Comments on: Why You’ll Need a Digital Pastor

By: Justin Wise

Justin Wise — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:56:47 +0000

That’s a great question. I’ve got a post coming up that will answer this question to a “T”!

By: Eric Seiberling

Eric Seiberling — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:09:58 +0000

Justin,

I agree with the sentiment that the church needs to go out into all the world (including the digital one) to make disciples. I think many churches (with small or non-existent staffs) struggle to find a way to include this as part of their ministry efforts.

What would you recommend to the small church pastor as an approach to get started and to be able to fold it into their daily efforts?

By: Eric Seiberling

Eric Seiberling — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:09:58 +0000

By: Onyx

Onyx — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:01:12 +0000

This is an interesting discussion. What do you all think of eschewing titles like 'pastor' and simply providing a place for others to meet and discuss, like here? How to make that a place that attracts folk? How to be secure without being exclusive? How to manage that and 3D life too? Commercialise it? Throw FB-style games on it?

By: unlikelyvoice

unlikelyvoice — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:17:43 +0000

Churchmarketingsucks.com is geared towards the 'Digital Pastor' - the marketing guys to better brand the church, whereas Mychurchsucks.org is geared towards those that don't feel welcome or feel out of place within the Church. The difference is the target audience, though I think they both go hand in hand.

By: Erik Carlson

Erik Carlson — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:38:59 +0000

Mychurchsucks.org - isn't that more or less what churchmarketingsucks.com does? Seems like there's some overlap there.

By: derianbaugh

derianbaugh — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:54:42 +0000

I agree with this post - I think the direction of the internet and social network sites are definitely something that will be forever with us - there are certain technologies that once created stick around and evolve, just like the light bulb. That being said, I think it will be interesting to see ways that the church will HAVE to change in order to continue engaging culture through the internet. We need to take up the challenge of being creative and initiate a conversation that points people to God and brings reconciliation with the Church and those that have been hurt or offended by Christ's followers. It will take sites, such as this - to usher others into that conversation. Not to take anything away from bedeviant.com - there's also a new site out there at mychurchsucks.org that is trying to do just that. After reading your article on being a futurist, I think it's going to take more forward thinking as you've brought forth in this post. Thanks Justin. Keep it up!

By: Justin Wise

Justin Wise — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:54:42 +0000

Ha ha. No, you weren't vague. I knew exactly what you meant!

I used the ??? because I'm really not sure

By: Erik Carlson

Erik Carlson — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:42:11 +0000

Sorry. Realize I was vague there. Do you feel like you're serving as Hope's digital pastor? If not, do you think someone else does? If not, do you feel that Hope needs one?

By: Justin Wise

Justin Wise — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:15:28 +0000

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