WEB EVANGELISM BULLETIN
. . . learning from each other
W-E-B Issue 155 ~ December 07
Monthly ISSN 471-0323
News this time...
WEB EVANGELISM CONFERENCE VIDEOS NOW ONLINE
VIDEO CLIP ADVANCE
BIBLE IN A YEAR
THREE CORNERSTONES OF AN EFFECTIVE SITE
DRAMA SCRIPTS
EBOOK FROM CHURCH SOLUTIONS
PEW REPORT ON TEEN WEB USE
IE DAY SET FOR LAST SUNDAY IN APRIL
TAILEND
"The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one." - Mark Twain
WEB EVANGELISM CONFERENCE VIDEOS NOW ONLINE
Seven of the web evangelism seminars from September's Web Ministry conference are now
available to watch online:
http://www.webevangelism.com/index.php?id=100
Maybe the holiday period is a good chance to take time to view some? They were recorded with an innovative system which also displays the PowerPoint or screen content, so you see exactly what the session participants saw. Nearly as good as being there!
These highly recommended sessions cover topics:
* Reaching Your Community Through A Church Website - how to make a church site reach outsiders
* Evangelism in Second Life - the new virtual world
* The Power of Personal Testimony - important principles
* The Edges of Cyberspace - the potential of the Web to reach the 'second billion' -
mainly non-western internet users who will come online in the next few years
* Evangelism and Mentoring - lessons learned by TruthMedia.com
* Rethinking Internet Evangelism And Online Ministry - looking back and forward
* Hollywood Jesus - outreach based on redemptive parallels in film
There are also audio recordings of some other conference sessions:
http://www.internetministryconference.org/blog/
To set these in context, here are details of speakers and sessions:
http://www.internetministryconference.org/archives/2007/speakers/
http://www.internetministryconference.org/archives/2007/schedule/
We urge you to blog about these videos, and link directly to individual seminars appropriate to your website. 'The Edges of Cyberspace' is a must-watch presentation for all in the missions community. 'Reach Your Community' is essential for any church with a website, or planning one.
2008 conference is scheduled for 20-23 October in Grand Rapids, USA.
EVANGELISM IN FACEBOOK
Evangelism is all about two-way relationships. Facebook is all about two-way relationships. Notice any overlap here?
Marketing Sherpa have produced a tutorial How to Market Yourself & Your Company on Facebook - 11 Steps & Strategies
VIDEO CLIP ADVANCE
"MSN has just released the beta version of its new video site called Soapbox," writes SitePoint. "The interesting part about this is that you can create a list of videos inside Windows Live Messenger to share with your friends while chatting.
"This will provide a huge boost in the speed with which viral videos are disseminated,
and should play an important part in getting Soapbox used by video makers everywhere -
whether it's the kid next door dancing to music, or Lonelygirl15:
http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-us&tab=soapbox
"Here are 5 places to upload your video for maximum exposure:
1. YouTube
2. Google Video
3. MSN Video
4. Vimeo
5. Revver
"They're all free! You don't host the bandwidth. And they all
have 'Tell A Friend' functionality."
http://www.sitepoint.com/newsletter/viewissue.php?id=2&issue=380
BIBLE IN A YEAR
YWAM offer PHP code linking to Bible Gateway, that inserts readings for a year onto
your site:
http://www.ywamit.com/node/339
THREE CORNERSTONES OF AN EFFECTIVE SITE
Regardless of what your website is designed to do, there are a few primary objectives
you should keep in mind before you start building:
http://www.sitepronews.com/archives/2007/oct/5.html
DRAMA SCRIPTS
We have a range of scripts which were written to challenge Christians about the need
for evangelism. The first two are specifically about web evangelism. Are you a drama
writer? Would you like to write a script that challenges people on the potential of online
evangelism? (We'll give a book to writers of any scripts we publish!)
http://ied.gospelcom.net/dramascripts.php
EBOOK FROM CHURCH SOLUTIONS
Church Solutions offers a 25-page ebook covering a range of topics, such as Web 2.0,
blogs and podcasting, in a church context.
http://www.churchsolutionsmag.com/ebooks/CS_web2_09_07.html
PEW REPORT ON TEEN WEB USE
Content creation by teenagers continues to grow, with 64% of online teenagers ages 12 to 17 engaging in at least one type of content creation, up from 57% of online teens in 2004.
Girls continue to dominate most elements of content creation. Some 35% of all teen
girls blog, compared with 20% of online boys, and 54% of wired girls post photos
online:
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/230/report_display.asp
IE DAY SET FOR LAST SUNDAY IN APRIL
This annual web evangelism awareness day is set for 27 April 2008. Churches and other
organizations can create a focus slot within a service or other activities. This can be as
short as 1 minute, or as long as you wish. Free downloads: PowerPoint, video clips,
handouts, and drama scripts enable you to build a short program to suit your
requirements.
http://ied.gospelcom.net/index.php
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