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I can't be more excited to announce that I will be the new host of the Social Media Church Podcast.  I have been incredibly honored to participate in the conversation as a guest and incredibly honored to now lead the conversation as the host.  

This is a guest post from my friend Jeremy Smith.  I have followed Jeremy for many years online as he is a leading voice in church technology and innovation.  Enjoy these insights from Jeremy as he shares some thoughts on Social Media and the Church:

What is Periscope you ask?  Well, it's a new live streaming social network released by Twitter.  It's pretty simple actually.  You simply login with your Twitter credentials and can watch hundreds of live streams sent out through iPhones or begin live streaming through your iPhone and hundreds of people could potentially watch.  Not only can they watch it though, they can interact with you through live commenting that will be displayed on your app while you stream.

About 7 years ago I first started experimenting with live streaming using a platform called Mogulus (now Livestream.com).  We simply hooked up a handy-cam to a laptop and were live!  It wasn't fancy, but it worked and thanks to social media we literally doubled our audience in a moment.  I've learned a lot since this time and took almost a 5 year hiatus from live streaming.

I cannot be more excited to announce a new service that I have dreamed about for years! Since launching Online Church at Community Bible Church I have been asked to tell the story over and over again about how we launched an online campus in a week and now reach 15,000+ people from more than 160 different countries each week.