Escaping the "Westernization" of the Gospel
Much of the culture and theology of modern Christianity has been shaped heavily by Western...
An Atheist Looks at Africa
seeJesus.net quietly launched a new blog on their site last month. They produce small group Bible...
Exporting the Prosperity Gospel
A few days ago, Out of Ur pointed to this video on the prosperity Gospel produced by The Global...
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Need for easy English in international Christian communication
Over 20% of the world’s population can speak English to some degree. And since English is the language of the Internet, much higher education, and the majority of websites, there is a big incentive for young people in every nation to learn it. With only about 360 million people as first-language speakers, 75% of the 1.5 million are using it as a second language.
Of course, in an ideal world, there would be adequate Christian resources, online and offline, in the heart language of everyone. But failing that, we should be making our evangelistic and discipleship resources as accessible as possible to all second-language English speakers. How?
http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/11463
GMI infographic on Africa, mobile and digital evangelism opportunities
The latest infographic from GMI (below) charts the huge changes in Africa over the last 20 years, and also highlights the growth of mobile phone access from zero to near universal. The huge benefits to Africa of improved communication through mobile and the Internet have been covered frequently in many blogs and reports – economic growth, development, health and education are all being transformed through digital.
http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/12335
Internet and mobile use in Africa: infographic and free ebook
These stats are already out of date, but you get the incredible picture! For more detail, download this free 43-page PDF ebook Emerging Nations Embrace Internet, Mobile Technology from Pew Research. Digital is a major key to leverage all types of existing evangelism and discipleship, not least in the Majority World.
http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/12087
Serving disadvantaged communities - by making 'studio' photos in the street
Love the easy way these photographers can bless people in disadvantaged communities, and give them dignity, by taking family portraits: watch 1:20 video
http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/11694
Mobile phones and Christian ministry in Africa
Mobiles have become transformative across Africa. It is an amazing story. Any plan for evangelism or discipleship in Africa, which does not integrate mobile phones at some level, is severely handicapped.
http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/9157
Mobile Ministry Introduction: 5-min video on mobile phone opportunities in Majority World
We are honored to release the 2012 version by Mobile Advance of their 5-minute video explaining the opportunities for mobile ministry in the Majority World.
http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/8016
Convert simple phones to smartphones: free ebooks for simple mobile in Africa
Smartphone use is increasing dramatically in the Majority World. But for many poorer people who own mobiles or aspire to them, a simple phone is all they may afford for some years ahead.
So the new Worldreader system which turns these phones into smartphones of a sort, with cloud storage of ebooks, all accessed via the phone signal, is quite remarkable. Free ebooks can be placed in the hands of African school students, for instance.
http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/7847
Someone to Meet You - #6386
Would you bring Jesus the little love you have, but would you bring Him all you have? You can begin again. You don't have to get all the way there, because Jesus...He's the Savior who will meet you where you are.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/someone-to-meet-...
Discovering Livingstone | Christian History Institute
Excerpt from Christian History magazine.
http://chitorch.org/index.php/chm/nineteenth-century/livingstone/
Exporting the Prosperity Gospel - The Gospel.com Blog
A few days ago, Out of Ur pointed to this video on the prosperity Gospel produced by The Global Conversation, which is a partnership between Christianity Today and the Lausanne Movement. The Global Conversation is a year-long project exploring global Christianity through videos and essays.
http://gospel.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/05/exporting-the-prosperity-gospel/