Facebook & Life Transformation – unlikey combination, or not?

by David on April 30, 2009

This is an insane story of a life transformed by God through our internet ministry at Christ Fellowship about 3 months ago. I’ve changed the name to protect this person’s privacy. Nontheless this is the story. The blockquote below is the email I sent to Pastor Tom & a couple other Pastors right after it happened. To read the entire transcript of the conversation, you can click the link at the bottom of the page.

Prepare to have your minds blown! My heart is pounding right now… I’m attaching a transcript of a conversation that I had today. Let me set it up for you:

I went to our Christ Fellowship Facebook Group to look through some of the new contacts we’ve made there. I decided to send out about 10-15 random messages introducing myself and asking people if they needed prayer. Jane responded…

Thank you for friend requesting me. It seems strange that I would see you sent that just as my friend is talking to me about praying and trusting in God. She is born again or saved, not sure which is the right term to use, but I have been having a very tough time and she has been trying to help.

Anyway… I wanted to say Thank you. I guess he does work in mysterious ways.

Thanks,
Jane

After an hour of conversation… she prayed to receive Christ into her life. ON FACEBOOK. She only lives a few minutes from church. I’m sending her a Bible, a copy of The Purpose Driven Life, and she will be here to worship with us this weekend. Talk about E-vangelism!

Read the entire conversation here.

It’s 3 months since that happened, Jane attends Christ Fellowship weekly, has taken several discipleship classes, is involved in a small group, and is growing in her relationship with God and others like crazy!

If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!

{ 2 trackbacks }

Pastoral Care/Leadership & Social Networking | david helbig
May 21, 2009 at 9:04 pm
Pope dives into Social Media & Networking | david helbig
May 22, 2009 at 4:21 pm

{ 1 comment… read it below or add one }

Kim April 30, 2009 at 12:16 pm

Thank you for sharing and I wouldn’t have minded if you used my real name. I have no problem telling anyone about that day and how much my life has changed since.

Again… Thank you for being there and for following His idea to send out a few random messages on facebook. It really wasn’t so random now was it? :)

Bless you Pastor David!

Leave a Comment

Previous post: iSearch with John Maxwell

Next post: Internet Church Strategy