http://www.bloggingministry.com/2008/02/10/setting-up-a-bible-study-blog/ The Hows and Whys of Using a Blog for Ministry Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:07:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.bloggingministry.com/2008/02/10/setting-up-a-bible-study-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Dr.D Wed, 14 May 2008 07:29:49 +0000 http://www.bloggingministry.com/2008/02/10/setting-up-a-bible-study-blog/#comment-7 Sista, I have seen a number of blogs which combine different media and topics successfully including Bible Study. Also I have looked at a number of blogs that just do Bible study lessons on a periodic basis. Some once a week and others once a month or so. Actually, I have personally tried each one of those options. All have been somewhat successful. It really is a matter of preference and the goals you have for your blogging experience and ministry. For the first year or so I posted a Bible lesson on Mark at least once a month at my main blog- ‘Answers For The Faith’. I ended up creating a separate blog–’BIBLE Study’ to store the lessons in and make it easier to access. Also, originally I also offered Bible ‘questions and answers’ on my main site. Soon it became obvious that it was better to put the ‘Q’s and ‘A’s all together so I started a separate blog– BIBLE Q & A. Both Bible study sites are still connected to my main blog and accessible by a link in the right column. See: http://answersforthefaith.com Sista,
I have seen a number of blogs which combine different media and topics successfully including Bible Study.
Also I have looked at a number of blogs that just do Bible study lessons on a periodic basis. Some once a week and others once a month or so.
Actually, I have personally tried each one of those options. All have been somewhat successful. It really is a matter of preference and the goals you have for your blogging experience and ministry.
For the first year or so I posted a Bible lesson on Mark at least once a month at my main blog- ‘Answers For The Faith’. I ended up creating a separate blog–’BIBLE Study’ to store the lessons in and make it easier to access.
Also, originally I also offered Bible ‘questions and answers’ on my main site. Soon it became obvious that it was better to put the ‘Q’s and ‘A’s all together so I started a separate blog– BIBLE Q & A.
Both Bible study sites are still connected to my main blog and accessible by a link in the right column. See: http://answersforthefaith.com

]]> http://www.bloggingministry.com/2008/02/10/setting-up-a-bible-study-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-6 sista cala Wed, 14 May 2008 07:28:40 +0000 http://www.bloggingministry.com/2008/02/10/setting-up-a-bible-study-blog/#comment-6 A Bible study blog was what I had in mind when I began blogging about a year ago. I wasn’t actually teaching every week, but I had mountains of material from the years previous. My intent was to fill my blog with outlines, notes, and complete lessons. I am not a great typist and was very new at the ins and outs of linking and such. Posting was extremely time consuming, yet I found great satisfaction in it. As time went on, I got involved in the social aspects of the blogging community and joined a couple of webrings. Seems that it was easier many times to follow the given theme or meme rather than do some serious posting. My question is this: is it detrimental to a biblical studies blog to be punctuated with memes and such? If so, would I be better off to start another blog solely dedicated to biblical studies, even if it meant only one or two posts per month? A Bible study blog was what I had in mind when I began blogging about a year ago. I wasn’t actually teaching every week, but I had mountains of material from the years previous. My intent was to fill my blog with outlines, notes, and complete lessons.
I am not a great typist and was very new at the ins and outs of linking and such. Posting was extremely time consuming, yet I found great satisfaction in it.
As time went on, I got involved in the social aspects of the blogging community and joined a couple of webrings. Seems that it was easier many times to follow the given theme or meme rather than do some serious posting.
My question is this: is it detrimental to a biblical studies blog to be punctuated with memes and such? If so, would I be better off to start another blog solely dedicated to biblical studies, even if it meant only one or two posts per month?

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