AoG and Pentecostal Guide to Online Evangelism & Church Pages

Strategies for Pentecostal and Assemblies of God Churches

God has given us an incredible new tool for outreach and discipleship - the Internet. However, the Web can only be used effectively when we understand the nature of this medium. Just as TV is not just radio with pictures, so the Internet is not just a way of delivering tracts on a computer monitor. Unlike radio, TV and literature - which are "push" mediums - the Internet is a "pull" medium which draws people in - but only on the basis of what interests them.

Therefore to create web-sites which merely explain the Gospel will never reach the vast majority of Web users. Creative strategies are needed.

These strategies can also be applied to church websites. Very often, church sites appear to be written purely for Christians. Yet churches which realise the potential their sites have to reach out into the community are reporting remarkable success. Some Full Gospel church sites have become very effective outreach tools and are excellent examples for church page strategy and design (see three examples in the links on right).

Click here for the Pentecostal AG / AoG Full Gospel Evangelism Guide

• Learn more about strategies and ideas that can be used by Pentecostal and AG/ AoG Assemblies of God churches in online evangelism.
• See examples of some of the most effective evangelistic outreach sites on the Web and how they share faith in an effective relevant non-threatening way.
• Learn communication strategies that apply to any sort of outreach, online or offline.
• Free twice-monthly email newsletter: Web Evangelism Bulletin.

The potential for Pentecostal Churches to use the Web for outreach is enormous, yet relatively few churches and individual Christians are using it.

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