Latter-day Saint Life

The Ultimate Guide to Following Elder Bednar’s Social Media Challenge

At the 2014 Education Week Devotional at Brigham Young University, David Bednar, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, challenged Latter-day Saints to “sweep the Earth with messages” about the gospel of Jesus Christ through social media.

So now that you’re primed and ready to share, you might be asking “What next? How can I share the best, most effective, social media messages?”

LDS.net is here to help! Let’s look at the different ways we can participate in social media and how to make the best use of them.

1) Share Other’s Content

You can be an effective social media ambassador without ever creating any original content of your own. There is much inspiring content already available, and more produced every day that can find an audience if you share it.

Share Content You Read You’re probably already reading many testimony building articles. Whether it’s a favorite blog or the official church magazines, you can help establish a strong social media influence by sharing the best of those articles with your friends and followers.

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