{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"REACHRIGHT Podcast","title":"Your Church Needs a Social Media Manager (And the Intern Doesn't Count)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2445,"description":"Most churches treat social media like a task to check off and hand it to whoever has a little free time. A volunteer, an intern, the pastor's kid who knows how to use Instagram. \nBut seventy percent of people engage with a church online before they ever visit in person, which means this is not a side task. It is a ministry role that directly shapes whether new people ever walk through your doors. \nIn this episode Thomas and Shiloh make the honest case for why the intern does not count, what a real church social media manager actually does, what the role costs in different forms, and what it is genuinely costing churches that leave this position unfilled or underfunded. The conversation also gives fair pushback on the budget reality most churches face and discusses part-time, freelance, and AI-assisted alternatives that can close the gap without a full-time hire. \nBy the end of this episode every pastor and church leader should have a clear picture of what form this role needs to take for their specific size and budget. ","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/hHdpkz1SiJM4WlhNoYGKcmhnGyoIBO0rdJ04HJvirJo/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yZjBm/ZjRkMGRiMGRhNmQ0/YmE1ZTU5ZWFhNTUz/ODA2Ni5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}