Church Officers and Social Media

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 879 Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Todd and his “sidekick” Carl believe that they have much wisdom to dispense to the world. They’ve picked a tech-free and quiet spot nestled in among the Amish in Pennsylvania to share their thoughts on the “evils” of social media—particularly regarding church officers. Since quitting Twitter Todd’s rosy cheeks are back, his cholesterol and blood pressure are under control, and he’s grown enough hair to sport a man-bun! In all seriousness, as Christians, do we stop and consider how we interact with others on social media? Has our behavior been irreproachable before God and man? What would our children think if they witnessed our interaction with people with whom we disagree? Is there a higher level of accountability for church officers concerning social media? Listen for Todd’s intriguing story of redemption and social media recovery, as well as Carl’s, “I told you so.”

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0:00.0	Today's program is sponsored by Reformation Sites, an easy-to-use website platform helping reform
0:05.8	helping reform churches reach out more effectively.
0:08.0	Listen at the end of the podcast for a special offer. Welcome to Mortification of Spin, a casual conversation about things that count with Carl Truman and Todd
0:35.0	Pruitt. Mortification of Spin is a weekly podcast from the Alliance
0:39.2	of Confessing Evangelicals. Let's join this week's conversation. Well, you are listening to Mortification of Spin.
0:57.7	My name is Todd Pruitt.
0:58.8	I'm pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley in Virginia.
1:04.0	I'm joined as always by my co-host, Robin to my Batman, Cato to my Inspector Clouseau, Carl Truman, who teaches at Grove City College in beautiful Western Pennsylvania.
1:20.6	Both of us have chosen to live in places that are very, very hard for hostile government forces to infiltrate and to find.
1:30.2	Me safely tucked away in a valley.
1:32.4	Carl safely tucked away in a portion of the country that literally no one wants to visit.
1:37.3	So we feel like we have a lot to say about modern cultural issues that are facing us.
1:44.0	And we thought we would dip a toe into the waters,
1:49.0	so to speak, of pastors, ministers, elders, and social media.
1:55.0	I think it could be said, as someone who is in social media,
2:00.0	that there may not be any more corrosive
2:04.6	piece of technology or facet of technology than social media today.
2:11.6	I just recently got off of Twitter and I feel much healthier. I'm eating grapefruit now and jogging every day.
2:21.5	Driving a Prius?
2:22.5	I just feel a great deal of freedom and moral superiority.
2:27.0	Ever since I got off of Twitter, in all seriousness, I'm deeply happy I got off
2:31.3	Twitter.
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