Blogging and the local congregation
As you know (if you’ve read the post below or one from last weekend), I recently agreed to stand for election to the deacons at my church.
The Nominating Committee asked our pastor to be the person to contact me. They also reportedly asked him to express to me a concern over the existence and content of my blog. Apparently they were concerned that I would blog about sensitive information or children or other events related to my service as a deacon – with the implication (as seen by me) that such blogging would be inappropriate.
I believe that I have shown an adequate track record of handling sensitive information (within the youth group or Project Open Door, for a few examples) while blogging about the church. I would also like to note that the majority of what I write about my congregation is positive. Last, I avoid as much as possible making individuals identifiable when posting my less positive thoughts or feelings.
My pastor has encouraged me to ask my readers the following question:
What is the effect on both a blogger and the relationship with his/her congregation when said blogger blogs about the local congregation?
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I know that many of my readers have chosen to blog anonymously (generally under a pseudonym like "Tall Steeple Preacher" or "Calvin’s Understudy" or such) and that they do write about events in their churches with some level of detail but with all identification of the people involved (and church) removed. Others have chosen to avoid writing about their local congregation altogether, whether or not they use their real name. Still others are doing something similar to what I am doing – blogging about local events and stories under their real name with their church clearly defined or easy to determine – but with different levels of detail and identification of people or churches.
What do you think? My pastor and I are very interested in hearing your opinion. What does blogging do to the relationship between the blogger and congregation?
Because this conversation discusses anonymity, and because in order to prevent massive amounts of spam I need to require at least a minimal amount of information regarding your name or e-mail for comments, I have an offer for this post only. If you have comments that you would like to post anonymously, please feel free to e-mail it to me along with some moniker that you want me to use, and I will post it myself.
Oh, boy – part 2
I have agreed to stand for election to the Board of Deacons, Class of 2011, at the Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville. The election will be held June 15.
The decision involved a short but intense process of discernment (I was only asked last Saturday) with several phone calls to the pastor and a member of the Nominating Committee.
I would like to thank everybody here who has commented on this question, where I might be called, and me personally over the past few months. Part of the discernment process involved reading the comments here. There were two common threads among the responses (some non-public conversations, too) from folks whose opinion I value highly that ended up being the deciding factor.
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I have received a note from the Central Jersey Deacon Candidate Host Committee about an event …. just kidding! (If you don’t get the joke, click here.)
Thanks. I know a ton of you were praying for me.
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