15 THINGS YOU NEED TO BE CAREFUL OF ON FACEBOOK AS A LEADER. 1. All your posts are a reflection of your person and your values. As such as a leader post with care. Post knowing you have an audience whose numbers you do not know who are following you. The fact that they did not like or comment doesnt mean they didnt read. 2. All your comments are equivalent to you talking. As such you cannot comment recklessly, people will read and mention it as your speech. Even if you edit, there is a miniscule chance someone captured your comment. Comment and post with care, it represents you. 3. Leaders must be careful the pages they like. You cannot imply you do not believe in Miracle water when you have liked TB Joshuas page. You cannot be angry when you are associated with anointed water when you like every post by TB Joshua or any of his followers. A like is an indicator of agreement; comradeship and union in belief. There is a dislike button, if necessary use it. 4. Leaders must revise their pages periodically. You may have liked a comment, a post , a person. Yet as time moves the person becomes controversial. The person engages in things you do not agree with. It is imperative to withdraw your likes, your comments, your posts which may have been in favour of the person. Keep check of everything and update to reflect your current position and affiliations 5. Leaders must know about public and private positions. Sometimes politicians may be relatives. In public they are sworn rivals, e.g. Zanu and MDC; yet at home its brother and sister. Please realize that your public stance must be proper and in line with what you represent. For those who are pastors, the public knows you as such. Remember that you espouse the values of your Church more than your personal values. If your church doesnt believe in anointed water, you cannot be seen on Facebook liking all water posts. 6. Leaders must be careful of what their seniors have said. For example if your seniors come out against false prophets or a certain believer, it is wise not to be seen liking the false prophets or the believer and even befriending a big number of them. 7. Leaders must consult before they befriend a public person. Before you befriend or like Prophet so and so or Pastor so and so, consult your leaders. This is imperative so that you do not associate with people whose values are contrary to those of your church or seniors. Remember you are a public figure also, people are watching you and following you. 8. Leaders must not like posts of controversial people even if the post is godly and biblical. Avoid liking or following posts of controversial people. No matter how accurate and valuable the comment is, accept it personally but do not comment publicly or like. This is because by liking on Facebook you are, by your stature as a leader validating all their previous posts. You are also ensuring you are creating a fatal curiosity from the flock which follows you. Being less mature than you, they may fall prey to the deception of the controversial person. 9. Leaders must not follow former members. Once a person leaves your church or organisation, it is wrong to follow them. If they were a friend, you can remain chatting with them but in public posts do not comment or like. Except if the person is family. Liking or following or commenting confuses people. For example, your bosses will definitely become suspicious of your friend who is now programmer for Telecel after leaving, while you are programmer for Econet and you follow each other closely. They have reason to fear espionage. reason to fear dissipation of company secrets. 10. Do not symphathise publicly with a person clashing with your leaders. If a rebel leaves church and starts his own church, do not follow and like his posts and comments. Do not like his new church page. This is because the person has hurt your father. The person may have stolen members of your fathers church. Liking and following has bad taste in your fathers mouth. Most of the time the real reason your father released the person may not be revealed. As such, trust your father and not cross lines there. Most people are seldom told the full sins and immaturity of people who leave churches or are fired or released from churches. Trust your fathers. 11. Leaders must not play politics on Facebook. In the event you don’t agree with your church position, constitution; creating a lobby group on Facebook or posting on Facebook to fight your position is wrong. If the processes of your church defeat you, do not attempt to win a publicity war on Facebook. 12. Be careful who likes your page and comments on your posts. In the event controversial characters start liking your posts and commenting and following, it is obvious there is something happening behind the scenes. Edit your page and update it constantly so that you do not say things you are not meaning to say or be grouped with those you do not wish to be grouped with. If a person leaves your church, it will not auger well with your seniors if the person and yourself comment and like each other while you are a leader publicly. 13. Be conscious of your position in your church and in society. Those who are of high rank, there are some statements which are not becoming. An apostle cannot posts some things. Also, in the event God promotes you, quickly adjust and behave as is fitting your new post. This is because what was acceptable before in your lower post may no longer be acceptable today. 14. Do not be afraid of unfriending if necessary. Sometimes a person you grew up with or know starts changing and becoming controversial. Sometimes the person may have contributed a lot in your walk of faith. As a leader it is wise to unfriend them or unlike them. Those who do not do so are being unfair to young believers who are struggling to develop opinions about this dogdy character. Sometimes no matter how influential a person was in our lives before, as a leader, one has to make the painful decision and draw the line on the person. 15. Do not follow the posts of a former church member. Sometimes following the posts of a person released from church or who left church causes you to become desensitised to their weaknesses and mistakes. Honestly, they may have been a bad sheep but that doesnt mean they are a bad father or mother to their children. As such, they will have good posts on other aspects of their lives. If you follow you will be drawn into their lives and will differ with other people on these people as you fail to see anything wrong with them. In the long run you confuse the flock and younger believers. Conclusion: These days Facebook is a minefield. Unknown to people, all things you say and do reflect your views and positions. With Facebook there is little privacy. As a leader, you need to guard this gate. Also many will go to hell if we do not use Facebook carefully.
Posted on: Wed, 04 Dec 2013 16:18:19 +0000
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