A few missionaries from the New York, Rochester mission have been approved to set up Facebook accounts for a pilot program. The photo shows some of their Facebook profiles.
In the spirit of my last post, calling into question why missionaries might blog, I'd like to think through why they might participate on Facebook or any other of the social networks now available.
I have some of the same concerns I expressed with blogging. Is this really the best use of a missionary's time? Doesn't this risk reconnecting missionaries with the world they left behind at the expense of keeping their focus on where they are called and their proselyting purposes?
I want to be an advocate for missionaries doing social networking. But first, how could it go wrong?
