Wanted to highlight a few folks/groups that have really impressed me as of late in putting social media to great use for The Kingdom.
The first is Trinity Wall Street.
While their site itself is not full of social media tools – @headphonaught passed along a great way they’re telling the story of Jesus the Messiah today.
From noon to 3 p.m. today they twittered the entire passion story of Jesus’ last hours on the cross via GroupTweet.
via @tc226: This man befriends prostitutes, washes the feet of the poor – surely he is not a King but a blasphemer.
and the part of the story I’ve been meditating on today…
via @ServingGirl: Darkness and earthquake. I heard the curtain in the temple was torn in two. I wonder…
If you missed the story/play visit their twitter stream and scroll back to follow the story from the beginning.
Next, Church in the Cliff, which is just north of me in Oak Cliff has launched their new site built around lots of great social media tools.
The site itself is limited in wordy information. Other than the blog on the site, there’s only one other page on the site itself, a brief about us page.
The front page highlights their Flickr group, a tab/link to their Facebook group and one to their Twitter feed as well. They’re also using YouTube and a weekly Lifestream.
As a side note, Church in the Cliff has also come up with a great creative, transformative way to share God’s story this Resurrection season as well. They’ve put together an entire Stations of the Cross, using DART rail stations in Dallas. There’s a meditation guide on their site for folks and they’ll have their folks stationed at different areas to help add in the process. (although at the moment I can’t seem to find the PDF for downloading 🙁) .
Finally, I’d be amiss if I didn’t mention Mark Horvath (aka @hardlynormal and @invisiblepeople). We had Mark on our show a few weeks back. He’s putting social media to use in big ways, telling the stories of “invisible people” and the homeless and the media. Just look at his list of accounts:
- http://pitch.pe/4732
- http://invisiblepeople.tv
- http://hardlynormal.com
- http://markhorvath.net
- http://twitter.com/hardlynormal
- http://twitter.com/invisiblepeople
- http://facebook.invisiblepeople.tv
- http://www.linkedin.com/in/mhorvath
- http://www.myspace.com/invisiblepeopletv
- http://www.squidoo.com/invisiblepeopletv
So there are a few folks who are doing Kingdom (social) media well. Follow them, get inspiration and then find your own unique ways to tell God’s story.
Who else have you seen that’s putting social media to great use?