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According to Dr. Mark P. Gonzales:
 
According to Dr. Mark P. Gonzales:
 
{{Cquote|This marvelous aphorism, popularized by pastor and writer Henry Blackaby 20 years ago, crystallizes how we should approach the Christian life. It is also a wonderful conceptual starting place in trying to describe a global movement of God that began to emerge in 2004. Since then, this 4-14 Movement has been rapidly growing like a powerful wave to catch — a great metaphor from Rick Warren’s first book, The Purpose Driven Church, where he compares a major move of God’s Spirit with the big wave that seasoned surfers seek to catch and ride. While it looks relatively easy to do when watching the sport from the beach, it is actually enormously difficult and requires critical timing and expert balance. Well, regarding the emerging 4-14 Movement, the wave is upon us. We don’t want you to miss it, and thus miss out on what God is doing.<ref>[https://www.renewanation.org/post/catching-the-wave-of-the-emerging-4-14-movement Catching the Wave of the Emerging 4-14 Movement]</ref>}}
 
{{Cquote|This marvelous aphorism, popularized by pastor and writer Henry Blackaby 20 years ago, crystallizes how we should approach the Christian life. It is also a wonderful conceptual starting place in trying to describe a global movement of God that began to emerge in 2004. Since then, this 4-14 Movement has been rapidly growing like a powerful wave to catch — a great metaphor from Rick Warren’s first book, The Purpose Driven Church, where he compares a major move of God’s Spirit with the big wave that seasoned surfers seek to catch and ride. While it looks relatively easy to do when watching the sport from the beach, it is actually enormously difficult and requires critical timing and expert balance. Well, regarding the emerging 4-14 Movement, the wave is upon us. We don’t want you to miss it, and thus miss out on what God is doing.<ref>[https://www.renewanation.org/post/catching-the-wave-of-the-emerging-4-14-movement Catching the Wave of the Emerging 4-14 Movement]</ref>}}
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== Internet evangelism ==
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''See also:'' [[Internet evangelism]]
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[[Internet evangelism]] is, as the name suggests, the process of evangelizing and spreading the gospel using the internet.
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[[Cru]] is one of the world's largest evangelism organizations within Christendom and has over 25,000 full-time missionaries. In 2006, Alan Beeber of CRU predicted that internet evangelism will result in more conversion that all other forms of evangelism for CRU combined.<ref>http://www.lausanneworldpulse.com/pdf/issues/LWP0206.pdf</ref> Internet evangelism is effective at spreading [[Global Christianity|Christianity globally]] - especially in countries where there is [[Christian persecution]] and evangelism is more difficult.
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The Christian internet evangelism organization [[Global Media Outreach]] indicates that it has had over 2.5 billion "gospel visits" to its websites.<ref>[https://religionnews.com/2020/05/18/if-the-twelve-disciples-had-iphones/ If the twelve disciples had iPhones], Religion News Service]</ref><ref>[https://witnesstoall.com/counters/alltime Global Media Outreach - websites visitors counter]</ref> Global Media Outreach works with many Christians around the world (see: [[Global Christianity]]).
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The Christian internet evangelism organization [[Network211]] indicates that over 56,000,000 web visits have occurred on its websites.<ref>[https://network211.com/stats/ Network211 - visits]</ref> Network211 works with many Christians/churches throughout the world.
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There are other significant Christian internet evangelism efforts as well. For example, the [[Billy Graham]] Association is also active in internet evangelism.<ref>[https://billygraham.org/what-we-do/evangelism-outreach/internet-evangelism/about/ Billy Graham Association - Internet evangelism]</ref>
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[[File:Franklin Graham.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px|[[Franklin Graham]] is the president and CEO of Samaritan's Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.]] 
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In 2022, the [[Billy Graham]] Evangelism Association announced:
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{{Cquote|Launched in 2012, Search for Jesus impacts website users with the truth of the Gospel and relies on a network of over 1,400 trained volunteers who interact with users and answer live questions. With a mission to reach those hurting and in need, Search for Jesus utilizes the accessibility of the internet to reach places otherwise closed to the Gospel.
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Using these digital tools, more than 300 million people have indicated a decision for Christ and received follow-up through the internet ministry. To date, the PeaceWithGod.net websites have welcomed over 100 million online users. With messages in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Arabic, American Sign Language, and Russian, Search for Jesus has been able to expand globally and cross language and accessibility barriers.
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“This is significant because we’re following Billy Graham’s legacy of spreading the Gospel across the globe using every opportunity we have. The average person spends nearly seven hours a day on the internet, so we want to meet these people where they are,” said Mark Appleton, director of internet evangelism for BGEA, in a press release. “Search for Jesus has given us the chance to spread the Gospel like never before.”<ref>[https://nrb.org/articles/billy-graham-evangelistic-association-marks-10-years-of-internet-evangelism-ministry-search-for-jesus/ BGEA Marks 10 Years of Internet Evangelism Ministry ‘Search for Jesus’], National Religious Broadcasters website</ref>}}
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The Billy Graham Evangelism Association says about its desire for volunteers for its internet evangelism program:
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{{Cquote|People around the world are searching for answers online. Many find hope through Search for Jesus. Would you join us to make a lasting impact for God’s kingdom and see lives changed by Christ? You can serve with us as an online counselor, discipleship coach, or email responder, or get your church involved. If you have a heart for sharing the Gospel, an Internet connection and a few hours a week, consider making Search for Jesus your own personal ministry–a way for God to use you by reaching hurting people around the world in their time of need.<ref>[https://billygraham.org/what-we-do/evangelism-outreach/internet-evangelism/about/ Biiy Graham Association - Internet evangelism]</ref>}}
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The ''Christian Post'' states:
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{{Cquote|Online evangelism is producing real disciples for Christ, according to a recent study.
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Over half of those who made a decision for Jesus over the Internet have subsequently shared their faith with others, Global Media Outreach's study reveals.
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Additionally, 34 percent read their Bibles daily and nearly half pray for at least 10 minutes a day...
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The study, called the Christian Growth Index, measured the responses of more than 100,000 people from around the world...
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Fifty-one percent of those surveyed said they shared their faith three times or more and 37 percent said they shared their faith at least once or twice.
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Global Media Outreach is a global ministry that presents the Gospel online through websites such as WhoisJesus-Really.com and GrowinginChrist.com. There are more than 5,500 trained online missionaries worldwide who respond to questions asked by seekers through emails.<ref>[https://www.christianpost.com/news/study-reveals-internet-evangelism-is-effective.html Study Reveals Internet Evangelism Is Effective], ''Christian Post''</ref>}}
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Also, many churches stream their services online in real-time and/or provide them on a platform (such as Facebook or YouTube).  This is not only for the benefit of members who cannot attend services due to illness or old age, as well as people who live in areas with no Bible-believing church nearby, but also for visitors who want to check out what the church believes and how it conducts services before deciding whether to visit in person and ultimately become members.
  
