From Social Media to Social Ministry, Nona Jones
From Social Media to Social Ministry, Nona Jones
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From Social Media to Social Ministry
A Guide to Digital Discipleship

Author: Nona Jones

Narrator: Piper Jones

Unabridged: 3 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 06/23/2020


Synopsis

This audiobook outlines digital discipleship principles for building an online community and provides practical instruction for how to do it no matter how big or small a local church may be.There are more than 2.3 billion professing Christians in the world and more and more new churches launching globally, yet statistics show that in-person church attendance is declining or plateauing in every nation. Although social technology has been around for more than two decades, church leaders have long bristled at the idea of church online, ranking it as the last concern on their minds in Barna's 2020 state of the church report published February 3, 2020. And then, three weeks later, COVID-19 closed the doors of every church on earth and suddenly forced them entirely online.Nona Jones, a globally acclaimed thought leader on leveraging technology for ministry, had been leading a movement and sounding the alarm for several years to make digital discipleship a central part of every church’s ministry approach. In From Social Media to Social Ministry, she outlines her digital discipleship principles and provides practical instruction for how to do it no matter how big or small a local church may be. There are plenty of books to help churches build a social media strategy, but this is the first book of its kind that goes beyond digital marketing to digital ministry.Listeners will leave this audiobook with:Clarity on what discipleship truly isThe data that underscores the urgency for digital discipleshipUnderstanding of the resources required to do it wellA step-by-step guide on how to implement digital discipleship into ministry plansKnowledge of the differences among and purposes of the most popular social platforms, as well as the tools best positioned for digital ministry

About Nona Jones

Nona Jones is a rare combination of tech executive, author, speaker, and preacher. Her professional experience includes serving as Chief Content and Partnerships Officer at YouVersion, Head of Global Faith Partnerships at Meta, and Chief External Affairs Officer at PACE Centers for Girls, Inc. She is the author of Success from the Inside Out, From Social Media to Social Ministry, Killing Comparison, and The Gift of Rejection. Nona travels the world speaking at the intersection of faith, business, and leadership and has been profiled by ESSENCE magazineas an “Under 40 Woman to Watch,” Florida Trend magazine as one of Florida’s “30-Something All Stars,” and Business in the Heart of Florida magazine as a “40 Under 40 Community Leader.” She is an alumna of the Presidential Leadership Scholars Program, a national leadership development initiative jointly led by former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. Nona earned her Bachelor and Master of Business Administration from the University of Florida, where she has been recognized as an Outstanding Young Alumnus. She has completed postgraduate studies in the Harvard Law School Program on Negotiation. She is an avid runner and fitness enthusiast, as well as a Billboard-charting songwriter. She serves alongside her husband, Pastor Timothy L. Jones, Sr., in leading Open Door Church in Gainesville, Florida. She counts her two sons, Timothy Jr. and Isaac, as her greatest gifts in life.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Rob on June 28, 2020

The author fills the pages of her book with many good ideas about social ministry rather than a social strategy. I appreciated her break down of the pros and cons of the various online platforms that could be ministry opportunities. I also appreciated the fact that she did not encourage the use of s......more

Goodreads review by Amanda on February 06, 2021

This is a helpful book if you are looking to design a mega church online through Facebook. There is strong Facebook bias. I would imagine this stems from the author being a Facebook executive. I believe that a multifaceted approach using various digital platforms could make a better impact.......more

Goodreads review by Bethany on May 05, 2021

A must-read for anyone working in modern ministry!......more

Goodreads review by Bryn on June 27, 2020

A very clear and practical book on how to and why do ministry online. The reality is that as a church of individuals we are already online, so it's not a matter of if we should do ministry there but how are we going to do it well.......more

Goodreads review by Ryan on November 26, 2020

This book is a great “how-to” manual for churches looking to expand their presence on Facebook specifically. Nona Jones is a clear writer who has a deliberate and experienced method, and she conveys with great conviction and thorough detail her system. It’s clear through the pages of this brief piec......more