Digital Tools for Social MediaEvangelism & Christian Formation

Evangelism & Christian Formation ~ Hand-in-Hand

Much of Life is Now Lived OnlineThe Church should be there too!

Resources & Opportunities for Christian

Formation and Evangelism are here

Empower & Encourage Others to Share and EngageSocial Media Evangelism & Christian Formation has a great potential to empower and encourage others to engage with the Good News online and grow those bonds that connect us in community.

Examples of Social Media as EvangelismAll Souls’ Day Luminary Prayer Service with Candle Lighting. Include the names of dearly departed loved ones from the community.

Invite the community, through social media, to add names to the prayer list. Login to Facebook live for the prayers and candle lighting.

Photos with TextCreate Photos with text and share on social media platforms.

Photos with PrayersUse photos from your church or with an app to add prayers. Share them on social media platforms.

Use Video & PhotosThe Episcopal Church creates and shares excellent video invitations before Advent, Lent, and Easter, that are easy to edit and personalize for your parish.

Post With Facebook Live During EventsFacebook Live & Twitter are great options for live events where you want folks to stop by and visit.

Grace Church was live on FB during LOBSTERFEST - our Annual Fundraiser Benefit for Habitat. We invited the community to stop in for all the festivities and to support Habitat. It’s all about community!

Evangelism - Begin a DialogueTake natural opportunities to welcome people. Pokémon Go is a perfect example. People visit your church that you may not otherwise meet. Advertise your Pokéstop on social media. When you see visitors, take the opportunity to welcome them and invite them to church! The Rev. Dr. Lee F. Shafer with Venonat

in King Parlor at Grace Church, Anniston

Christian Formation with ChurchNextChurchNext offers online learning with live-streaming courses that you may present in community or members may take on their own. Courses are taught from a mainline Christian Perspective and helps you to build community, shape disciples, and help people cross important thresholds.

Evangelism with Calling Cards!You can begin a dialogue and evangelize using calling cards. Moo Cards offers an option for uploading your photos and adding text along with your church information.

eFormation at VTS eFormation is a learning community and an ecumenical conference on ministry in the digital world. Leaders invested in the future of the church gather, learn, share, and practice digital ministry.

BuildFaith.OrgBuilding Faith provides Christian formation inspiration from the Center for the Ministry of Teaching at Virginia Theological Seminary. Awesome and trusted sources and contributors here!

www.buildfaith.org

Visit BuildingFaith on FB too!

Keith AndersonDigital CathedralKeith Anderson, Lutheran Pastor and author of Digital Cathedral invites you to think of your church as a Cathedral, and your social media as side chapel of your church.

He is creating online Christian formation content too for folks to learn and share.

Digital StorytellingCasey FitzgeraldCasey Fitzgerald, Presbyterian pastor and storyteller at Faith and Wonder seeks to encourage all people to tell the stories of God by heart!

www.faithandwonder.com

VTS Center for the Ministry of TeachingOnline and easy access to Episcopal Children’s Curriculum (ECC) is free!

Was one of the best-selling and most widely used Sunday school programs ever!

Check it out!

Digital Tools, Resources, & AppsVisit the Resource for useful Apps and Digital Tools: http://www.dioalaministries.org/the-resource-room.html for Social Media Evangelism & Christian Formation. We invite you to add to the resources list. Share your favorite apps and tools at the bottom of the resource page and email to: Cedirector@aol.com We will update the resource page and share!