 
== Evangelism - Christianity vs. Islam competition in Africa ==
 
== Evangelism - Christianity vs. Islam competition in Africa ==

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Evangelism is the process by which one preaches his or her faith to others. There are many different forms of evangelism, though in the Western World it often refers to Christian evangelism. However, different religions - and different sects of those religions - approach evangelism differently. While many religions - such as Christianity - believe that evangelism is an essential part of the faith, it is particularly vital in Christianity, since every Christian has a duty to save the souls of their fellow human beings, as stated in the Bible.[1][2][3]

Christian conversion within a family statistics

See also: Christian conversion within a family statistics

Patrick Morley wrote in his 1997 book The Man in the Mirror: "In a Denver crusade, Dr. Billy Graham spoke about this verse of Scripture (Acts 16:31), indicating that they had learned that in homes in which the father came to faith in Christ first, the entire family came to faith in sixty percent of the cases. When the wife came first, forty to fifty percent of the families all accepted Christ. And in families in which a child came to Christ first, twenty-five percent of them saw their entire family become Christians."[4]

10/40 Window

See also: 10/40 Window

The Joshua Project is a research initiative seeking to highlight the people groups of the world with the fewest followers of Christ.[5]

The Joshua Project describes the 10/40 Window thusly:

“ The 10/40 Window is the rectangular area of North Africa, the Middle East and Asia approximately between 10 degrees north and 40 degrees north latitude. The 10/40 Window is often called "The Resistant Belt" and includes the majority of the world's Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists. The original 10/40 Window included only countries with at least 50% of their land mass within 10 and 40 degrees north latitude. The revised 10/40 Window includes several additional countries that are close to 10 or 40 degrees north latitude and have high concentrations of unreached peoples. See the original and revised country lists on this page.

