I had a good teacher friend tell me once, “The best teachers are the best thieves”. He didn’t recommend formally “stealing” ideas without credit or attribution – but he did realize that sometimes the best practitioners of any craft have learned to learn from others. I am no “techie” by trade – but I spend much time being curious, and surrounding myself with church folks and digital ministers from whom I have much to learn. Here’s a list of places I’ve found them, and what they have taught me about.
Digital ministry helps:
- eFormation – a Digital Ministry Learning Community
- Church Communications Facebook group
- Quaker Communications and Outreach Facebook Group
- Quaker Communications and Outreach (website)
- United Methodist Communications
People to follow:
- Emily Provance
- Meredith Gould
- Jim Keat
- Keith Anderson
- Kyle Oliver
- Lisa Brown (Membership Vision)
- Scott Gunn
- Bruce Reyes-Chao
- Mary Hess
Books to read:
- The Digital Cathedral: Networked Ministry in a Wireless World
- Click2Save Reboot: The Digital Ministry Bible
- Speaking Faithfully: Digital Evangelism in a Noisy World
- The Social Media Gospel
- Unwelcome: 50 Ways Churches Drive Away First Time Visitors
- Less Chaos, Less Noise: Effective Communications for an Effective Church
- The Social Church – A Theology of Digital Communication
- The Definitive-ish Guide to Social Media in the Church