LinkedIn Can Help Church Pros Connect . . . If They Use It
LinkedIn is a powerful networking tool similar to Facebook but with a professional focus.
It packs a powerful punch for anyone wanting to connect with people in a specific sphere of interest. You can use LinkedIn to find professionals who might be willing to help you. Say, for instance, you are looking for someone who has worked in ministry with disabled people or who can preach in Arabic. You can look for people with those specific skills.
Conversely, you might have a skill you feel is underused. You can feature your special interest in your profile.
LinkdIn is an “opt-in” medium. The user chooses to particpate in the online community. Users can look for connections, accept referrals, and ask for introductions.
LinkedIn users can join groups . . . also entirely opt-in. Professionals can only connect by getting someone they already know to introduce them. Even then, the person of interest must accept and initiate any resulting communication.
It’s a fairly safe way to form relationships with peers that can be helpful in your work.
One would think that anyone going to the trouble to complete a LinkedIn profile would be serious about using this amazing networking tool. Most groups are filled with names willing to be found or to help others in their searches.
2×2 found a very odd exception. We looked at a group formed around a Protestant denomination. The group had hundreds of members with very detailed profiles. Most of them had their identities shielded!
What a waste of communication potential!
Again, the Church fails to understand how the tools of today’s world can be used in mission. What are church LinkedIn members afraid of? Why bother joining a professional network and then back away from any ability to take advantage of its potential?
It’s crazy! Back to the cloister!
we are there to work for JESUS because he loved us so much till he died on the cross. Yet for our sake he became poor so that we can be rich spiritually .Orphans here are crying for food ,education and clothes. james1;26-27.Be blessed.