Despite using social media platforms like Twitter and Instagram to connect with thousands of followers, Chris Hodges, founding and senior pastor of the 38,000-member Church of the Highlands in Birmingham, Alabama, says he may soon quit social media because it has become a distraction.
“I am in the process of actually trying to see how much I can get off of my phone right now,” Hodges said on the Vanderbloemen Leadership podcast Tuesday.
“In fact, I am actually considering getting off all social media,” he added. “It has become one of the biggest distractions.”
Hodges noted that while he is struggling with the distraction that comes with social media, he is also aware of their power to do good and market things like his latest book The Daniel Dilemma: How to Stand Firm and Love Well in a Culture of Compromise.
“I know how powerful it can be in marketing and things like that,” Hodges said. “But man, boy, it can be so distracting to me, so I’m actually putting that before the Lord right now, about how much of that actually needs to be in my life, and seriously considering making it where it’s basically just a phone and that’s about it.”
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