The Social Media Gospel: Sharing the Good News in New Ways

If you are responsible for managing digital communications in your parish, staying current with trends in the rapidly changing world of social media can seem like an overwhelming task. What social medium platforms make sense for your parish community? How can you make them an effective tool for ministry?

As a veteran social media expert, author, and sociologist, Meredith Gould has helped answer these questions and more in her best-selling book The Social Media Gospel. In this second edition, Gould provides an easy-to-understand, step-by-step guide to digital ministry for those who wish to embrace new technologies to build community and deepen faith. In this expanded edition, Gould delivers new content with humor, helpful tips, and counsel anchored in practical experience. She focuses on key topics for effective church communication, including:

Building and ministering to online communitiesPrivacy and self-disclosure in the digital ageIntegrating communications across digital platformsManaging and monitoring social mediaFaith storytelling with visual social mediaHashtag development and live-tweeting