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Churches…To Tweet Or Not To Tweet

Jason Bean — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 03:37:24 +0000

A friend asked me this evening what I thought about churches having Twitter accounts. They were worried about questions like:

Do you follow everyone back?
Does it look bad if you follow someone that posts inappropriate stuff?
Or follow someone that has an inappropriate profile photo?
Does it turn people off if you don’t follow back?
Should the account be for information purposes only or should it try to get involved in people’s lives?

My first thought was that church Twitter accounts don’t follow anyone. People follow people. It’s not much of a step to quickly make the jump and understand that the “church” is the people in the first place. If there was ever a Twitter account that should have a human quality to it, it should be the church.

Do you follow everyone back? I’m not sure. I’m not a church account and I don’t follow everyone back. I follow the accounts back that I’m interested in hearing what they have to say. I un-follow and re-follow people as they appear more and or less interesting through their updates. I believe the same could be true of a church account.

If the church is made up of people, the question of “Does it look bad if someone you follow posts inappropriate stuff”? Do you feel bad as an individual if someone you follow posts inappropriate stuff? Are you ashamed to follow them? Should you be? Why or why not? Do you un-follow them? All the same questions regarding profile photos.

I keep thinking that Jesus hung out with the sinners and scorned the Pharisees. If Jesus were on Twitter, who do you think he’d follow? And more importantly, who would actually follow him?

Thrice – “Come All You Weary”

Jason Bean — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 14:41:59 +0000

I wasn’t familiar with this group, and a past professor of mine just shared this video on his Facebook page. The band is called Thrice. They’re not a “Christian” band, but have some really nice lyrics with some Christian themed overtones for sure.

You can visit the Thrice band website and follow Thrice on Twitter.

Me likey!

This Week’s Tweets for 2010-03-21

Jason Bean — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:00:00 +0000

@6stringhero Yeah, my fault.Got you confused with another person. If you ever do though, let me know! =) in reply to 6stringhero #

This Week’s Tweets for 2010-03-14

Jason Bean — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:00:00 +0000

@ichthusfestival your media page on the website seems to be down http://www.ichthusfestival.org/media/ #
@macpowell @6stringhero You all are killing me with your eBay warehouse sale items! Me want! in reply to macpowell #

This Week’s Tweets for 2010-02-28

Jason Bean — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 10:00:00 +0000

@extantmagazine looks like you're sending some less than inspirational tweets via DM. Check your account settings. #

This Week’s Tweets for 2010-02-07

Jason Bean — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:00:00 +0000

@SandiPattyP Congratulations on the standing ovation at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, TN. in reply to SandiPattyP #

This Week’s Tweets for 2010-01-11

Jason Bean — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:00:00 +0000

@CarMax is giving away a car! http://carmax.com/tweet for rules & details. Retweet & follow to enter. #

This Week’s Tweets for 2010-01-04

Jason Bean — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:00:00 +0000

@aaronshust The Sunrise Sampler of course! in reply to aaronshust #
Made a good contact today for more concerts and Christian music coverage coming to my area. #

This Week’s Tweets for 2009-12-13

Jason Bean — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:00:00 +0000

Pretty powerful thoughts for change in the political arena, abandon it for change http://www.calthomas.com/index.php?news=2419 #

This Week’s Tweets for 2009-12-06

Jason Bean — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:00:00 +0000

RT @NEEDTOBREATHE: Get FREE DOWNLOAD of the Vanguard Records holiday smpler, featuring us…and our friends! http://tinyurl.com/yzousz5 #
We're located in #Indiana and love the twitter and tech community here. Are you in or from #Indiana? Let us know. #