A recent study completed by LifeWay shares that nearly half (47%) of churches these days use social media and social networking as tools of engagement and interaction:
Churches are turning increasingly to social networking tools as ministry aids and Facebook is by far the most popular tool, according to a new study by LifeWay Research.
The survey of 1,003 Protestant congregations was conducted in September and sponsored by LifeWay’s Digital Church partner, Fellowship Technologies. It found that 47 percent of churches actively use Facebook.
This doesn’t surprise me one bit and I would imagine that the number will continue to increase as time progresses.
I will admit that I believe the data to be somewhat limited because most churches in America don’t even have a website so I don’t believe this to be completely representative of the Church in the US (or even abroad).
In another study along the same vein it seems that nearly half of Pastors (46%) are using some sort of social media with their congregation as well.
