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Louis Tagliaboschi admits he twitters more than he should, although only five to six times a day, compared to his friends, who tweet 20 to 25 times a day. What is twittering? It is the use of cell phones, instant messages and e-mails to post streams of short blog posts on the Internet. “Community is no longer trapped to geographic terms with this,” said the Broadway United Methodist Church worship leader. “It’s like a virtual community.” Social networks - MySpace, Facebook and Twitter, to name a few - have become increasingly popular among high school and college students, and even parents and grandparents. Now, those same social networks that have connected and reconnected friends are being used as a resource for many religious organizations. Churches have crossed the virtual divide in efforts to build, foster and cultivate relationships and sustain their connections to congregations. “At the heart of it is the church wants to build relationships and networks and that’s what Facebook does,” said Adam Shourds, associate pastor at Broadway United Methodist Church. “Like any other tool, it’s never the central part of the message, but it helps to facilitate that message.”

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