Author: Sus Schmitt

Sus Schmitt has been on the staff of Cru since 1975 serving in the area of technology. She writes several blogs and is currently assisting Cru staff to use technology for ministry.
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Social Media and Your Ministry

Sus Schmitt

It’s important for all of us to understand the incredible impact of social media on our lives and on our culture.

What is your “take away” from this video? For me, I’m remembering my first website was a static place where others could go for information. Now, my posts go to my potential readers instead of them going to the posts and … I hear from them even within seconds sometimes!

Have you looked seriously at your ministry through the lens of social networking? Are you and your disciples integrating your face-to-face connections with your virtual connections? Who are you trying to reach and what is the best way to reach them? Continue reading Social Media and Your Ministry

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YouTube and Video Ministries

Sus Schmitt

Have you found some great videos to share for evangelism or discipleship? Check out some of these great videos to share through eMails, Facebook, Twitter, or your blog. You can link to YouTube videos or to meaningful content in the EveryStudent.com Video Room and through the videos offered by Magdalena Today, Power to Change and more.

Please comment if you know of some Campus Crusade for Christ videos that should be added to this list. Continue reading YouTube and Video Ministries

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Redeeming Social Media by John Piper

Sus Schmitt

Have you ever been in a discussion about the value of social media? Here’s what John Piper has to say:

“I see two kinds of response to social Internet media …

“One says: These media tend to shorten attention spans, weaken discursive reasoning, lure people away from Scripture and prayer, disembody relationships, feed the fires of narcissism, cater to the craving for attention, fill the world with drivel, shrink the soul’s capacity for greatness, and make us second-handers who comment on life when we ought to be living it. So boycott them and write books (not blogs) about the problem.

“The other response says: Yes, … but…, try to fill these media with as much provocative, reasonable, Bible-saturated, prayerful, relational, Christ-exalting, truth-driven, serious, creative pointers to true greatness as you can.”

I’m hoping you’ll take the time to read the rest of John Piper’s post on why Christians should take their message to all sorts of media. At least follow the link so you can read his example of a creative Tweet poem. Continue reading Redeeming Social Media by John Piper