Comments on: Is Facebook A Tool For Evangelism?

By: Stephanie Harrison

Stephanie Harrison — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 21:08:00 +0000

Thanks for the excellent post. I like the way your wife shared her story and the other ideas R Ameyinoge presented.

If Facebook reflects who we are, then we shouldn’t compartmentalize our Christian life to just being offline.

As a Christian, evangelism should be a natural extension of our lives, which I know is easier said than done but we are called to share the good news.

With that said, our job is contact not conversion. The Holy Spirit is the one that moves in people’s hearts. We shouldn’t use Facebook or any other tool to shove it down people’s throats.

On our blog, we recently talked about good and bad examples of online evangelism. If you’re interested, here’s the link:

Thanks again for what you do here! This is a great site!

By: Social Media SEO

Social Media SEO — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 19:57:00 +0000

In reply to R Ameyinoge.

those are great ideas indeed – we need to be careful not to water down the gospel though. However, like you said, we don’t want to beat people over the head with scripture either lest we lose that connection on Facebook.

Perhaps we take the same approach we can take with our real life experiences – be a source of hope, light, peace, and let our light shine in the way we interact, always looking for an opportunity to minister to someone based on what they’ve said on Facebook.

Finding ways to be a great “friend” and minister through friendships to other people – sharing our testimonies – and just being consistent.

Eventually, people on Facebook will get it, they’ll figure out sooner rather than later that you are Christian, and then they can decide if they want to stick around.

But after awhile, if you’re consistent with your message of hope and lifting up the name of Jesus, and the friends are still sticking around, then either they don’t pay attention to Facebook or they are finding your updates a source of encouragement.

By: Social Media SEO

Social Media SEO — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:55:00 +0000

In reply to Betsy.

Hi Betsy – thanks so much for commenting, I really appreciate you taking the time to add value!

At the end of the day, I am who I am and I always try to write out of my convictions. I understand that might not always bode well for everyone, but then again, I’m not trying to please everyone.

Again, I really do appreciate you taking the time out of your day to visit my blog and leave a comment – like you side, there are thousands of tech blogs you can spend your time at…

Thanks again Betsy

By: R Ameyinoge

R Ameyinoge — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 10:49:00 +0000

I do see where your coming from entirety. How do you effectively minister to both Christian and non-Christians (together at the same time) without depriving one or steering away the other. This is quite hard as I have been so blessed by gospel on Facebook and would hate to think I might lose this, but I recognise how others may be turned away as a result of being bombarded with something they do not believe or understand. So do you continue to preach fervently and sacrifice loosing those who are unfamiliar with the gospel and hence your chance to help them to come to Jesus or you preach less frequently and risk failing to bless those who have been helped greatly by the understanding you’ve shed on God’s word.
One think that I considered is that of course I don’t think for a second we should cease to make God’s word known, but maybe how we approach this can be addressed. I.e. delivering God’s word in such a way that is accessible to all. For example, sending a personal message to someone to ask how they are and taking interest in their affairs. Translating Gods scripture into motivational quotes that need not use religious terminology. Congratulating or thoughtfully replying to comments people post. Even asking them how they feel about your preaching a helping them understand your message even if they don’t agree. I think ultimately if we can deliver our messages in such a way that all can understand and benefit and allowing our comments and gestures to reflects Gods love and his light (I.e. maybe use a thought provoking quote to translate what you’ve learnt from a scripture). We can embody Gods word in comments that on the surface to do not come across as preaching even though they are based and filled with Gods word). I think this is one way that can help us to achieve a balance.

By: Betsy

Betsy — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:55:00 +0000

I’m NOT CHristian but I respect your right to believe whatever you want to believe, just as I expect you to do the same. Accordingly, if this is not the last post with a very thinly veiled attempt to push your religious agenda/ find out my religious leanings, you will, indeed, be “unfriended”. There are plenty of other techno news sources out there that don’t care one way or the other what my religious leanings may be.