Approximately 5.33 billion individuals residing in 8,763 distinct people groups are in the revised 10/40 Window. 6,045 (69.0%) of these people groups are considered unreached and have a population of 3.28 billion. This means approximately 62% of the individuals in the 10/40 Window live in an unreached people group. The 10/40 Window is home to some of the largest unreached people groups in the world such as the Shaikh, Yadava, Turks, Moroccan Arabs, Pashtun, Jat and Burmese.

The 10/40 Window is home to some of the largest unreached people groups in the world.[6]

”

4/14 movement

See also: 4/14 window

The 4/14 movement, also called the child evangelism movement, is a Christian missionary strategy that focuses on evangelizing children.

History of the 4/14 movement

According to Dr. Mark P. Gonzales:

“ This marvelous aphorism, popularized by pastor and writer Henry Blackaby 20 years ago, crystallizes how we should approach the Christian life. It is also a wonderful conceptual starting place in trying to describe a global movement of God that began to emerge in 2004. Since then, this 4-14 Movement has been rapidly growing like a powerful wave to catch — a great metaphor from Rick Warren’s first book, The Purpose Driven Church, where he compares a major move of God’s Spirit with the big wave that seasoned surfers seek to catch and ride. While it looks relatively easy to do when watching the sport from the beach, it is actually enormously difficult and requires critical timing and expert balance. Well, regarding the emerging 4-14 Movement, the wave is upon us. We don’t want you to miss it, and thus miss out on what God is doing.[7] ”

Internet evangelism

See also: Internet evangelism

Internet evangelism is, as the name suggests, the process of evangelizing and spreading the gospel using the internet.

Cru is one of the world's largest evangelism organizations within Christendom and has over 25,000 full-time missionaries. In 2006, Alan Beeber of CRU predicted that internet evangelism will result in more conversion that all other forms of evangelism for CRU combined.[8] Internet evangelism is effective at spreading Christianity globally - especially in countries where there is Christian persecution and evangelism is more difficult.

The Christian internet evangelism organization Global Media Outreach indicates that it has had over 2.5 billion "gospel visits" to its websites.[9][10] Global Media Outreach works with many Christians around the world (see: Global Christianity).

The Christian internet evangelism organization Network211 indicates that over 56,000,000 web visits have occurred on its websites.[11] Network211 works with many Christians/churches throughout the world.

There are other significant Christian internet evangelism efforts as well. For example, the Billy Graham Association is also active in internet evangelism.[12]

Franklin Graham is the president and CEO of Samaritan's Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.

In 2022, the Billy Graham Evangelism Association announced:

“ Launched in 2012, Search for Jesus impacts website users with the truth of the Gospel and relies on a network of over 1,400 trained volunteers who interact with users and answer live questions. With a mission to reach those hurting and in need, Search for Jesus utilizes the accessibility of the internet to reach places otherwise closed to the Gospel.

Using these digital tools, more than 300 million people have indicated a decision for Christ and received follow-up through the internet ministry. To date, the PeaceWithGod.net websites have welcomed over 100 million online users. With messages in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Arabic, American Sign Language, and Russian, Search for Jesus has been able to expand globally and cross language and accessibility barriers.

