Social Media Series

Coming off the last post, we figured it would be good to give some examples of posts that will help you be more ‘outsider friendly”–focusing on giving gospel hope and encouragement and offering biblical alternatives to common stereotypes. You may love some. You may not like others. But hopefully it primes the pump and gives […]

Picking up this week after a short break from this series, we have a couple more posts to wrap up the social media series. Today, we have a topic that is critically important for church social media accounts, but, as with previous posts, it is helpful to Christians using social media. Let’s consider an important […]

Your social media feed tells a story—your individual feed, your church feed, every social that you are on probably tells (at least) a slightly different story. What would you want that story to be? Take a couple of minutes and think about it before you read further. What story would you like your social media […]

Having laid out a couple of conceptual matters regarding social media, let’s talk about a practical matter to help you improve immediately. This idea is urgently needed for churches in particular, using social media as a church account, but it is also helpful for individual Christians. There is a reason it’s called social media–the social […]

Last week, we started this series talking about having the ‘right analogy’ in your mind and heart about what social media actually is. You should go back and read that if you haven’t, as it’s critical to the whole series. Social Media – Part 1 But for a refresher: The main point was that posting […]

This week starts a new series. In the Spring, we did “A More Effective Website,” and now, for the fall, we are offering “More Effective Social Media.” These are two of the most requested and needed topics we’ve had for Outward. Your interaction and feedback are always welcome! So, let’s jump right in… One of […]