4. Not using humor
It is obvious not all people have great senses of humor. Not everyone could be a stand up comic. That does not mean, however, that pastors need to be dour. The plethora of memes, videos and other people’s humorous content available for sharing gives a lot of opportunity for making people laugh. Proverbs says it is laughter, not complaining, that does good like medicine.
5. Assuming social media is inherently bad
When Facebook began to gain a large following, there were many stories of marital affairs starting “because of Facebook.” At least one pastor forbade his staff members from having Facebook accounts. It was like adultery never existed before social media. One story had a large portion of divorce filings attributable, in one degree or another, to social media.
Social media is like a phone, car, newspaper, magazine, hammer, weed whacker or skillet. It can be used constructively or destructively, but it has no inherent morality. Blaming social media for being misused is misguided.
For pastors, the potential good uses for social media far outweigh the bad ones. In our constantly interconnected world, social media provides the opportunity to have influence far beyond our immediate circle of contacts. Pastors should avail themselves of the possibilities social media provides as a tool useful for the Kingdom.
