Internet evangelism
Since its inception, Christianity has seen a consistent and dramatic increase in its number of adherents.[1][2] In the 1940's the Lausanne Movement was started in order to help Christendom evangelize globally with greater effectiveness and thousands of Christian leaders from around the globe meet regularly to increase the effectiveness of Christian evangelism.[3]
Campus Crusade for Christ International (CCCI) is one of the world's largest evangelism organizations within Christendom and has over 25,000 full time missionaries. In 2006, Alan Beeber of CCCI predicted that internet evangelism will result in more conversion that all other forms of evangelism for CCCI combined.[4]
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Global Media Outreach
Global Media Outreach is the internet evangelism arm of Campus Crusade for Christ International (CCCI). Recently, Global Media Outreach has seen a dramatic increase in the results of their internet evangelism efforts.[5] In 2011, they reported reaching more than 150 million people with a Christian online message.[6] For the year 2013 alone, GMO presented a Christian message to over 326 million people through their more than 200 different websites globally.[7]
In addition, in August of 2010, Global Media Outreach announced it is combining forces with Joni and Friends International Disability Center to recruit Christians with disabilities who would like to spread the gospel and minister to others via the internet. By combining forces with Joni and Friends, Global Media Outreach benefits by having access to some 650 million people with disabilities worldwide.[8]
In 2006, Alan Beeber of CCCI predicted that internet evangelism will result in more conversion that all other forms of evangelism for CCCI combined.[9]
Network211
Network211 is a world missionary outreach focused on global evangelism and discipleship via the Internet.[11]
Network211 currently has a project called Project 100Million.
Project 100Million is an evangelism and discipleship ministry of Network211. Their goal is to reach 100,000,000 people worldwide with the Gospel online.
Project 100Million is multilingual, ministering in English, Farsi, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Mandarin, Spanish, Filipino, American Sign Language and Easy English. Other languages are under development. Network211 has reached people in over 200 countries and territories.
As of June 22, 2015, their online ministry has reached over 16,727,000 people.[12]
YouTube Christian evangelism
YouTube is a popular online video sharing site that provides a method distributing Christian/creationist videos across the world. The YouTube search engine is the second largest search engine in the world.[13]
Recently, Christians and Christian creationists have faced problems with atheist cyberbullies, but they have developed methods to overcome this problem.
See also
- Essay: Sharing your Christian/creationist videos on the internet
- Resources on becoming a Christian
- Resources for leaving atheism and becoming a Christian
- Creation vs. Evolution Videos
- Christianity
- Internet atheism
External links
- Evangelical Website Promotes 'Internet Evangelism Day', Christian Post
- Digital revolution creating new evangelism opportunities, Christianity Today
- Study Reveals Internet Evangelism Is Effective - Christian Post, 2011
- Christian ministries using social media to connect to millions all over the world, Christianity Today
- Internet evangelism - YouTube video
References
- ↑ http://users.adam.com.au/bstett/BChristianIncrease12.htm
- ↑ http://pewforum.org/Christian/Faith-and-Conflict-The-Global-Rise-of-Christianity.aspx
- ↑ http://www.lausanne.org/about.html
- ↑ http://www.lausanneworldpulse.com/pdf/issues/LWP0206.pdf
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Internet evangelism is powerful especially when combined with creation evangelism
- ↑ GMO - About US
- ↑ Internet alliance provides mission opportunities for people with disabilities
- ↑ http://www.lausanneworldpulse.com/pdf/issues/LWP0206.pdf
- ↑ Network211 - our results
- ↑ Network211 - About us
- ↑ Network211 - our results
- ↑ http://www.tgdaily.com/trendwatch-features/39777-youtube-surpasses-yahoo-as-world%E2%80%99s-2-search-engine