Christian Web Trends Blog

Bubba Watson publicly thanked Jesus in his Masters acceptance speech but he began sharing his faith online and offline long before that.

Two years after blogging about Willow Creek being slow to embrace blogging and social media, I observe 8 ways in which the WCA engaged Global Leadership Summit participants yesterday through social media.

Student minister Tim Schmoyer is a semi-finalist in the YouTube NextUp contest! If he makes it to the next round he’ll get $35,000 in funding to develop online tools to reach students, but he needs your vote. Read more about what Tim’s doing and how you can help him win.

Here are 7 of the biggest steps forward we made in our online communications at OurChurch.Com in 2010. What was the biggest step(s) you took?

The Digital Story of the Nativity is one of the hottest viral videos of this Christmas season. Igniter Media has created a similar video. Is sharing these videos through social media is a good, effective way to share the Christmas story with friends and family?

Track Santa Claus this Christmas with the help of Google’s live Santa Tracker complete with Facebook, Twitter and YouTube social media integrated.

Simply being in social media is not nearly as powerful as the momentum that comes from creating buzz in social media. Here’s how a virtual street team can have a role in that.

Street teams were originally developed by small record labels. Shut out of mass distribution and media channels, they enlisted small groups of passionate fans to get the word out. You can do the same thing online with a virtual street team.

Is your church using social media effectively to share the good news of Christmas with people in your community?

We hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends. And we hope these Thanksgiving videos will make you laugh and inspire you.