyGod is out 4 the day, look at his timeline :)
about 5 hours ago
Outsanity: Try to have a nice nap ¬_¬
about 5 hours ago
lspearmanii: too funny – if you burst into flames at church I wanna know about it
about 5 hours ago
pinksage: was there bread?
about 5 hours ago
cgfaulkner: The Lord forgives everyone!
about 5 hours ago

If you had the chance, how would you share the social media message with churches?