Thou shalt not Tweet in an ungodly way, Church of England tells worshippers

[cbayer]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/10588311/Thou-shalt-not-Tweet-in-an-ungodly-way-Church-of-England-tells-worshippers.html

Preaching the message of modern communication, the Church of England is asking its clergy and staff to spread the world through Twitter - in a way God would approve of


Churchgoers have been told to ask themselves: “Would God like my tweet?” Photo: ALAMY

By Keith Perry
8:54PM GMT 21 Jan 2014

Churchgoers have been told to ask themselves: “Would God like my tweet?” as the Church of England draws up the nine Commandments for social media faithful.

Preaching the message of modern communication, the Diocese of Bath & Wells urged its clergy and staff to reach out to others through social media in the hope they will help spread the Christian message in a way God would approve of.

The diocese said social media was “an important missional tool” that could build relationships not possible through other channels. But it added that church members should beware the temptations of social media immediacy and not lose their Christian values in the rush to be “liked”.

New good practice guidelines issued by the diocese included the first tenet: Don’t rush in.

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[Lint Head]

1. Then Tweety and his flock of Tweeters wonder through the wildnerness for 40 days and 40 nights.

Therefore the Tweeters tweet-ethed until their tweeters fell off. And the great Tweeter looked down upon the Tweeters and said it was good. But then the Big Tweeter of Heaven decided it was bad because some Tweeters tweeted things of abomination. He therefore sent a great flood and all Tweeters were wiped from the face of the earth. Then there was a great upheaval in Heaven and Hell because the multitude of Tweeters was so overwhelming that the Great Evil Tweeter and the Big Tweeter in Heaven purged the Tweeters and they were sentenced to roam the face of the earth forever. Amen.

[cbayer]

2. Lol! It always cracks me up when I hear very serious people using the word "tweet".

Diane Rehm says it in a way that you can't help but giggle.

[hrmjustin]

3. Well I follow a lot of COE clergy on twitter and they behave for the most part.

But Episcopal clergy have a good sense of humor.

[cbayer]

6. justin, pinto and I would love some examples of clergy tweets!

Could you give us a few?

[hrmjustin]

7. churchsnobtec.

That is something I follow.

[cbayer]

8. Drat, I was hoping for actual examples.

I don't tweet, don't know how to tweet and have zero interest in learning how.

[hrmjustin]

9. here are some tweets

@churchsnobtec
You know Jesus hung on the cross for 3 hours do you don't have to.


Funding Idea: Episcopalians must tithe on the cost of plastic surgery to social justice ministries

[cbayer]

10. Thanks justin!

I'm not sure that first one is following the new rules, lol

[hrmjustin]

11. Fb is where clergy complain the most.

[pinto]

4. In 140 words or less.

Showing my age I guess, but I find this really odd.

[cbayer]

5. Let's see if justin can give us some examples!