“This is significant because we’re following Billy Graham’s legacy of spreading the Gospel across the globe using every opportunity we have. The average person spends nearly seven hours a day on the internet, so we want to meet these people where they are,” said Mark Appleton, director of internet evangelism for BGEA, in a press release. “Search for Jesus has given us the chance to spread the Gospel like never before.”[13]

”

The Billy Graham Evangelism Association says about its desire for volunteers for its internet evangelism program:

“ People around the world are searching for answers online. Many find hope through Search for Jesus. Would you join us to make a lasting impact for God’s kingdom and see lives changed by Christ? You can serve with us as an online counselor, discipleship coach, or email responder, or get your church involved. If you have a heart for sharing the Gospel, an Internet connection and a few hours a week, consider making Search for Jesus your own personal ministry–a way for God to use you by reaching hurting people around the world in their time of need.[14] ”

The Christian Post states:

“ Online evangelism is producing real disciples for Christ, according to a recent study.

Over half of those who made a decision for Jesus over the Internet have subsequently shared their faith with others, Global Media Outreach's study reveals.

Additionally, 34 percent read their Bibles daily and nearly half pray for at least 10 minutes a day...

The study, called the Christian Growth Index, measured the responses of more than 100,000 people from around the world...

Fifty-one percent of those surveyed said they shared their faith three times or more and 37 percent said they shared their faith at least once or twice.

Global Media Outreach is a global ministry that presents the Gospel online through websites such as WhoisJesus-Really.com and GrowinginChrist.com. There are more than 5,500 trained online missionaries worldwide who respond to questions asked by seekers through emails.[15]

”

Also, many churches stream their services online in real-time and/or provide them on a platform (such as Facebook or YouTube). This is not only for the benefit of members who cannot attend services due to illness or old age, as well as people who live in areas with no Bible-believing church nearby, but also for visitors who want to check out what the church believes and how it conducts services before deciding whether to visit in person and ultimately become members.

Evangelism - Christianity vs. Islam competition in Africa

See also: Evangelism - Christianity vs. Islam competition in Africa

In 2021, The Wall Street Journal reported:

“ Across sub-Saharan Africa, religion today is in ferment as different versions of Christianity and Islam vie for believers—a contest that is transforming both faiths and disrupting long-established terms of coexistence.

Owing to population growth and the intensity of their religiosity, Africans are now one of the more important constituencies of both Islam and Christianity worldwide, and sub-Saharan Africa is one of the world’s most active and contested religious markets. The region was 59% Christian and 30% Muslim in 2020, according to the World Religion Database. “There is a new scramble for Africa,” said Sheikh Ibrahim Lethome of Jamia Mosque in Nairobi, Kenya, drawing an analogy with the colonization of the continent in the late 19th century. “Christianity is growing, Islam is growing, and there is competition.”

On a continent where indigenous religions dominated just a century ago, Christian missionary efforts, associated with European colonization, have borne fruit in massive conversions. By 2020, there were 643 million Christians in sub-Saharan Africa, a quarter of the world total, up from 7.4 million in 1900. By 2050, it is projected that there will be 1.3 billion Christians in the region, or 38% of all the Christians in the world.[16]

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References

  1. ↑ Mark 16:15-16
  2. ↑ Matthew 20:19-20
  3. ↑ Luke 19:10
  4. ↑ Patrick Morley, 1997, The Man in the Mirror, “Chapter Eight: Children: How to Avoid Regrets,” Grand Rapids: Zondervan, p. 113
  5. ↑ Joshua Project
  6. ↑ What is the 10/40 Window?
  7. ↑ Catching the Wave of the Emerging 4-14 Movement
  8. ↑ http://www.lausanneworldpulse.com/pdf/issues/LWP0206.pdf
  9. ↑ If the twelve disciples had iPhones, Religion News Service]
  10. ↑ Global Media Outreach - websites visitors counter
  11. ↑ Network211 - visits
  12. ↑ Billy Graham Association - Internet evangelism
  13. ↑ BGEA Marks 10 Years of Internet Evangelism Ministry ‘Search for Jesus’, National Religious Broadcasters website
  14. ↑ Biiy Graham Association - Internet evangelism
  15. ↑ Study Reveals Internet Evangelism Is Effective, Christian Post
  16. ↑ The Competition for Believers in Africa’s Religion Market, Wall Street Journal, 2021
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