How to Use Facebook and the Internet to Reach People for Christ (Guest Post)


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)

Your New Year’s Resolutions


Do you make resolutions every January 1st? No matter what you think of resolutions, we know it takes repeated effort to form a new habit. Here’s some ideas and links for you to try for the new year.

Read the Bible through.

Do reimbursements online.

If you’ve been planning to sign up to help with EveryStudent.com, Jesus for Women, or Global Media Outreach. Why not start today?

Try my ideas to start regular correspondence with your ministry partners.
• Download and start using TntMPD
• Gather eMail addresses, birth and anniversary dates.
• Make a permanent plan for when prayer letters go out and mark it on your calendar. I’ll give you my dates in the next post.
• Write thank you notes as promptly as possible.
• Try my system to start sending birthday and anniversary cards
• Follow the links for LOTS more ideas. Continue reading Your New Year’s Resolutions

e4e in your eMail inbox on Mondays


I’d love for you to subscribe to the new eQuipping for eMinistry weekly eMail.  You’ll receive an update every Monday with the previous week’s posts. (Click here to view a sample eMail.) Your subscription will help me know which topics you’re most interested in reading so I can provide better posts and resources.  Also, you can easily help others who want to learn how to use technology for ministry by forwarding your e4e eMails to your friends.  You could start right now by forwarding the most recent eMail with the digital nativity video. Click here to sign up for the … Continue reading e4e in your eMail inbox on Mondays

Using Technology in Bible Study


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