-Facebook as an Outreach Tool

Posted by Dr.D | February 26, 2010 .

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There are over 350 million folks on Facebook and it is still growing exponentially. It has incredible potential as a vehicle for outreach.
Here’s an excellent article from Digital Evangelism Issues on using Facebook in ministry. It addresses various current issues and has links to helpful training:
“Facebook outreach and training”
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-Harris Poll of Online Use has Implications for Ministry

Posted by Dr.D | December 27, 2009 .

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This is an astounding figure and shows a dramatic increase of online use over the years. 80% of all adults in America go online and they average 13 hours a week according to a recent Harris Poll.
This has tremendous implications for ministry. Americans are increasingly spending larger portions of their [...]

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-8 Questions to Think About if You Want to Start an Online Ministry

Posted by Dr.D | November 29, 2009 .

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Here’s something to think about if you are planning to start some kind of online ministry. A great article by Paul D. Watson found on his ministry blog-reaching the online generation: “Eight Questions for Starting an Online Ministry”
It is short, sweet and profound from someone who is majorly involved with starting [...]

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The ‘Virtual’ Church Online Controversy

Posted by Dr.D | October 11, 2009 .

The final session at CWC-Christian Web Conference in September addressed a developing controversy: “The Great Debate: Church Online. As the conferees sat down to begin the session the following video was up on the screen:

Unfortunately Andrew Jones who was scheduled to speak in support of the Church Online was unable to attend. So in [...]

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Evangelism and Social Media

Posted by Dr.D | August 13, 2009 .

(Hat Tip to: Digital Evangelism Issues)
The OurChurch blog has an article on evangelism and social networking where they evaluate and link to a recent PBS article.
John Saddington of ChurchCrunch, was one of those interviewed in the PBS article and points out:
“One of the nice things about social media is that it establishes a [...]

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Middle East: Blogging Can Get You Killed!

Posted by Dr.D | May 13, 2009 .

(Medina by Shabbir Siraj via Flickr)

Blogging can get you killed in the Middle East! This is one of the facts you face in ministry to certain areas around the world. In America and in the West we are free to communicate our religious ideas and teachings to others, but not so in Muslim dominated countries. [...]

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Internet Evangelism Day-April 26

Posted by Dr.D | April 26, 2009 .

A good day to consider how the Internet can be used in Evangelism—one of the major topics and purposes of this blog. Here’s a link to the main website and also to a blog dedicated to digital evangelism issues.

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