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Using social bookmarking systems to draw people to Christian websites
Social bookmarking is a way of storing links that you like, and sharing these ‘collaborative opinions’ with other people. The best known system is probably del.icio.us but there are many others.
http://internetevangelismday.com/socialbookmarking.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
The web as a perfect mission field - you can start being an evangelist and missionary from your own home
If we were going to design the perfect mission field, here is what it might look like:
1. It would be filled with millions of unsaved and accessible youth and young adults.
2. It would be a place where people openly, regularly, and publicly share their opinions, thoughts, feelings, concerns, fears, and needs without anyone asking them to.
3. It would be a place where people connect with other people in community, and people like and expect to meet new people...
http://internetevangelismday.com/webmissionfield.php
How to write your testimony: writing effective evangelistic Christian testimony life story
Testimony can be a powerful tool of Christian communication. Imaginary young woman 'Angie' has written her story in three different styles:
1. For Christians, as she might tell it in church
2. Completely rewritten for non-Christians
3. Also for non-Christians – using the style of a magazine feature
Note – this is not a true story though it sums up the experience of many real people - it was written to illustrate writing techniques. Please do not quote it as fact!
http://internetevangelismday.com/angie.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
Use contact cards as church invitation cards and as mini tracts to promote evangelistic websites
ontact cards (ie. invitation cards in business card format) are a good way to share your faith, and have some advantages over tracts:
* Small – so you can easily carry a supply at all times (small metal containers for purse, wallet or pocket are widely available).
* Culturally acceptable almost anywhere, whereas tracts can be seen as threatening and religious in some circumstances.
* Can be personalized with your name, email address and your website URL.
* If you don’t have a site of your own, you can use cards which feature any evangelistic site that you feel is appropriate.
* Ideal as invitations to local churches.
http://internetevangelismday.com/contact-card.php
Online community: building a sense of community and relationship into websites
A community is a group of like-minded people. You are probably part of several different communities – the town/village where you live, the place where you work or study, a group of friends with whom you play sport or other hobby activity, and your church fellowship. An understanding of community is essential for digital ministry.
http://internetevangelismday.com/build-community.php
Christian artists - an open letter to all Christians in the visual and performing arts
The Web and the digital media are changing everything! It is not only that we have one more medium to use. This new medium is also transforming the way people think and communicate. For about 500 years after the invention of the printing press, we were living in a ‘print communication culture’. Then, from around 1950, radio and TV placed us in a ‘broadcast communication culture’. Now from the Millennium onwards, we are moving into a ‘digital communication culture’.
http://internetevangelismday.com/christian-artists.php
Adult learning principles: how people learn effectively including in Christian environment
How best do people learn? It is an interesting question with some fascinating answers, because it has a high degree of relevance to effective Christian communication of the Gospel. Until relatively recently, all teaching strategies were developed for children. But now, considerable research has been done on the best ways to teach adults effectively. Indeed it is a subject that can itself be studied at undergraduate or postgraduate levels.
http://internetevangelismday.com/adult-learning.php
Christian apologetics: using apologetics answers and discussion in evangelism online outreach
Although many non-Christians have no interest in discussing apologetics issues with Christians, there are some who have the mindset to ask questions and debate issues. Indeed, in the modern world where there is no longer any consensus about truth and values, apologetics can still be strategic.
http://internetevangelismday.com/apologetics.php