This new-fangled interweb thingy
...seems quite useful
Can you remember the days before the Internet? When if you needed to find something out, you had to go to the reference library. When to communicate with an overseas friend took two weeks and an expensive stamp. (Or a more expensive phonecall.) Music was something you bought from a shop. Videos were big plastic things the size of a house-brick.
The digital revolution is changing the world forever, just as did the invention of 'movable type' - the printing press.
How does this affect the world of faith?
Finding meaning and faith online
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Sharing faith online
... using this incredible new medium
Let's start by correcting some misconceptions! You do NOT need to be technical to do web evangelism. There are many options that anyone can use - blogging, chat rooms, even creating a Squidoo Lens on your favorite hobby or area of expertise. There are many groups needing volunteer sparetime mentors too - here are some openings.
Church websites
... sometimes a depressing picture
There are more church websites around than any other sort of faith site. Unfortunately, quantity does not always equate to quality. Perhaps the most depressing feature of many sites is that they are written for the members (or maybe believers moving into the area) in an 'insider' jargon-rich style. And they often seem to define themselves by their program of meetings, rather than what they really should be - a family, a body of people, a web of relationships, a place where 'there are no strangers, just friends you have not met yet'.
Here are pages to point the way to church
sites that can actually engage with non-yet-Christians:
- 70+ Tips for Church Websites
- Church Site Self-assessment Tool
- More church page resources
- Church Marketing Sucks
- Seeker-sensitive church sites - a PDF white paper
- Golfing parable: A Tale of Two Clubs - right and wrong ways for church sites
Blogging to share your faith
...few people seem to do it
Yet there is so much potential that followers of Jesus can use here.
Read more on blogging
Mobile phones and digital devices
... reaching 2 billion users
80& of the world's population is in a mobile reception area. 2 billion people use mobile phones. This gives us an incredible tool to reach them:Read more on mobile evangelism.
A Call to Bible Colleges
The need for web evangelism modules
Visiting Second LIfe - it's a new world
.. that we are commanded to go into
The Second Life online experience is a unique phenomenon. A virtual world within a virtual world. Can we share faith there?Read more about Second Life
Free outreach screen saver
... a low-key conversation starter
Our free non-preachy conversation-starting screen saver is ideal to install in work-place or at home. Tell your friends about it too.Get it here
Best books relating to web evangelism
Including 6 free e-book downloads
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Your comments
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Wbisbill
Great Lens. I hope you will check out and rate some of mine Newest is - How To Conquer Fear. Posted February 02, 2008 |
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collinsinternet
It's sad how many church web sites have very poor quality, yet many churches don't realize how a site can help attract more of today's youth. Posted January 15, 2008 |
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Unity
Hi Tony...Very good work on your lens. Stop by MY Saviour My Friend sometime! Posted October 06, 2007 |
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zoelife
Hello Soonguy. Posted August 24, 2007 |
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marlene3
Great layout of the lens and the contents. Keep up the good work, stay encourage and God Bless. Thanks, Marlene Posted August 21, 2007 |
