Social Network
Perhaps the most important shift in global connectedness is caused by the online concept of social networking. On-line social networking breaks the boundaries of the church, by associating and relating with the anyone irrespective of their geography. But not only does it create global connectedness in evangelism, it also links the church into itself, which provides the greatest breakdown of denominational walls the church has seen in centuries. Social networking causes groups of 50, 500 even 5 million to associate based on relationships and common ground. The movement is grassroots, bottom-up, and it is ripe for the presence of the whole church.
Our system allows your community organism to develop using the following functional tools.
- User Log in and log out with screen name
- Members Module (including password database and Google mapping)
- ME Pages (containing personal profile, education, notes, particulars and other info)
- ME Page Emails (that show activity, comments and friends who have joined their network)
- Personal Photo Album
- Blog (an on-line public journal to which others may subscribe to)
- Blog Commenting
- Message Other Members!
- Invite Friends
- Friend Photo Library
- Administrative Announcements to Social Network
- Administrative Monitoring of Conten
- HTML Email Distribution (no charge to send!)
- Event Registrations and RSVPs
This social networking component is included in all of our system releases and we provide training on how to administrate and launch the social network within your church.
Our system continues to grow and you benefit. As we add new functionality to our system, you receive FREE updates to new capabilities.
Drew Goodmanson writes, "The internet allows churches to arm a newly connected, yet sent believer to the margins of society. The church allows for new ways of community. Online social networking is revolutionizing how people connect. MySpace is now the most popular website on the internet, with Facebook rapidly rising. MySpace rapidly surpassed widely-used Web-based email and portal sites including Yahoo and Google. Each day, new social networking sites connect like-minded communities of people together. More and more people are accustomed to connect with others based on shared affinity. Famed author and venture capitalist Guy Kawasaki hosted a panel of teens who all said they participated in at least one, if not several of these social networking sites. Churches who understand how to tap into social networks have a tremendous opportunity to connect with people. In response, there are now hundreds (and soon thousands) of social networks forming for local churches, such as gracerevolution.com. Church members are able to connect with friends, continue group discussions online from their missional communities, and share their own personal stories with one another. Their church sees technology as a vital part of complimenting the physical relationship created at the church. What does all this mean? New forms of church, leadership and community are being expressed. The internet is shifting power from the center to the masses. Is there a new reformation taking place? It is too soon to tell, but we are already experiencing significant shifts rooted in global connectedness."
Member's Module (it's included)
The member's module includes a login protected area for the people that a church provides permission to enter. This means church members can access a backend system to view online directories and participate in resources that are published for members only. Members can manage their contact information and update email addresses, phone numbers, birthdays, and upload pictures to accompany their directory listings.
Manage groups, view maps of where your members live to better plan small groups or new church services. The member module has many other features included in our backend. Members can join public groups, manage how they want to be communicated with and message one another. Contact us today to learn how we can turn your church website into an online community.