Blaming Facebook

| | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Yesterday Fox News posted an article detailing how two different churches handled the issue of their congregations using Facebook. 

The article reports that Rev. Cedric Miller of Living Word Christian Fellowship Church in Neptune, N.J.,ordered about 50 married officials at his church to delete their accounts with social networking sites or resign from their positions. Miller said some 20 couples had run into marital troubles because their spouses connected with or re-ignited a relationship with an ex-flame.

In contrast, the article reports:

"Danielle Hartland, communications director of Grace Church in Erie, Pa., says Facebook itself is not the problem, because it's morally neutral. "The thing is, Facebook is neither evil or good; it just exists," she says. "What you do with it determines what it becomes.""

The article details the stands that a number of churches have taken on the use of Facebook and notes that some churches are using the site to increase communication among their members.  Please follow the link to the article, it is an interesting report.

On a personal note, I am on Facebook, as are many members of my church.  Sometimes it is an easy way to convey last minute changes in events or plans and sometimes it is an easy way to encourage someone if you don't have the time for a visit or a phone call.  Because many of the young people are also on Facebook and are friends with many of the adults in the church and the leadership of the church, it is a good way to keep up with the interests of the younger members of the church.  I personally think the good uses of Facebook outweigh the bad.

0 TrackBacks

Listed below are links to blogs that reference this entry: Blaming Facebook.

TrackBack URL for this entry: http://www.rightwinggranny.com/mt/mt-tb.cgi/2447

Leave a comment

About this Entry

This page contains a single entry by Granny G published on November 20, 2010 8:04 AM.

Uncertainty Is As Toxic To Business Planning As Bad Policies was the previous entry in this blog.

Michael Yon Comments On Afghanistan is the next entry in this blog.

Find recent content on the main index or look in the archives to find all content.