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by Rhett Smith on March 31, 2009
Asking whether or not online community is real community is really not even a good question, or the right question in my opinion, but it’s one that everyone seems to be asking. Lots of people have already answered that question but many are continuing to wrestle with it. I think online community is real community, [...]
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by Rhett Smith on March 25, 2009
A couple of things in the area of technology and some of the social media tools we use–caught my eye this week. And I wanted to share them with you because I think they are of great importance for us as we think through and wrestle with the implications of our technology and our theology. [...]
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by Rhett Smith on February 27, 2009
What Are You Passionate About? I like all the creative things that different bloggers are doing online to help us connect and get to know others in the online community. I love Rick Smith’s “double popped” interviews and John Saddington’s chats or Friday 5′s, as well as the other creative things bloggers are doing. One [...]
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by Rhett Smith on December 19, 2008
#churchtechcamp, which was pretty much hinted at, discussed and organized within about 5 minutes on Twitter a few weeks ago, is finally coming to fruition. And instead of Los Angeles, this time it’s going to be in Dallas. When: Thursday, January 8 Where: Irving Bible Church Time: 9am-5pm Cost: $0…yes, I said $0. Lunch: Will [...]
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by Rhett Smith on December 17, 2008
The Question? It seems like people have been asking the question: Can you have community online? Or at least some form of this question is asked. Usually adjectives are thrown in front of the word community such as “true” or “real” or “authentic” or “quality”….and so you get the point. I think what people are [...]
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by Rhett Smith on December 8, 2008
There is a lot I want to blog about this issue, but I am going to roll out a series of posts on this topic in the near future (probably in January 2009)….but I think there are some amazing counseling services/help lines, etc. that are beginning to pop-up online, and I only think they are [...]
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by Rhett Smith on September 15, 2008
In light of much, much discussion about social media and ministry, and in light of many writing on online church community, I was wondering what you think of the post below, taken from Collide Magazine’s blog. I Wouldn’t Hire You If in some bizarro parallel universe I was an executive pastor (or whoever does the [...]
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by Rhett Smith on September 8, 2008
If you are thinking about having more of an online web presence for you church, but aren’t sure how to dive in…or even if you have a great web presence and are in need of some ideas, check out below. First, Tony Steward has a great post How to Launch an Online Community. Here is [...]
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