{"id":873,"date":"2010-03-31T03:15:46","date_gmt":"2010-03-31T09:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=873"},"modified":"2010-08-23T08:58:43","modified_gmt":"2010-08-23T14:58:43","slug":"internet-evangelism-and-online-missionaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=873","title":{"rendered":"Missions Catalyst 03.31.10 &#8211; News Feature"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>In This Issue: Internet Evangelism and Online Missionaries<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>WORLD: Internet Evangelism Day<\/li>\n<li>WANTED: Online Missionaries<\/li>\n<li> WORLD FAITHS: A Primer for Evangelism<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><!--more--><a href=\"http:\/\/www.missionscatalyst.org\">Missions Catalyst<\/a> is a free, weekly electronic digest of mission news and resources designed to inspire and equip Christians worldwide for global ministry. Use it to fuel your prayers, find tips and opportunities, and stay in touch with how God is building his kingdom all over the world. Please forward it freely!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">News Features, edited by <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?page_id=615\" target=\"_self\">Pat Noble<\/a>, are published periodically.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #333333; font-size: x-small;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Dear Reader,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This special 5th Wednesday feature  should give you much to encourage and equip you for outreach using the  Internet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #333333; font-size: x-small;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">First, you&#8217;ll find everything you need to spread the  word about Internet Evangelism Day. Plus, Global Media Outreach is  looking for more &#8220;online missionaries,&#8221; and the Lausanne folks provide  some material to equip you for conversations with those of other faiths.  And definitely check out Leadership Network&#8217;s blog, a huge resource.<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">What  are you waiting for? The world is at your fingertips.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #333333; font-size: x-small;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Blessings,<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #333333; font-size: x-small;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Pat  Noble<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #333333; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>WORLD: Internet Evangelism Day<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?t=w595fodab.0.0.zaeaz4bab.0&amp;ts=S0471&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.internetevangelismday.com%2F&amp;id=preview\" target=\"_blank\">Internet Evangelism Day<\/a>, Press  Release, March 2010<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The  last 15 years have changed our world  forever,&#8221; claims Tony Whittaker,  coordinator of Internet Evangelism Day.  &#8220;Digital media are transforming  the way we communicate, behave, and  even think. If Facebook was a  country, it would have the fourth largest  population in the world.&#8221;  Internet Evangelism Day is a strategic  resource to help the worldwide  Church understand these issues and use  the Web to share the good news.  It is both a year-round online guide and  an annual focus day &#8211; to be  held this year on Sunday, April 25.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #333333; font-size: x-small;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p>Churches are  encouraged to use Internet Evangelism Day  resources to create a  presentation for their members on or near that  Sunday (or at any other  time they choose). The\u00a0Internet Evangelism Day  site offers free  downloads: PowerPoint, video clips, handouts, drama  scripts, music, and  posters. These enable any church (or home group,  college, or  conference) to build a customized program, lasting from 5-50  minutes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p>2010&#8217;s focus  day will be the sixth to be used by churches  around the world since the  initiative&#8217;s launch in 2005. Over this  period, digital media have  developed dramatically, with the advent of  YouTube, Facebook, and  Twitter, and the growing use of mobile phones to  access online  services. The outreach opportunities have multiplied too.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p>Internet  Evangelism\u00a0Day&#8217;s website is also a one-stop resource  covering many  subjects, including how to build a church website that is  &#8220;outsider  friendly,&#8221; using Twitter in evangelism, and blogging. Perhaps   surprisingly, you do not need to be technical to share your faith   online. And you can volunteer to be an email mentor to inquirers with   several large online outreach ministries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p>&gt;&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?t=w595fodab.0.0.zaeaz4bab.0&amp;ts=S0471&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.internetevangelismday.com%2F&amp;id=preview\" target=\"_blank\">Full story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #333333; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">WANTED:  Online Missionaries<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?t=w595fodab.0.0.zaeaz4bab.0&amp;ts=S0471&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.christianpost.com&amp;id=preview\" target=\"_blank\">The Christian Post<\/a>, March 15, 2010<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?t=w595fodab.0.0.zaeaz4bab.0&amp;ts=S0471&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.globalmediaoutreach.com%2Fvolunteer.html&amp;id=preview\" target=\"_blank\">Global Media Outreach&#8217;s<\/a> websites  allow online  spiritual seekers to directly knock on the &#8216;electronic&#8217; front doors of  participating volunteers, who can guide them in their faith,&#8221; the  ministry reports.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Notably, however, as more and more people gain  access to the  Internet and visit GMO sites requesting more  information, more and more &#8220;mature&#8221; believers are needed to respond.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;Google tells us that every day, two million people are making  spiritually-related searches on the internet,&#8221; says Beeber. &#8220;Of those  two million people every day, we are now reaching 300,000 a day &#8230; and  they are communicating with us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To meet the demand, GMO says it  needs at least 10,000 online  missionaries &#8211; more than double how many  it currently has.