As a follow up to my article Churches in Edinburgh on the Internet I thought I would have a look at churches in Edinburgh on social media.
Most active churches seem to have a Facebook page these days, but these get little interest outside the members. In some cases they have a tenth the number of likes as they have members. Generally they seem to be sharing information about events within the church with members.
When it comes to Twitter the searches I did were quite disappointing.
Church Edinburgh brings up mentions of church buildings, denominational committees and events taking place in church buildings.
Christians Edinburgh doesn't really help you find any Christians in Edinburgh.
Christianity Edinburgh does not fare much better.
What there is of church activity on Twitter seems to be either the equivalent of the dayglo TBS bible posters you used to see at railway stations (click here to remind yourself) or the equivalent to the church newsletter. There is very little real communication going on between real individuals. There are also very few Christian bloggers in Edinburgh. This does not reflect the stated desire of so many churches to reach the people of Edinburgh.
What do you think?
