Technologies Are Not Just Tools

A Response to Al Erisman’s ‘The Face-to-Face Gospel and the Death of Distance’ Technology is a label for all kinds of things humans create. Some are material, such as machines of various sorts. Others are procedural, such as organizational approaches.Read more…

Get Ready For Sci-Fi Reality

A Response to Al Erisman’s article ‘The Face-to-Face Gospel and the Death of Distance’ Al Erisman is absolutely right to note the dramatic effects of emerging technologies and to use Information Technology (IT) as his example. It is the mostRead more…

The Face-To-Face Gospel And The Death Of Distance

Missionaries study the culture of the people they serve. Al Erisman says we need to look deliberately at the digital culture, in which we now live. Interview by Tim Stafford [Introduction] Technology is swiftly and unpredictably changing our lives andRead more…

Churches making their message app-licable

For tech-savvy Christians or for just about any of the faithful under 35 years old, it’s a no-brainer: Spreading the Gospel means using the tools available now … and for a growing number of churches, that means having their ownRead more…

That All May Hear

Editor’s Note: This Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper has been written by Grant Lovejoy as an overview of the topic to be discussed at the Multiplex session on “How To Communicate the Truth to Four Billion Oral Learners.” Responses toRead more…

Church & NGO’s reaching critical mass in Africa.

The Lausanne movement will  be seeking technologies for world church organizations to reach the critical mass, in engaging and transforming lives, and ultimately providing God’s grace through church networks. With my colleagues and mentors, we seek to see where weRead more…

Church & NGO’s reaching critical mass in Africa.

The Lausanne movement will  be seeking technologies for world church organizations to reach the critical mass, in engaging and transforming lives, and ultimately providing God’s grace through church networks. With my colleagues and mentors, we seek to see where weRead more…

Organ Donation

I would be interested in having a conversation with people from around the world on the organ donation policies in their countries.  The U.S. is always trying to think of ways that will “solve” the organ shortage.  Many proposed solutionsRead more…

On-the-Grounders Missing Media-Generated Inquirers

The number of people online and exploring faith issues is staggering. So also those responding to broadcast/radio/satellite and replying via mobile phone! I won’t attempt to cite statistics here, but what a friend of mine said is most assuredly true:Read more…

CyberAfrica – Transformation in Africa

I have a company called CyberAfrica. I would like to see where my “Energize Africa” initiative could fit with the church and developement in terms of: My  angle is, to present  a business case studes, as for example,our traffic departmentsRead more…