Neighborhood Ministries

It helps if churches put their worship times on their website as well as their address and location so those who wish to visit will know where and when they are. My wife and I travel on weekends sometimes and seek out a church near the motel to attend on Sunday but without an address and directions, we don’t know where they are or how to get to them. In addition, I often receive invitations to conferences and special speakers and programs from the vast network of churches I work with. I usually go to the church’s website or Facebook page to learn more about the event to see if I want to attend. Without an address, I don’t know if an invitation from a church comes from a church in Bowling Green, Oh, Orlando, Florida, or somewhere in Texas. The first I might attend, the others probably not unless it’s a really good event. It does little good to promote a program without informing people of where it will be.

Facebook pages and websites are a good way to keep your members informed about activities at the church and let visitors know about your church. If so, be sure to keep it up to date. Nothing is more frustrating than to go to a church website and see it advertising an event that took place 2-4 years ago with no information about current events. One wonders if the church doesn’t do anything or just forgets to post its activities. It costs nothing to post an upcoming event on Facebook where members can check to see what is happening, saving a great deal on postage. But, be sure to offer the option of getting a mailing for those who don’t have access to a computer.

The vast number of people, including Christians, get their news and entertainment from popular media, however popular media is very biased in favor of liberal causes and openly censors organizations trying to reveal the true facts. They are having a widespread effect on the views held by children and young people. As a result, many people, including those in many of our churches hold liberal views. There are still some Christian radio stations and local radio stations which are  trying to report the facts, but few Christians and conservatives listen to them or support them. There are now a number of organizations developing conservative oriented social media. Gab has been around for a  little while and there are some others but they are not widely known. I just heard of two new ones, Daily Wire and a new Bentkey, which are joining. While they have a long way to go, they are a refreshing alternative. Bentkey is challenging Disney who is so liberal as to provoke widespread boycotting by conservatives. Disney has continued to turn out liberal movies and watched them bomb out at the box office because consumers aren’t buying them. We can vote with our money by supporting conservative businesses and organizations and boycotting those that support liberal causes, and by letting people know about them and supporting them, we can not only get factual information and wholesome entertainment, we can ensure that they survive and grow so more people can access them. In addition, by withholding money and support from liberal organizations, we can force them to cut back services and reduce their effect on our society. Money talks and too few Christians understand how to use it effectively.

Conservatives have begun to talk about government control being necessary in light of widespread censorship by the media and social media, however, it is dangerous because it is often hijacked by liberal politicians to censor Christians. While it seems to be the answer, government control has tended to support liberals and target conservatives. We are learning of increased pressure by the FBI to get the social media to censor conservatives and feeding them which posts to remove.  Even when we had a conservative President, much of the deep State remained committed to liberals. Democrats continue to push for government control over the internet and have been crowing about how Silicon Valley pulled the wool over the eyes of what they called “the stupid Republicans” who ran the hearings on censorship in the media. Government action, if any, should seek to break up the monopolies held by liberal media opening social media up to competition, allowing conservatives to develop their own networks or find some way to get around the censorship, just as they have set up their own radio and TV stations, and magazines to counter the liberal media. Churches need to openly inform their members about important social issues and Christians need to be aggressive in passing along Bible-based material and the truth about Social issues and events to their friends. I have worked hard to keep Christians informed on Social issues and events but I can only reach so many. However, if others pass it on to their friends, and they pass it on to their friends, it will soon reach millions of people.  Liberals are very aggressive on social media and doing everything they can to block those who promote the truth. It is easy for them to block big organizations from posting material but almost impossible to track millions of individuals who pick up the information and pass it on.    

Almost all the national media is funneled through the Associated Press which filters and colors the news, the media has been promoting liberal programs and ignoring, and even attacking conservative programs. While there are still independent radio and TV stations, they are few and are being squeezed out of the marketplace and few Christians support them. In addition, many Christians still rely on the mainstream media to keep them up to date in spite of its open attacks on Christian values and few Christians take advantage of Christian programs. As a result, many Christians have a distorted view of what is going on today. Christians need to seek reliable news sources and support them. Since they don’t read the Bible, and their churches do not teach on Biblical values, they often support programs which clearly violate Scripture. Many people don’t consider Social media when they talk about media, but social media is becoming an increasing force in our society. In fact, the Social media has become the main source of the truth for many people, because of the censorship in the mainstream media. As the media censors Christians and other conservatives, they are increasingly turning to social media to inform fellow conservatives about issues. Recently, that censorship has been spreading to the social media. Now Christians are facing an increase in censorship in the Social media as well.  Large reputable Christian organizations have reported that their posts had been restricted or blocked, (particularly those on Facebook and Twitter) often with no notice from the internet provider. Others are receiving notices that their postings have been removed because they don’t conform to company standards. Apparently those standards are very one-sided because it is alright for liberals to call on others to kill conservatives but not alright for conservatives to call on people to not kill unborn babies. If a conservative reports that being Gay is not genetic, that is censored as hate speech, but if a liberal calls on their followers to harass, bully, and even kill conservatives, that is allowed to remain and is not restricted. Clearly something needs to be done. If social media blocks it, there is no other way for people to hear about it. That is why I began producing this blog. I am just a small site and have not had many problems, but I know Face Book has been blocking people from reposting the Neighborhood Ministries page, from time to time. I don’t know how long I will be able to continue publishing this blog. I have received word that Word Press, who provides this website, has begun censoring conservatives. Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge blocked me from  accessing my website for awhile so I could not update it but I could still access it from other media. If those block me, it will prevent others from seeing it, though it wouldn’t take it down. I don’t know of anyone who is being prevented from viewing this site yet and hopefully it will not come to that.