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Creation to Christ smartphone app is available on Android and iOS
GEM's simple 'flipbook' smartphone evangelistic app that summarizes the sweep of the biblical narrative is now available on Android and iOS, and in multiple languages.
http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/12021
Mobile phone apps for evangelism and discipleship
Mobile is the most incredible opportunity for evangelism and discipleship, not least in the Majority World, where a mobile phone is perhaps the one piece of digital equipment that many people will ever own. Here are two mobile apps, one for Africa, and one for sharing video shorts in multiple languages.
http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/11750
Annual strategic consultation on mobile ministry opportunities, this December
The Mobile Ministry Forum (MMF) Consultation at the Wycliffe Bible Translator Headquarters in December, in Orlando, FL, is the key gathering for people interested in learning how to use mobile technology for ministry outreach. This 3-day conference includes TED-style presentations, discussions, ministry field reports, workshop breakouts, and networking time. The call is to anyone using mobile technology in a ministry context, creating apps or content, or anyone interested in starting a mobile ministry.
http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/11735
Mobile Phone Ministry – unique distance-learning course
The Mobile Ministry Training Course is a newly expanded, 6-week online course available to help introduce any Christian to ministry opportunities using mobile devices (phones and tablets). It is usually offered twice a year
http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/11567
New word enters language and goes viral in a month: phubbing
It's rare to see a new word born and taken into worldwide common usage within a month. But that's what has happened with 'phubbing' – a contraction of 'phone snubbing.
http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/11466
Mobile phones: the future for missions and evangelism
Because mobiles reach everywhere, everyone can be reached.
Here's an example of sharing the good news in a 'Creative Access Nation', reported by the Mobile Advance missions resource site...
http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/11253
New free ebook on mobile phone evangelism and ministry
Churches, ministries and the missions community are starting to explore the incredible potential of mobile phones in evangelism and discipleship. This free 40-page book looks particularly at the options in the Majority World
http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/9417
Why do mobile phone cameras not have lens protection?
Can anyone explain why mobile phone manufacturers neglect to protect the phone camera lens in any meaningful way?
There are now two blindingly good contenders for best Android camera phone from HTC and Samsung, with camera quality and functionality we could have only dreamed of three years ago. But what is there to stop the lens getting dusty, smeared with finger prints, or scratched? Nothing that I can see. In which case all the high quality megapixels, autofocus, multishot capability etc. are potentially wasted.
http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/9009
Impact of mobile phones on ministry and mission in majority world
Amazing statistic: three-quarters of the world's population has access to a mobile phone, says a new World Bank study. And that doesn't just mean the rich West. Over 70% of sub-Saharan Africans have access to a mobile. There are nearly 5 billion mobile users in the Majority World. The opportunities for digital discipleship and evangelism are vast.
http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/8727
Bibles for mobile phones and interview with Bobby Gruenewald
The significance of free mobile phone Bibles cannot be overestimated for these reasons:
- Christians can have access to a 24/7 Bible.
- In the Majority World, mobile phones may be comparable in price to printed Bibles, maybe even cheaper.
- In closed countries, Bibles can be hard to obtain, and it may not be wise to be seen to own one.
- Inquirers can privately download Bibles in a growing range of languages.
- Even many simple phones can download Bibles and other discipleship materials.
http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/8201