Facebook CEO: We Can Play the Role That Churches Once Filled

Facebook communities can fill the void left by decreasing religious participation, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg suggested last week.

Zuckerberg wants groups formed on his social media platform to fill the role in people’s lives once held by churches and groups such as little league teams.

People are in need of purpose and support, the millennial social media mogul said, and Facebook groups can provide that meaning.

“It’s so striking that for decades, membership in all kinds of groups has declined as much as one-quarter,” Zuckerberg said. “That’s a lot of people who now need to find a sense of purpose and support somewhere else.”

Speaking to Facebook’s first Communities Summit in Chicago last week, Zuckerberg also said people are basically good and want to help others. But he said the motivation for people to give of their time or money was as much from a sense of community as much than their faith. (Read more from “Facebook CEO: We Can Play the Role That Churches Once Filled” HERE)

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