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Survey helps to equip and determine social media needs

July 20, 2016
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The General Convention Task Force for Leveraging Social Media for Evangelism has developed a short survey to determine steps needed to empower and equip Episcopalians in the use of all new media for evangelism.

The survey is here in English and here in Spanish. 

Deadline is September 1.

From the Task Force: The Task Force for Leveraging Social Media for Evangelism is working to empower Episcopalians as evangelists and to equip members to share our faith using new digital tools.   

This survey is designed to identify church-wide attitudes, concerns and hopes for using social media for evangelism. What you share here will help us to design materials to prepare a church full of digital storytellers!

General Convention Resolution A172 details the charge for the Task Force.

For more information contact the Rev. Sara Shisler Goff, Task Force Chair, at sara.shisler2@gmail.com.

The members of Task Force for Leveraging Social Media for Evangelism and their dioceses are: Walker Adams, West Missouri; Benjamin Cowgill, North Carolina; Randall Curtis, Arkansas; the Rev. Jacob Dell, New York; Bishop C. Andrew Doyle, Texas; Beth Felice, Missouri; the Rev. Edgar Giraldo, Litoral Ecuador; the Rev. Sara Shisler Goff, Chair, Maryland; Bishop W. Nicholas Knisely, Rhode Island; Dr. Julie Lytle, Massachusetts; Kori Pacyniak, Fort Worth; Holli Powell, Liaison to Executive Council, Lexington; the Rev. Canon Stephanie Spellers, Staff Liaison; Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, Ex Officio; President of the House of Deputies the Rev. Gay C. Jennings, Ex Officio.

Encuesta para ayudar a equipar y determinar las necesidades de medios sociales

From the Task Force: La fuerza de tarea para el aprovechamiento de los medios sociales para el evangelismo, está trabajando para potenciar a los episcopales como evangelistas y  equipar los miembros para que compartan nuestra fe mediante las nuevas herramientas digitales.

Esta encuesta está diseñada para identificar los niveles de toda la iglesia, las preocupaciones y esperanzas en el uso de los medios de comunicación social para la evangelización. Lo que compartes aquí nos ayudará a diseñar materiales para preparar una iglesia llena de narradores digitales!