A quick survey of priests, ministers, rabbis, and one imam made clear that social media were made for religion, in which connection and community are key.
“I love Facebook,” says Pastor Andrena Ingram of St. Michael’s Lutheran Church in Mount Airy. “You just reach everybody and anybody.” Like many religious congregations, St. Michael’s has a robust website. “When people come to visit us from out of town, very often it’s because they saw the website.”
On Facebook, Ingram posts news and announcements, and coordinates a youth group. She also runs a separate Facebook page “to minister to those both infected and affected with HIV,” connecting her with people as far away as Africa.
“It’s like a cyber-pastorship,” she says.
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(Philadelphia Inquirer) Social media a blessing for some religious Leaders
A quick survey of priests, ministers, rabbis, and one imam made clear that social media were made for religion, in which connection and community are key.
“I love Facebook,” says Pastor Andrena Ingram of St. Michael’s Lutheran Church in Mount Airy. “You just reach everybody and anybody.” Like many religious congregations, St. Michael’s has a robust website. “When people come to visit us from out of town, very often it’s because they saw the website.”
On Facebook, Ingram posts news and announcements, and coordinates a youth group. She also runs a separate Facebook page “to minister to those both infected and affected with HIV,” connecting her with people as far away as Africa.
“It’s like a cyber-pastorship,” she says.
Read it all.