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Advantage of Facebook?
Q: What is FB fulfilling that your website is not?
A: FB is the community aspect. Not just information. — @lynseleanne
I was looking at some notes about a recent conference that took place (BUG ‘09) and thought I would take some time to harp on the point above. People spend tons of money on a website, yet for most people, that’s not the most effective way to spread information. Why? Because a website ONLY spreads information for the most part. No interaction. No community.
People are all about community. People will not spend time on a site that only tells them about an upcoming event. Now, they WILL spend time talking about the event on a discussion board on Facebook. I think that churches need to start utilizing Facebook to create community amongst the Church AND to get the information out! With a ridiculous amount of people on Facebook, I think that if a Church is NOT on there, then they could be missing out on a very big oppurtunity to connect to their members. Facebook is absolutely free, what are you waiting for? LEVERAGE IT!
What do you think?
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Ileana Ortiz (a.k.a. Country Cuban) is the Director of Online Communities at Flamingo Road Church, an intern at 8BIT, and a freshman at the University of West Florida. She is a Jesus lover, people lover, and a world changer. Her family has seriously impacted the way she lives her life. She gets her sense of humor and passion for helping others, from her mom. She gets her business sense and realistic expectations from her dad. She wishes she could match the game of her little sister, because her little sister has had more boyfriends in her 7 year life span, than Ileana has ever met, in her 18 years of living. She loves to think of herself as a comedian, and hopes that people are laughing with her, not at her. She is constantly being mistaken for celebrities such as Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, Penelope Cruz, Jessica Alba, Beyonce, Taylor Swift, and Angelina Jolie. She also happens to enjoy reading, writing, some good country music, all things tech, and when autumn rolls around.... a frothy Pumpkin Spice Latte from Starbucks! I guess you could just say that she is your average 18 year old.. well.. not really.
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Josue says:
I think that if churches utilize the awesomeness of the internet…. some crazy stuff will go down.
but the question is, can they look past the stereotype that is portrayed by angsty teenagers and perverts of the internet
-Josue
lynse leanne says:
I think the big key to churches using Facebook is the fact that it is a FREE tool that the majority of their church members are already using!
The hardest shift for me to have to talk through with a lot of people is the “who uses the internet” question….but when you break it down to how many people have a facebook account and how many people use it on their phone. our staff found out that all but 3 of us facebooked….so why not use those already online connections to make the church as a whole connect.
thanks for listening into BUG. love your perspective!
Rhonda says:
Facebook = LOVE.