#ChSocM (Church Social Media) Chat Transcript: Using social media to learn about and challenge injustice

How might people of faith use social media
to learn about and challenge injustice?

Tonight's chat moderated by Jason Chesnut (@crazypastor)

Topics:

T1: Which positive aspects of social media might help people learn about & challenge injustice?
T2: Which negative aspects of social media might block people from learning about & challenging injustice?
T3: What are ways you’ve seen your particular community of faith learn about/teach about/challenge injustice?
T4: Scripture time! What are some good Bible verses/stories that deal with injustice?
T4a: How might some of those stories play out on social media these days?

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#ChSocM (Church Social Media) Chat Transcript: Using Video for Communities of Faith

A rip-roaring tweetchat focusing on the 

ever-increasing popularity of video through social media 

in our communities of faith. 

This week's chat moderated by Jason Chesnut (@crazypastor)

Topics:

1. Why should we use video in social media?

2. What’s a way you've seen video work really well in various ministry settings?

3. Where have you found good video for #ChSocM purposes? 

4. For those who've created videos - any learnings, tips, tricks?

4a. How about good software/apps for managing and editing video?

5. Quick. Name a biblical story that could work really well (not corny) through the medium of video.

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ChSocM (Church Social Media) Chat Transcript: Bible Study That Doesn't Suck, thanks to social media?

You know those Bible Study programs that suck?

Can social media help fix that? That's what we discussed.

This week's chat moderated by Jason Chesnut (@crazypastor)

The topics: 
1. What’s one aspect of bible studies that have sucked, in your experience?
2. What’s one aspect of bible studies that haven’t sucked? What has made them good?
3. Which social media platform works to encourage these good aspects/discourage suckiosity in a bible study?
4. What are some biblical stories that could work well on various social media platforms?
4a. How about y'all tweet some right now?
5. Best practices: what are some examples of bible study and social media in a harmonious partnership?

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ChSocM (Church Social Media) Chat Transcript: 3/18/14: Ancient Christian Community and Modern Social Media

We looked at ancient aspects of Christian community

within the context of contemporary digital ministry.

Tonight's chat moderated by Jason Chesnut (@crazypastor)

Topics:
1: When you hear the term, “ancient practices/aspects of the early Christian community,” what comes to mind?
1a: Which of these practices appeal to you the most in your current context/ministry?
2: Which SM platform seems to work the best with these diverse aforementioned ancient Christian practices/aspects?
3: What are some concrete examples of how we can draw attention to these ancient aspects through social media? [slight change of direction]
4: In this 12th day of #Lent, what has surprised, challenged, amazed you?

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