Church Leader Twitter Strategy: why you should

There are many good reasons to http://twitvid.com/785C4twitter. (There are bad reasons to twitter, too. We touched on that in the previous post.) As twitter has becoming mainstream, it's not just a way to text message what you're doing, it's become a way to share and discover what's happening in the world, a way to have conversations quickly with your tribe, among other things.

Here's 6 reasons pastors should twitter from Scott Williams:  

1. Relational Community With Other Pastors
2. Relational Community With Their Congregation
3. To Fulfill The Great Commission 
4. To Unleash The Power Of Prayer 
5. To Reach Those Who Are Lost
6. WWJD.

Read the entire blog post for how Scott masterfully explains the value of Twitter. And, this tweet alerted me to a raw video with Pastor Scott Wilson (The Oaks) and Pastor Rick Warren (Saddleback) about why they twitter:

RT @justinlathrop: Listen to @rickwarren and @scottwilson7 talk about the benefits of Twitter. #gencouncil http://twitvid.com/785C4 via tweet from chris_willard

[update] The full-length 16-minute video of this interview about why Rick Warren twitters is now online at MinistryDirect: http://agtv.ag.org/#Conversation-with-Rick-Warren.

As Pastor Rick describes twitter, it's a biblical tool for discipleship. What are other great reasons for how you've found twitter valuable? 

// DJ CHUANG, Director at Leadership Network

Comments

[Frank Chiapperino]

DJ, I absolutely think pastors should give twitter a try. There is nothing to lose except a little time. As with many tools out there you get back what you invest into it. Here is a link to a post I put up about four months ago, 10 reasons you should try twitter - http://frankchiapperino.com/2009/04/14/twitter-should-you-try-it/