Why urban missionaries should utilize Twitter  

So I am not someone who likes to jump on fads. I didn't get an iPod when they first came out. I wasn't into the myspace/Facebook craze at first. I only now am seeing how OS x is superiour to Windows in almost every way. So when I signed up for my twitter account, at first I asked myself "what's the point?" Most of my friends are on Facebook so it seemed kinda dumb just have a site that basically did what Facebook status updates did with less ammount of characters ( about 140 including spaces) But the more I used the more I realized that it's an amazing window into the world of people in my region. People are so willing to share what's going on in their own lives. It's really quite amazing. For those of us who are Christians, it's a great tool for understanding the local culture we're immersed in. You can see the popuular 3rd places that people socialize. You can see the music and enterainment that people are into. You can also see the issues that people struggle with. It's so much information and it litterally can be accessed from your fingertips. If we are serious about reaching people in our own particular contexts, then we have to understand our local cultures and not just western/eastern culture as a whole. So I seriously recommend getting a Twitter account, even if you don't plan on using it for personal updates.