WEB EVANGELISM BULLETIN
. . . learning from each other
W-E-B Issue 129 ~ February (i) 06
Twice a month ISSN 471-0323
News this time...
CULTURAL EVANGELISM
WEB-BASED OUTREACH IN AUSTRALIA
INTERNET EVANGELISM DAY - NEWS RELEASES READY
YES, I UNDERSTAND. I THINK
TIPS
CONTENT FOR YOUR WEBSITE
CONFERENCES - CALIFORNIA AND UK
THE WORLD WE LIVE IN
SEEKERS AND SKEPTICS AT YOUR DOOR
LORD OF THE RINGS OPPORTUNITY
TAILEND
"You don't always have to chop with the sword of truth. You can point with it, too" - Anne Lamott
CULTURAL EVANGELISM
European Christian Mission (ECM) has reported that a new approach of 'cultural evangelism' has reached 160 people in Villa del Rio, a town in southern Spain. This region has until now largely resisted Christianity.
Claudia Velazquez - a Christian artist whose paintings are based mainly on biblical and spiritual themes - arranged an exhibition with the Town Hall. Villa del Rio was perfect for this initiative, as it has a large building that has recently been converted into a museum and art gallery. Various exhibitions of the work of local artists have already been held.
Richard Tiplady of ECM said: "Had the people of Villa del Rio been invited to a
traditional evangelistic event the attendance would have been negligible."
http://www.ecmbritain.org/news.html
WEB-BASED OUTREACH IN AUSTRALIA
The 'All About Life' campaign is continuing in Australia. It is integrating web and media advertising with local churches on the ground.
In contrast to previous national media campaigns like "Power to Change", this team are
presenting TV and billboard ads city by city, rather than nationally in one hit. The pilot
campaign was completed last year in Adelaide. Next up is Canberra (the capital city).
Please pray for many in Canberra to respond and find Jesus during the March campaign.
http://www.jesusallaboutlife.com.au/
Read the story of last year's outreach in Lausanne World Pulse article:
http://www.lausanneworldpulse.com/worldreports/221
INTERNET EVANGELISM DAY - NEWS RELEASES READY
We now have two ready-made news releases about the 7 May Internet Evangelism Day. The
longer one is primarily for print magazines, the short one particularly for email
newsletter. Please can you publish them, or send them to Christian magazines and
newsletters you are in touch with?
http://ied.gospelcom.net/publicity.php#news
YES, I UNDERSTAND. I THINK
A hilarious 2-minute video clip which can be used to demonstrate how people can totally
not 'get' a new concept - be it web evangelism or anything else. A rail executive
demonstrates a new franchise proposal to a ditzy government minister, who is really REALLY
trying to understand. A good drama team could also modify this into an effective stage
skit. It's a 13Mb download, so you'll really need broadband - follow the advice on
downloading it rather than watching it streamed.
http://ied.gospelcom.net/video.php#mouse
TIPS
PODCASTING: learn more:
http://www.webpronews.co.uk/2006a/0202.html
SPEED UP WEB ACCESS: particularly if you are unable to access broadband, OnSpeed speeds
up web access five times, by compressing pages at their server, and decompressing them on
your computer. It's an add-on that can be used anywhere in the world, with your existing ISP:
http://onspeed.com/
CONTENT FOR YOUR WEBSITE
'Syndication content' means content that you can add directly to your own website, with
a simple insertion code. Some pages of the Internet Evangelism Day site offer this system,
as well as all pages of the Web Evangelism Guide:
http://ied.gospelcom.net/free-articles.php
Syndicated content is also available on the website of ACTS International: material
that has clear gospel messages as well as many articles that speak directly to the felt
needs of readers:
http://www.actsweb.org/
CONFERENCES - CALIFORNIA AND UK
Registration is now open for Techvangelism '06 - a conference on how you can grow
spiritually and make a difference for the kingdom with technology. Speakers are Walt
Wilson (Global Media Outreach), Steve Johnson (International Bible Society), Pete Holzmann
(ICTA) and Scott Lindsey (Logos Software). There will also be demos and round table
discussions. The conference is on March 18th only, with early-bird registration up to 15
Feb:
http://www.techvangelism.org/
And if you are in the Leeds area of UK, please come and meet me on the evening of 15
February:
http://ied.gospelcom.net/events.php
THE WORLD WE LIVE IN
Danish - and other nationality sites - are under cyber-attack in retaliation for the
recent actions of a Danish newspaper:
http://www.securitypronews.com/2006a/0207.html
SEEKERS AND SKEPTICS AT YOUR DOOR
Rusty Wright explains how God could use you on the Internet - a Lausanne World Pulse
article:
http://www.lausanneworldpulse.com/perspectives/215/02-2006
Another of Rusty's articles is available to syndicate onto your own site:
http://ied.gospelcom.net/article3.php
LORD OF THE RINGS OPPORTUNITY
Unfortunately, the excellent HobbitLore outreach site is no longer available - though
you can still see what it used to look like, using the WayBack Machine:
http://web.archive.org/web/20050331084752/http://www.hobbitlore.com/
Maybe someone else will be led to develop something similar?
Tolkien enthusiasts may not all be aware that 25 years ago, the BBC produced a classic
13-hour audio dramatization of Lord of the Rings. This is still available on a CD set, and
remains a masterly production. It is sold in USA and rest of the world for about half the
price in UK for some reason. Have a look on Amazon.com, where you will also see
second-hand offers much less again. Just make sure that when searching, you specify the
13-CD dramatization starring Ian Holm, Michael Hordern, etc, rather than various shorter
audiobooks also available. (Amazon ASIN number is 0553456539 in every country except UK -
you can search directly on this number on Amazon Canada, France, Germany and Japan.)
http://guide.gospelcom.net/rd?LOTR
TAILEND ô¿ô
Oarsmen News
One day, the captain of the 40-oared royal Nile barge goes down to speak to the oarsmen in
the hold of his ship.
"Men, I have some good news and some bad news. The good news is, the Queen will be joining
us today for a trip up the Nile."
The men cheered and sang the praises of the Queen.
The captain then continued, "The bad news is, she wants to go water skiing."
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