2011-11-08T15:11:13-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/start/ http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/6178 2011-11-08T15:11:13-05:00 Downton Abbey – what will happen next? How ever can we wait so long to find out? Why do we care? Because we are wired for storytelling. Because we actually feel we 'know' these characters, indeed we love them. http://internetevangelismday.com/missionary.php 2010-08-14T08:11:07-05:00 Ongoing ministry for missionaries: “It’s like I never left” “I wish I could go back,” is the response of many missionaries when they get back to their home country. Reasons for not returning can be many: age, health, caring for older family members, children’s education, finance, or a volatile political situation. Happily, there are many ways that a returned missionary can continue to minister to his or her country of service. Many are involved in some area of prayer and mission advocacy – encouraging prayer involvement and mission commitment within their home churches. Many can maintain mentoring links with national believers, or be involved in translation work. In these days of population mobility, they can often find a sizable population of ‘their’ people in larger towns. http://internetevangelismday.com/contemporary-culture.php 2010-08-14T08:03:44-05:00 I think it’s important for Christians to use aspects of contemporary culture if they are serious about beginning a dialogue with non-Christians. Rev. John Stott (in Basic Christianity) has said: “The great tragedy in the church today is that evangelicals are biblical but not contemporary, while liberals are contemporary but not biblical. We need faithfulness to the ancient word and sensitivity to the modern world.” http://internetevangelismday.com/training.php 2010-08-08T16:26:35-05:00 This page explains the various ways you can learn more about online evangelism, and also provides a list of opportunities for involvement, including sparetime and fulltime openings with a range of different ministries. We must make a very important statement: web evangelism is not only for techies! There are many gifts needed, and you do not need to be technical! http://internetevangelismday.com/evangelists.php 2010-08-08T16:07:52-05:00 It is encouraging to learn how others have been led into this ministry, and see exactly what they do. Note how many different tasks there can be within this field – and not all need technical skills! http://internetevangelismday.com/article3.php 2010-08-08T15:56:55-05:00 Could God use you to reach people for Christ via the Internet? The answer may surprise you! “How could I ever use the Internet to reach people for Christ?” you might wonder. “I’m no techie. I know how to send email and read the news online, but that’s about it.” http://internetevangelismday.com/starting.php 2010-08-07T18:31:56-05:00 People sometimes ask me, “I’m a novice. How do I start to design a website for our church or Internet ministry.” I think most are expecting a crash course in HTML or web-page design. And those can be important considerations. But the most important are nothing to do with technology. I tell people, “The first thing to do is answer two questions: 1. Who’s your target audience? 2. And what’s your purpose? http://internetevangelismday.com/pop-music.php 2010-08-07T18:16:25-05:00 Since the 60s, most young people have listened to music for hours every day, read music magazines, and defined themselves and their culture by this interest. Music is the wallpaper of their lives and a very deep part of the identity of most teens. It shapes their worldview and defines them more than clothes, films, even TV. It is therefore a prime bridge point into youth culture. Is this potential being used for online evangelism? Very little. http://internetevangelismday.com/music-outreach.php 2010-08-07T18:15:47-05:00 Doug has used his musical background to create a Bridge Strategy evangelistic site in which his faith blends naturally and with integrity into a comprehensive site which is genuinely useful at a musical level. He has kindly written for us an explanation of the ethos and scope of his outreach site. These insights are very valuable to anyone planning any type of evangelistic outreach. http://internetevangelismday.com/music-evangelism.php 2010-08-07T18:14:54-05:00 Music is a universal language. There are many opportunities to create evangelistic pages with music as a starting point, using the Bridge Strategy. Sadly, there are very few such pages available. Here are some possible routes