“Local churches and leading parachurch ministries are starting to do this very thing, using new tools like the online Jesus 101 course at http://www.JesusCentral.com. The Jesus 101 course is designed for those willing to study one hour per week for six weeks. Each week covers two lessons requiring approximately 30 minutes each.”

http://legacy.pastors.com/rwmt/article.asp?ArtID=10923

anybody had any luck with anything like this?

I use email & facebook for my cell – but what do you do about the people who don’t check (or have) email, and those who aren’t on (&/or don’t want to be on) facebook?

C

We do create a Facebook event for our connection events, and out of the 350 we had at the last event, there was not more than 5 that signed up because of Facebook. We tracked “how did you hear about it” in the registration.

We have a fan page for the church, and our publicity pieces in the bulletin now include a facebook icon with the line, “Also check out the Central Christian Church Facebook page for upcoming events.” Our communications department is using it to advertise events and recap creative elements from the weekend.

I’ve used a facebook group for the coaches/group leadership team to communicate. Now it’s mostly to send msgs but we have shared some learnings docs there too.