2014-09-23T12:55:58-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/digital/ http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/12549 2014-09-23T12:55:58-05:00 If your church website is prioritized for outsiders (as it surely should be – Col. 4:5), then naturally you will want to attract many to your site. There are various ways to tell people, including contact cards, search engine optimization, and paid-for Google AdWords or Facebook adverts (which can be targeted very precisely, based on searches for your own town name). But here's the thing – the easy, no-brainer starting point is to display the church URL (web address) on the wall of your church building or street-side noticeboard, large enough to be easily read by people in passing vehicles. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/12492 2014-08-06T17:14:31-05:00 Here's a wide range of free downloadable ebooks on digital ministry and social media for churches, nonprofits and individuals, evangelism, and more. Plus Microsoft free ebooks on all their software and products. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/12454 2014-07-02T06:38:21-05:00 Here's the latest 'missiographic' from GMI, looking at worldwide urbanization trends. Wherever they are, digital will increasingly be one means to connect, especially mobile. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/12383 2014-05-23T11:00:19-05:00 Right back in the early days of the Internet, MAF (Missionary Aviation Fellowship) were digital pioneers, and continue to develop innovative solutions that meet the needs of the Majority World. Last year, we featured their Estante Phone app. They are now excited to release a free software product called Lumin which will enable teaching and discipleship through mobiles phones or computers. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/12335 2014-05-16T06:56:27-05:00 The latest infographic from GMI (below) charts the huge changes in Africa over the last 20 years, and also highlights the growth of mobile phone access from zero to near universal. The huge benefits to Africa of improved communication through mobile and the Internet have been covered frequently in many blogs and reports – economic growth, development, health and education are all being transformed through digital. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/12136 2014-05-08T11:33:28-05:00 If you want to get a sense of the remarkable penetration of digital media around the world, or use some of these slides in seminars to present the challenge of digital ministry worldwide, this is for you. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/11857 2014-05-08T11:31:18-05:00 David Kinnaman highlights a critical issue facing the church today in this 2:53 video clip. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/12087 2014-02-20T06:29:00-05:00 These stats are already out of date, but you get the incredible picture! For more detail, download this free 43-page PDF ebook Emerging Nations Embrace Internet, Mobile Technology from Pew Research. Digital is a major key to leverage all types of existing evangelism and discipleship, not least in the Majority World. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/12011 2014-01-23T12:14:07-05:00 City Vision announces the launch of their Master's degree course in Science, Technology, Society and Ministry. This distance course will take a year to 18 months to complete. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/11858 2013-12-17T11:12:11-05:00 "My two-year-old is teaching my one-year-old to use the iPad," a Christian writer tweeted recently. As these two young 'digital natives' grow up, they will barely distinguish between online and offline, face-to-face or virtual. They will be unaware of that strange world just 20 years ago, which was almost untouched by digital media. They may never see, except in a museum, such ancient artifacts as typewriters, rotary-dial phones, or film cameras. Their use of digital will be totally instinctual, a seamless extension of minds and fingers. As the years pass, they will effortlessly handle digital tools and platforms yet to be invented. Digital has transformed our societies faster than any previous media revolution. And it is transforming evangelism and discipleship too. Read more...