2012-01-30T14:41:06-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/missions http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/6822 2012-01-30T14:41:06-05:00 Just published – a new book by mediastrategist Dan Henrich: Evangelism in the Digital Age: Media Case Studies (Volume 1). The book is a series of case study reports on various film, radio, web and mobile phone initiatives in Africa, S America and Asia in the last few years. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/6753 2012-01-25T04:31:27-05:00 Here's some sheer musical talent to honor. And yes, Zoe Thomson is only 8. Her Stratosphere guitar is likely older than her. Music is an integral part every culture, throughout history and across continents. We are hard-wired to communicate through music. The study of music in different cultures is called ethnomusicology. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/6725 2012-01-09T10:31:29-05:00 Digital technology years seem to run seven times faster than real time, like dog lives. What developments may be significant for us in 2012 and beyond? http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/6397 2011-12-01T10:08:09-05:00 What are some impediments to Bible and book distribution in the Majority World, including the Middle East? How can mobile phones be part of the Great Commission. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/facing-the-flame-6480 2011-11-14T11:43:35-05:00 Could it be that we've gotten so busy and even so involved in accumulating blessing at our church, at our conferences, and our Bible studies that we have walked right by the people who are facing the flames? You know, we're all called to rescue them. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/6195 2011-11-10T11:48:28-05:00 Mobile phones offer many opportunities. Moses, in AP State, India, has made a photo diary (maybe partly posed) of a chance encounter he was able to use by sharing video clips by Bluetooth with a taxi driver. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/5916 2011-10-12T11:07:52-05:00 Professor Sugata Mitra is the Indian academic who allowed poor Indian children to work out computers for themselves. But here's the challenge. For those kids who will have a web connection through these cheap tablets (or any other route), where will they find evangelistic material that is contextualized for their own culture, language and religion, and assumes they have zero Christian knowledge? http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/5735 2011-09-27T14:26:59-05:00 The acceleration of worldwide church growth and the Great Commission among increasing numbers of unreached people groups has been remarkable, especially in the last century. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/5686 2011-09-23T12:39:56-05:00 Smartphones are proliferating fast, as prices come down. Why bother to buy one? And how are people using them? Tatango have compiled data from Pew Internet research studies to produce this infographic... http://chitorch.org/index.php/chm/eighteenth-century/zinzendorf/ 2011-06-27T16:49:41-05:00 How the obedience of Nicholas von Zinzendorf led to the rise of the Moravians and Protestant missions. From Christian History magazine.