Michael Hyatt, CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers, offers good advice in a blog post titled “Email Etiquette 101.” I’ve listed his points here, but I recommend the entire post. 1. Understand the difference between “To” and “CC.” 2. Keep messages … Continue reading Tips about Email Usage and Abusage
College students spend an average of five hours a day online. So, when it comes to building spiritual movements with students, everyone knows that online is important.
Our student-led leader for West Africa created training in how to use EveryStudent.com, how to respond to emails and how to use EveryStudent.com on campus, on Facebook, etc. If my math is right, he’s trained about 450 students throughout Ghana and Nigeria in the last nine months, then in Ethiopia and Kenya. Liberia is next.
You can use the same simple ideas to enhance, and even accelerate, your individual or team ministry using the internet. Sign up to receive “How to Talk about God,” a special weekly email series from EveryStudent.com to help you confidently use the internet in your ministry.
Use the great articles on EveryStudent.com and the free email series. Try these ideas for yourself and with your ministry team and then comment here to encourage others to try internet ministry! Continue reading How to Use Facebook and the Internet to Reach People for Christ (Guest Post)
Do you have a plan for publishing your newsletters? Here’s my plan and what we actually did last year.
We plan for a prayer letter every six weeks, totaling eight letters. We also send two fund appeals per year. In-between the prayer letters we send eNewsletters with some family and ministry news for the financial and prayer partners that have given us eMail addresses. This group of people hear from us every three weeks. (I also print and mail some of our eNewsletters throughout the year for top donors who don’t have eMail addresses.) We also have a handful of people who receive our letters quarterly. They’ve either told us not to spend money on writing to them or we’ve put them in this group for some other reason.
Follow these steps… Continue reading Plan Ahead to Publish Regular Prayer Letters
I’m not writing much today because I hope this video inspires you to consider how you might do something similar in your ministry. So, I’m hoping YOU will write and let me know: if you are doing something similar or if this video gets you thinking of something you might like to try with Facebook, Twitter, mobile phones, or some other technology. This additional video testimony for YouVersion is similar, but slightly different, too. Related Posts: Online Bibles Bible Reading Plans Help Me Stay on Track from Seabourn.org Continue reading Using Technology in Bible Study
Have you found some great videos to share for evangelism or discipleship? Check out some of these great videos to share through eMails, Facebook, Twitter, or your blog. You can link to YouTube videos or to meaningful content in the EveryStudent.com Video Room and through the videos offered by Magdalena Today, Power to Change and more.
Please comment if you know of some Campus Crusade for Christ videos that should be added to this list. Continue reading YouTube and Video Ministries
Have you shared your faith with your Facebook friends? Are you getting to know your donor team better through Facebook? Are you ministering to people? Read more in this two-part series. Continue reading Part One: Are You Using Facebook Effectively?
eQuipping for eMinistry 