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How Christians can use social networking sites in relationship building and evangelism
The Web as a medium is so broad that for any person it can be ‘what you want it to be’. For some, it is merely best way of keeping in touch with friends and family by email. For others, it can be any or all of: finding new friends, seeking information and doing research, hearing news, playing online games, networking with others about a hobby or interest, sharing opinions, asking questions, making choices about purchasing, publishing their writing, photographs or videos, and much more. And so the opportunities for online evangelism are equally wide. And note, many of them need no technical skill. And it is, in many ways, an ideal mission field. If Facebook was a country, it would be the third largest (by population) in the world.
http://internetevangelismday.com/social-networking.php

Christian blog evangelism: blogging strategy to make outreach blogs share Christian gospel witness
‘Blog’ is short for ‘weblog’. A blog is a type of website, but differ from the usual site style, by having these characteristics...
http://internetevangelismday.com/blogging.php

Kasia's story - Polish girl student finds truth and meaning on the Internet
Kasia lives in Poland. She began an internet discussion with a young believer in Florida, who encouraged her to visit several Internet sites, including IMB’s VitaNovis which put her in touch with their Polish team. As a direct result of visiting the IMB site, Kasia began to correspond with a young Polish Baptist woman, who played a role in Kasia coming to faith in Christ.
http://internetevangelismday.com/kasia.php

Kevin's story - Canadian finds hope and purpose through PowertoChange site
TV adverts for the outreach site PowertoChange.com attracted their attention, but Kevin and Cathy were at first skeptical. They went online to check it out. There they found a clear message of truth with the promise of help to change their ways.
http://internetevangelismday.com/kevin.php

Is digital evangelism effective? True stories of effective digital outreach online
There is no magic bullet in evangelism, discipleship, or anything else. Over the years, new mediums and methods have been each championed as holding the key to evangelism and church growth. Yet the church continues to decline numerically in some countries of the West.
http://internetevangelismday.com/results.php

Web has potential as medium for Christian communication and outreach
The Internet has become a 21st century Roman road, marketplace, theater, backyard fence, and office drinks machine. Web evangelism gives believers opportunities to reach people with the Gospel right where they are, just as Jesus and Paul did. The Web is an open window to the whole world.
http://internetevangelismday.com/medium.php

Can God use me to reach people for Jesus Christ on the Internet? Article by Rusty Wright
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/article3.php

Googling the Gospel - how people use Google to search for life answers. Christian Herald article by Russ Bravo
How do you connect to people? It’s a question I’ve been thinking about increasingly in recent days, as life gets more hectic and the pressures of work make time ever more precious. As with so many things, the internet can be a blessing or a curse. It can deliver information to our fingertips at the click of a mouse, give us access to knowledge, understanding, entertainment and much more at very modest cost – and help us communicate faster, wider and more creatively than ever before.
http://internetevangelismday.com/google.php

Readers Digest - why does its writing style communicate so well?
The enormous popularity of Reader's Digest over 80 years suggests that they have learned something in communication techniques! The magazine therefore offers approaches that we can use in writing for the web: * It aims at the reading level of a 13-year-old, yet does not talk down to adults. * It uses many true real-life stories about people. “People are interested in people.” * These stories are told in a dramatic way, usually with a key element of the person's story as a lead-in. * Stories use plenty of quoted speech: “He said... She called back...” etc. * It addresses practical problems and worries, and offers ideas to help readers improve their quality of life. In other words, it addresses felt needs which is a key strategy in evangelism. * Humor is mixed with serious articles.
http://internetevangelismday.com/readersdigest.php

The value of national or regional networks of people involved in web and digital ministry
We are always stronger and more effective as part of a network or team. This is particularly true in web evangelism and digital outreach, which can for some be a solitary and isolated ministry. In North America, the Internet Evangelism Coalition started soon after the Web became a mainstream medium, and through a variety of projects including an annual conference and the development of Internet Evangelism Day, has advocated the Web as an effective means of outreach. However, in many other countries and regions of the world, there are no active networks of web evangelists. In some languages there is little or no online evangelism at all. There are different models for such networks; we are not proposing any single way of doing it.
http://internetevangelismday.com/building-networks.php