SocialMedia.Church Podcast Archives

Social Media Church hosted its first live recording with Paul Steinbrueck, Founder of OurChurch.com – a Christian web company – an elder at Cypress Meadow Community Church, and blogger at Christian Web Trends among many other things too. This special episode of Social Media Church was recorded live on Google+ Hangout on Air before a live … Continue reading Paul Steinbrueck of Christian Web Trends: Episode 43

This episode of Social Media Church features a conversation with Peter Guirguis, the Social Media Manager of Calvary Chapel South Bay. We talk about his passion for online ministry, how to share the Gospel online, and how to get thousands of Twitter followers, how often he does Twitter hygiene, and more. Show Notes Connect with Peter Guirguis … Continue reading Peter Guirguis of Calvary Chapel South Bay: Episode 42

This episode of Social Media Church features a presentation (excerpted with permission) courtesy of The Gathering, a community of givers for Christian philanthropy. During The Gathering National Conference 2011, Bobby Gruenewald shared the history of YouVersion during a breakout session. Bobby Gruenewald serves as Pastor, Innovation Leader at LifeChurch.tv, and is the founder of the … Continue reading The back story of YouVersion Bible app: Episode 41

On this episode, listen to DJ Chuang share the back story of how the Social Media Church podcast came into existence — how I decided on the content and program format, what are the technologies and software used, and my lessons learned. Show Notes #article LinkedIn Gone Wild: ’20 Percent Time’ to Tinker Spreads Beyond … Continue reading The making of Social Media Church: Episode 40

The Social Media Church podcast is a weekly conversation with church leaders about social media. On this episode, we break from the typical conversation and open the floor for host DJ Chuang to describe the key ingredients that go into making a podcast so you can think through the preparation for the podcast you should … Continue reading How to Podcast – Key Ingredients: Episode 39

Elwood Matthews is Online Pastor at Zion Church in the metro Washington DC area. Listen to this episode of Social Media Church to hear about how their church launched its iCampus, how they make it a meaningful online worship experience, and what they’re exploring next. Show Notes Connect with Elwood Matthews on Twitter @elwoodmatthews #video Landmines (a sermon … Continue reading Elwood Matthews of Zion Church: Episode 38

This episode of Social Media Church features a conversation with Dr. Tim Hutchings, currently a research fellow in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Open University and editor of the Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture. Tim discusses learnings and insights from rigorous academic research about online churches, what kind of people worship online, explores … Continue reading Dr. Tim Hutchings, online church researcher: Episode 37

This episode of Social Media Church features a conversation with Rey Lopez, the Online Campus Pastor at City Church (San Antonio, Texas), and that’s just one of three hats that he wears. Pastor Rey talks about how City Church launched its Online Campus, while in the whirlwind of being in a fast-growing church, how they’re … Continue reading Rey Lopez of City Church: Episode 36

This Social Media Church episodes features a conversation with Christian Warne, founder and co-host of The Spoutcast, a weekly podcast show hosted by Christian Warne, Sarah Welles and Jayne Fossett at The Well Community Church in Fresno, California. You may have noticed that a large overwhelming majority of church podcasts are just an on-demand feed of sermons. Podcasting has the potential to be so much more for churches and The Spoutcast is a great example of how a church of any size can be podcasting to grow its community. Listen to how they started their podcast, what it takes to do one, and Christian's advice for how your church can start one too. Show Notes Connect with The Spoutcast on Facebook, on Twitter @thespoutcast, and Instagram @ instagram.com/thespoutcast Connect with Christian Warne at facebook.com/christian.warne #photo to the right illustrates the kind of teamwork that it takes for producing The Spoutcast #list List of Christian podcasts that aren’t sermons (@ djchuang.com) #news One of Fresno's biggest churches is covered in graffiti (KFSN-TV, July 2012) Start podcasting your sermons for free at sermon.net or grow into it with a "freemium" service like sermoncloud.com or sermondrop.com (cf. episode 32 comments)

This Social Media Church episodes features a conversation with Christian Warne, founder and co-host of The Spoutcast, a weekly podcast show hosted by Christian Warne, Sarah Welles and Jayne Fossett at The Well Community Church in Fresno, California. You may have noticed that a large overwhelming majority of church podcasts are just an on-demand feed of sermons. … Continue reading Christian Warne of the Spoutcast: Episode 35

On this episode of the Social Media Church, DJ Chuang chats with 2 friends he’s known for years, Brent Wong and Dave Ingland, having connected with them offline (aka IRL – “in real life”) and online. Brent shares how he recently got inspired to get active on social media, and Dave describes his unique perspective … Continue reading Brent Wong, Dave Ingland: Episode 34

On this episode of the Social Media Church, DJ Chuang chats with 2 friends he's known for years, Brent Wong and Dave Ingland, having connected with them offline (aka IRL - "in real life") and online. Brent shares how he recently got inspired to get active on social media, and Dave describes his unique perspective in using social media as a church planter and now as a law-abiding citizen. Show Notes Connect with Brent Wong on Twitter @EpicBdub and Facebook page for Brent + Leila Wong and YouTube youtube.com/BrentWong77 #video a 5th generation Asian American story Connect with Dave Ingland at daveingland.com and on Twitter @daveingland #book The Big Book of Social Media: Case Studies, Stories, Perspectives, edited by Robert Fine, includes "Religion and Social Media" by Dave Ingland #audio MinistryStory #18 - Cultivate Communications - a conversation with Steve Fogg, Scott Overpeck, Dave Ingland, and DJ Chuang at a Starbucks during Cultivate 2011

This Social Media Church episode features a conversation with Justin Wise, Communications Director for Monk Development, an internet technology company. We learn about his past experience as a digital director at Lutheran Church of Hope (Des Moines, Iowa), how he launched an Internet Campus for a Lutheran church, and his keen insights about social media, … Continue reading Justin Wise: Episode 33

This Social Media Church episode features a conversation with Justin Wise, Communications Director for Monk Development, an internet technology company. We learn about his past experience as a digital director at Lutheran Church of Hope (Des Moines, Iowa), how he launched an Internet Campus for a Lutheran church, and his keen insights about social media, generations, communications, and theology. True to form, Martin Luther makes a cameo. Justin was a previous Executive Director for the Center for Church Communication and a contributor to the multi-author book Outspoken: Conversations on Church Communication in which I (DJ Chuang) also contributed. Show Notes Connect with Justin Wise at justinwise.net and on Twitter @JustinWise Justin Wise's book announcement for his new book, tentatively sub-titled: A Theology of Digital Communication What would you give as a title for Justin's book? Add a comment, and let's crowdsource the book title right here! I can't guarantee it, but maybe the winning title will get a free copy of the book and a shout-out (at the very least...) #extra: DJ Chuang's February is Fundraising campaign; Orange County Register article, "O.C. exports Asian American churches to the world"

Listen to this Social Media Church podcast conversation with Todd Rhoades about how he curates interesting content about the church, his perspective on the evolution of social media, how email is still relevant, online conferences at Leadership Network, why social media is underutilized in local churches, and more. Todd is the Director of New Media … Continue reading Todd Rhoades: Episode 32