Evangelizing through Social Networks

To “evangelize” means to share the gospel with others.

When Jesus was alive, he went town to town, “door to door”, interacting with as many people as possible to share the good news. Although this is still the most personal way, today’s technology enables us to “evangelize” to anyone, anywhere from the comfort of our homes through social networking websites like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

Below is brief summary of each site including their recognizable “icons”. To get you started, I discovered The Evangelist uses all of them to share, connect and reach as many people as possible! Therefore, use The Evangelist website as a first step towards learning how to use these social networking sites.

Facebook.com –  is a social networking service launched in 2004 by a Harvard student. Users may create a personal profile, add other users as friends, exchange messages, share pictures and join common-interest user groups. Facebook has 845 million users.

Twitter.com –  is an online social networking service and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, known as “tweets”. It was created in March 2006. Twitter has over 140 million active users.

Youtube.com  – is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users, companies, and organizations can upload, view and share videos.

** Remember, social networking sites require you to register, setup a profile and choose a user ID and password. If you need help, ask ANY teenager! **