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Create Your Own Social Network for Your Church or Ministry Group

Posted by Dr.D | May 2, 2009 .

Create your own ‘social network’ for your church members, ministry, or youth group. Here’s a free service that gets it done: Grou.ps Or for a small fee, Ning is always a good option.

Why have your own network and not use Facebook or MySpace –after all lot’s of folks are already on those networks? It is a matter of connecting to your own group in a special way that doesn’t include a whole lot of other stuff that divert attention away from the church or group members getting to know one another better and actually sharing with one another. Also you can feature church or group activities and keep everyone informed on stuff that coming up soon.

Here’s one minister’s networking experience:

“It’s been really great getting people to create profiles, share their testimonies and post photos of church events. We also use it to mass communicate with our members. Many members have created their own small groups and have organized some really cool things on the network. Most churches try to identify small group needs and invent small groups. This social network is a great place for them to happen organically. It definitely has been a tool to help people come together and get to know one another.”

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