The word “glocal” was originally coined to express a new interweaving of “local” and “global” in business and communication advertisements. In evangelism and missions, I propose that Christ’s followers must be engaged in local and global arenas simultaneously.1 This hasRead more…
The Challenge of Keeping Up with Technology for Mi
For the past fourteen years, I’ve had the privilege of being involved in the exciting area of “digital ministry.” For a number of years, in my position with Gospel Communications, I worked alongside hundreds of ministries in many parts ofRead more…
The 21st Century Roman Road
Gone are the days when mission workers could assume that our technology is more developed than that of the population we serve. Often, we are stronger on missiology than technology. Unlike those to whom we reach out, we may notRead more…
Ten Ways the Internet Is Changing Evangelism
Ten Ways the Internet Is Changing Evangelism and Missions By John Edmiston June / July 2010 There are currently 1.7 billion active Internet users; another three billion are expected to be added in the next five years. The developing worldRead more…
The Inseparable Bond of Technology & Mission
In a recent conference about technology in church ministry, Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church (Lake Forest, California, USA) said, “Every time there is an advance in technology, the kingdom advances.” Technology has a huge impact on our mission—not theRead more…
The Inseparable Bond of Technology & Mission
In a recent conference about technology in church ministry, Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church (Lake Forest, California, USA) said, “Every time there is an advance in technology, the kingdom advances.” Technology has a huge impact on our mission—not theRead more…
Technology and Gospel Sharing
The German theologian Helmut Thielicke once commented, “The Gospel must be constantly forwarded to a new address because its recipient is repeatedly changing his place of residence.”1 This is a very challenging yet true observation about the nature of missionRead more…
Can an iphone or an ipad mediate Communion?
Check out the interest that the UK media has shown to the live streaming of Communion to an ipod, iphone, or ipad. see my blog below . So Can you enter into authentic Communion through the internet?
iworship and italker streamed to iphones
Here is a discussion starter can we develop and intigrate church community on the internet? Answers below please?
Overcoming The Technological Divide
A Response to Al Erisman’s ‘The Face-to-Face Gospel and the Death of Distance’ The technological transformation that Koreans have gone through since the last century is unprecedented in terms of its speed, scale, and scope. My father, born in 1938,Read more…