CBS News
CBS News online does a weekly feature called blogophile.
With millions of sites floating through the blogosphere, who really has time to peek at even a fraction of them? Blogophile reads them for you and presents a weekly roundup of the buzz on must-read blogs.
The article this week was actually on the way bloggers bash their bosses :) But they had a sub-section on blogging religiously that linked to evotional.com.
Here's an excerpt from the online article.
Blogging Religiously
With younger generations moving away from organized religion, some ministers have stumbled on a new, cyber-savvy approach. A growing number are taking the Gospel to the Internet, blogging their ministry to online twenty and thirty-somethings, the Washington Post reports.
"I used to think that the blog supplemented my weekend message," Mark Batterson, the lead pastor of National Community Church, told the Washington Post. "Now I wonder if it isn't the other way around. It's hard for me to imagine why a church that has younger members wouldn't have a blog component."
He even recently hired a "digital pastor" whom he met through his blog. Many of the blogs seem to humanize the pastors in ways that younger, potential churchgoers, might relate. For example, Batterson's blog describes a "stupid mistake" he made that day and he frequently mentions his family. This week, he discussed the excitement of his daughter's swim meet.
For the most part, blogging pastors are getting praise for using technology to reach new members. "I'm so pumped about the way God is using blogging to be another vehicle for His Word and that the media is taking note. Very cool," blogs David Russell, who appeared in a photo accompanying the Post's article. Given the emphasis on values and faith after the 2004 election -- never mind blogs -- it will be interesting to see what role these pastors' blogs will play.
With millions of sites floating through the blogosphere, who really has time to peek at even a fraction of them? Blogophile reads them for you and presents a weekly roundup of the buzz on must-read blogs.
The article this week was actually on the way bloggers bash their bosses :) But they had a sub-section on blogging religiously that linked to evotional.com.
Here's an excerpt from the online article.
Blogging Religiously
With younger generations moving away from organized religion, some ministers have stumbled on a new, cyber-savvy approach. A growing number are taking the Gospel to the Internet, blogging their ministry to online twenty and thirty-somethings, the Washington Post reports.
"I used to think that the blog supplemented my weekend message," Mark Batterson, the lead pastor of National Community Church, told the Washington Post. "Now I wonder if it isn't the other way around. It's hard for me to imagine why a church that has younger members wouldn't have a blog component."
He even recently hired a "digital pastor" whom he met through his blog. Many of the blogs seem to humanize the pastors in ways that younger, potential churchgoers, might relate. For example, Batterson's blog describes a "stupid mistake" he made that day and he frequently mentions his family. This week, he discussed the excitement of his daughter's swim meet.
For the most part, blogging pastors are getting praise for using technology to reach new members. "I'm so pumped about the way God is using blogging to be another vehicle for His Word and that the media is taking note. Very cool," blogs David Russell, who appeared in a photo accompanying the Post's article. Given the emphasis on values and faith after the 2004 election -- never mind blogs -- it will be interesting to see what role these pastors' blogs will play.
4 Comments:
It's sort of funny that the actual CBS article says your blog is "Evolutional.com" I'm not sure if thats a theological statement, an immerging church term, or just a mistake. :)
At least they got the link right!
It's not the first time :) I guess it's a double-entendre. Or something like that :)
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"Given the emphasis on values and faith after the 2004 election -- never mind blogs -- it will be interesting to see what role these pastors' blogs will play."
I thinks it's perhaps more interesting that popular media looks at spiritual leaders and expects them to have some kind of political agenda. Somehow I doubt influencing "values voters" for any political candidate or issues is a part of Mark's purpose in blogging.
Kind of sounds similar to the jews who completely missed Christ's bigger purpose and expected him to pursue a political agenda.
know what bugs me about this...this phrase, "some ministers have stumbled on a new..." - why the word "stumbled"? - is it the mainstream media's attempt to profile ministers in a negative light - as if they are ignorant or out of touch with culture and society. I don't know, but I had to stop reading at that point because it puzzled me (and dissapointed me as well). Regardless, props to Mark and the team at NCC
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