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How do you advise pastors and church leaders to manage their time on social media?

By Paul Steinbrueck Apr 25, 2013 242532 Comments2013-04-25+14%3A53%3A43Paul+Steinbrueck

Pastors are busy people. How can they manage the time they spend using social media so it doesn’t become too time consuming? I answer that question in this excerpt from the Social Media Church video interview with DJ Chuang.

church, communications, social media

church, pastor, priorities, social media, time, time management

When a Pastor Leaves a Church Should He Unfriend All Parishioners?

By Paul Steinbrueck Nov 30, 2011 2195616 Comments2011-11-30+21%3A25%3A06Paul+Steinbrueck

Is it best for a minister to end all online relationships when he or she leaves a congregation? Or should a minister develop friendships that last beyond their tenure?

social networking

disciples, Facebook, Jesus, minister, pastor, relationships, social media

Social Media: Don’t Be That Church [Video]

By Paul Steinbrueck Aug 19, 2011 214156 Comments2011-08-19+11%3A10%3A42Paul+Steinbrueck

Take a look at this funny video created by Meredith Gould about social media and the church.

church, communications, humor, social networking

animation, church, funny, humor, pastor, social media, video

Pastor Bans Church Leaders from Facebook

By Paul Steinbrueck Nov 19, 2010 312522 Comments2010-11-19+14%3A11%3A49Paul+Steinbrueck

Rev. Cedric Miller of Living Word Christian Fellowship Church in Neptune, NJ has ordered 50 married church leaders to delete their Facebook accounts or resign from their leadership positions. Do you think this is a good idea?

church, social networking

Facebook, marriage, pastor

Poll

Which best describes your organization's approach to assessing the value/ROI of social media?

We diligently track the source of all sales/goals so we know what social media is producing.
We look at trends. If our use of social media correlates with an increase in our sales/goals that indicates it's value.
You can't put a dollar value on relationships and so we don't try to assess the value/ROI of social media.
We're doing some tracking of the source of sales/goals, so we have some numbers, but we also recognize there's more to the value of social media than those numbers.
We're experimenting with social media now. We'll tackle the value/ROI issue once we get a better idea of what we're doing.
We know we should be trying to assess the value of social media, but we just don't know how.
We're not using social media.

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