Interactive Preaching: Take Questions via Txt Message During Church
Posted on 29. Oct, 2008 by Aaron Marshall in Evangelism, How To, Mobile, Social Media
Because of new technology that exists this is actually an easy and inexpensive task.
Step #1 Sign-Up and Create a “TextMark“
Choose a keyword that will be easy for people to type in. If availble, choose short words or an acronym for your church.
Step #2 Create a PowerPoint slide that shows people VISUALLY how to ask a question using their phone
Send a text message to 41411 that starts with ASKSOJOURN followed by your question.
Example:
Step #3 Have a team Sift through the questions and forward them to your cell phone
This screen will be very valuable and make it easier to manage a big surge of questions. They will need to refresh the page occasionally to see new questions as they roll in.
There are several settings that need to be tweeked within TextMarks. Pay attention to the great option that allows you to respond with something like this when they ask a question…
Custom Response:
As always, I am curious to hear how others are using this kind of tool. Is there a better way?
Simple Tool for Making Website “Widgets” for Ministry Communications
Posted on 27. Sep, 2008 by Aaron Marshall in Evangelism, How To, Social Media
Sprout Builder is a fantastic new tool that will allow you to create a multimedia “widget” that can be easily embedded into other people websites or blogs.
Extend Your Ministry to Other Websites
When you change your content on Sprout Builder it automatically changes the content across all websites that have the widget on it. Instead of being just another link on someones blog you can have a multimedia presence and feed the latest content from your ministry automatically.
This tool has a mountain of applications for ministry. What other ways do you think Sprout Builder could be used?
“The Importance of Social Media to a Seminary” a talk given to the Faculty at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Posted on 18. Aug, 2008 by Aaron Marshall in Church Technology, Church2.0, Evangelism, Missions, Mobile, Social Media, Video
I am doing some consulting work with the SBTS right now and was invited to speak to the faculty about social media. (The presentation starts at 4:30 seconds)
Social Media and Web Technologies Discussed
God’s Mac Podcast Interview: Discussing iPods4Africa and Strengths of Social Media for Church and Ministry
Posted on 08. Aug, 2008 by Aaron Marshall in Church2.0, Evangelism, Missions, Social Media
Wasn’t sure what to expect when Gabe asked me to be on his show. I was a little nervous. Its kind of tough to Follow Erwin McManus… I really enjoyed the interview, my favorite part is when I got to say things about Social Media that I am passionate about and have been burning a holes in my pockets
Excerpt & Link to the Podcast
We are partnering with our guest, Aaron Marshall, (interview starts at 22:33) this week to present a challenge for our listening audience. If you have an old (or new) iPod that you would like to donate towards the iPods4Africa mission, Aaron would love to hear from you! We would like to see our audience give at least 20 iPods. See full post here…
God’s Mac Podcast and CHURCHSMO have a ton of shared vision. Gabe Taviano is an excellent interviewer and he has created a very strong and consistent podcast where he talks about technology, the gospel, and how they mesh. If you are into church and technology this is a great podcast to subscribe to…
IPODS4AFRICA: Share the Gospel & Disciple Africa by Donating your iPod
Posted on 17. Jul, 2008 by Aaron Marshall in Church2.0, Evangelism, How To, Missions, Social Media
Would you like to get solid biblical teaching into the hands of hungry African Pastors? So would we!
This is the beginning of a new ministry with the goal of utilizing millions of unused iPods to make disciples and carry the Gospel to all nations. The concept is simple. You donate your iPod, we pack it with solid biblical teaching and send it to an African Pastor.
Step#1 Send Us Your iPod
iPods4Africa
5702 Timber Ridge Dr
Prospect KY, 40059
Step #2. Your iPod will be Wiped and Loaded with Awesome Biblical Teaching
Step #3 Your iPod will be Sent to an African Pastor
Its that simple!
If you want more information or want to help out please contact us or leave your input in the comment section below.
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