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The Biggest Fears That Keep Ministers Away From Getting on Facebook.
We've heard of some Pastors and Ministers who are hesitant to get into Facebook. Although we can now see a lot of Churches utilizing Facebook Fan Pages in their ministry activities, still, that percentage is rather small compared to the amount of people using Facebook. So we ask, what is the biggest concern of Ministers, Priests and Pastors that prevents them from engaging on Facebook?
For this, we talked to Penny Nash of www.penelopepiscopal.blogspot.com for her thoughts. According to her, she sees two reasons why Church leaders are keeping away from Facebook.
Fear #1: Ignorance, Some people see Facebook as something not to be taken seriously. This is because they think those who are using Facebook are just chatting about non-sense, just playing games, doing silly stuffs and other fun-related activities. Ministers may see Facebook as another waste of time so they'd rather spend their spare time to more productive activities.
Fear #2: Mistakes One more reason why people keep away from Facebook is that they don't want to make mistakes. These folks are those who believe that everything it is that they publish or post over to their would be church Facebook fan page will be there forever just like what happens to conventional media (television, newspapers, radio, etc.). They fear that this will put their names or reputation as Priests, Pastors or Ministers in jeopardy FOREVER if they ever mess up or show a little bad judgement. So, staying away from Facebook will somehow relieve them of this responsibility.
Nash, who is a very experienced blogger, Social Media practitioner and an "extroverted priest" summed these reasons all up as "the tail wagging the dog". To us, this situation is not as hopeless as it may look like. Enlightening these people's perspective is the key to address their fears. Hopefully, our efforts to reach out to as much Pastors who keep an open mind and try understand the essence of Social Media will change their stance and draw their attention to the more significant value of Facebook to their Church growth.
For this, we talked to Penny Nash of www.penelopepiscopal.blogspot.com for her thoughts. According to her, she sees two reasons why Church leaders are keeping away from Facebook.
Fear #1: Ignorance, Some people see Facebook as something not to be taken seriously. This is because they think those who are using Facebook are just chatting about non-sense, just playing games, doing silly stuffs and other fun-related activities. Ministers may see Facebook as another waste of time so they'd rather spend their spare time to more productive activities.
Fear #2: Mistakes One more reason why people keep away from Facebook is that they don't want to make mistakes. These folks are those who believe that everything it is that they publish or post over to their would be church Facebook fan page will be there forever just like what happens to conventional media (television, newspapers, radio, etc.). They fear that this will put their names or reputation as Priests, Pastors or Ministers in jeopardy FOREVER if they ever mess up or show a little bad judgement. So, staying away from Facebook will somehow relieve them of this responsibility.
Nash, who is a very experienced blogger, Social Media practitioner and an "extroverted priest" summed these reasons all up as "the tail wagging the dog". To us, this situation is not as hopeless as it may look like. Enlightening these people's perspective is the key to address their fears. Hopefully, our efforts to reach out to as much Pastors who keep an open mind and try understand the essence of Social Media will change their stance and draw their attention to the more significant value of Facebook to their Church growth.
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