\u00a0 And so it&#8217;s  encouraging believers everywhere to join  the effort by devoting even just 15 minutes of their day to helping  respond to the e-mail inquiries received &#8211; 80 to 90 percent of which  reportedly are sent from outside of the United States.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&gt;&gt;  Full story <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/article\/20100315\/global-media-outreach\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p>&gt;&gt; If  you would like to recommend an online church, check  out <a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?t=w595fodab.0.0.zaeaz4bab.0&amp;ts=S0471&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fdigital.leadnet.org%2F&amp;id=preview\" target=\"_blank\">Leadership Network&#8217;s blog<\/a>. It lists  almost 50 <a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?t=w595fodab.0.0.zaeaz4bab.0&amp;ts=S0471&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fdigital.leadnet.org%2F2007%2F10%2Fchurches-with-a.html&amp;id=preview\" target=\"_blank\">Internet campuses<\/a>. And read their  article <a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?t=w595fodab.0.0.zaeaz4bab.0&amp;ts=S0471&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fdigital.leadnet.org%2F2010%2F03%2Fchurch-on-facebook.html%3Futm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Btypepad%252Fleadnet%252Fdigital%2B%2528Digital%2B%2540%2BLeadership%2BNetwork%2529&amp;id=preview\" target=\"_blank\">Now There&#8217;s Church on Facebook.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt;   Also read <a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?t=w595fodab.0.0.zaeaz4bab.0&amp;ts=S0471&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fradar.oreilly.com%2F2010%2F03%2Ffacebook-users-from-asia-or-middle-east.html%3Futm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Boreilly%252Fradar%252Fatom%2B%2528O%2527Reilly%2BRadar%2529%26utm_content%3DGoogle%2BReader&amp;id=preview\" target=\"_blank\">One in Four Facebook Users Come from  Asia or the  Middle  East<\/a> (O&#8217;Reilly Radar).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #333333; font-size: x-small;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">WORLD FAITHS: A Primer for Evangelism<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Source:  <a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?t=w595fodab.0.0.zaeaz4bab.0&amp;ts=S0471&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lausanneworldpulse.com%2F&amp;id=preview\" target=\"_blank\">Lausanne World Pulse<\/a>, March 2010<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p>To equip yourself for ministry to people from a variety of  belief systems, check out these themed articles:<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Knud  J\u00f8rgensen, dean of Tao Fong Shan in Hong Kong and associate professor at the Norwegian School of Theology, addresses <a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?t=w595fodab.0.0.zaeaz4bab.0&amp;ts=S0471&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lausanneworldpulse.com%2Fthemedarticles.php%2F1247%2F03-2010&amp;id=preview\" target=\"_blank\">The Uniqueness of Christ and Committed  Pluralism: Part 1<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?t=w595fodab.0.0.zaeaz4bab.0&amp;ts=S0471&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lausanneworldpulse.com%2Fthemedarticles.php%2F1248%2F03-2010&amp;id=preview\" target=\"_blank\">Part 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p>Dr. Kai Kj\u00e6r-Hansen, international coordinator of the  Lausanne Consultation on Jewish Evangelism and chair of the Danish Israel  Mission, writes on the topic of <a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?t=w595fodab.0.0.zaeaz4bab.0&amp;ts=S0471&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lausanneworldpulse.com%2Fthemedarticles.php%2F1246%2F03-2010&amp;id=preview\" target=\"_blank\">Not Messiah to the Jews, Not Messiah at  All: On Jewish Evangelism. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Chandler H. Im, director of Ethnic Ministries at the  Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College, encourages <a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?t=w595fodab.0.0.zaeaz4bab.0&amp;ts=S0471&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lausanneworldpulse.com%2Fthemedarticles.php%2F1252%2F03-2010&amp;id=preview\" target=\"_blank\">Interfaith Interface with Buddhists.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p>Dr. Lalsangkima Pachuau, director of the Post-graduate  Studies Program and associate professor of the History and Theology of Mission  at Asbury Theological Seminary, talks about <a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?t=w595fodab.0.0.zaeaz4bab.0&amp;ts=S0471&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lausanneworldpulse.com%2Fthemedarticles.php%2F1253%2F03-2010&amp;id=preview\" target=\"_blank\">Sharing Christ in Hindu Contexts.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rev. Dr. John Azumah, lecturer in Islamics and director for  the Centre of Islamic Studies at the London School of Theology, writes on <a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?t=w595fodab.0.0.zaeaz4bab.0&amp;ts=S0471&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lausanneworldpulse.com%2Fthemedarticles.php%2F1256%2F03-2010&amp;id=preview\" target=\"_blank\">Christian Response to Islam: A Struggle  for the Soul of Christianity. <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&gt;&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?t=w595fodab.0.0.zaeaz4bab.0&amp;ts=S0471&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lausanneworldpulse.com%2F03-2010&amp;id=preview\" target=\"_blank\">Source<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Questions, comments, submissions? <a href=\"mailto:missionscatalyst@calebresources.org\" target=\"_blank\">Contact    us<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In This Issue: Internet Evangelism and Online Missionaries WORLD: Internet Evangelism Day WANTED: Online Missionaries WORLD FAITHS: A Primer for Evangelism<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-special-editions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=873"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":883,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873\/revisions\/883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}