I was asked by Tony Whittaker a couple of months ago if I would post something about Internet Evangelism Day and here it is upon us and I haven’t done it. It is Sunday, May 7 and here is a brief quote by Tony of what the purpose of this day is:
A worldwide focus day to help the Church understand effective strategies for online outreach. Churches and other groups can create an awareness program using IE Days ready-made PowerPoint, video clips, dramas, music and handouts. Or just learn how to build effective church pages, blogs or outreach sites from the detailed IE Day resource site:Â www.InternetEvangelismDay.com
If you’re just scanning, that should give you enough info to go with. Â However, if you want to know more, here is Tony’s long description:
Churches Plan Web Outreach Focus Day on 7 May
“I encourage all evangelical leaders to take advantage of this initiative and explore their options for using the Web to win as many as possible to Christ,”says Pastor Ted Haggard of the US National Association of Evangelicals. Many other Christian leaders also suggest that churches use this new resource to learn more about the potential of the Web to communicate the Gospel. Building on the success of the first web awareness day held last year, a second annual Internet Evangelism Day is set for 7 May 2006.
It was initiated by the Internet Evangelism Coalition, an umbrella group of major organizations involved in web ministry.
The IE Day website contains many resources to help Christians understand and use the Internet to touch the world. It explains how to build a church website that can reach out into the community, or start an evangelistic blog. There is even a free evangelistic screensaver to download.
The site also offers materials for a church or Christian group to easily stage a “web awareness” focus program on 7 May (or at any time they choose later in the year). These include a PowerPoint presentation, video clips, <!– D(["mb","music, drama skits, posters, handouts and many other ideas.
Churches who used these materials last year were excited. "People were
challenged and inspired! As a result, we will review our church website,
add evangelistic signature blocks to emails, and learn how to use Bulletin
Boards and Chat Rooms for evangelism," said a church in Australia."I want to thank you for the free resources you have provided through your
website. This is a huge help for small churches such as ours," claimed a
church leader in California.One surprising aspect that the IE Day team emphasize: web evangelism is for
anyone, not just the technically gifted. "There are many ways to share your
faith online, without any technical background at all," says IE Day
Coordinator Tony Whittaker.The Internet Evangelism Day website is at www.InternetEvangelismDay.com.
And you can listen to a 3-minute MP3 audio introduction to IE Day at
www.InternetEvangelismDay.com/audio.____________________________
bless you, and thanks so much
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Churches who used these materials last year were excited. “People were challenged and inspired! As a result, we will review our church website, add evangelistic signature blocks to emails, and learn how to use BulletinBoards and Chat Rooms for evangelism,” said a church in Australia.
“I want to thank you for the free resources you have provided through your website. This is a huge help for small churches such as ours,” claimed a church leader in California.
One surprising aspect that the IE Day team emphasize: web evangelism is for anyone, not just the technically gifted. “There are many ways to share your faith online, without any technical background at all,” says IE Day Coordinator Tony Whittaker.
The Internet Evangelism Day website is at www.InternetEvangelismDay.com.
And you can listen to a 3-minute MP3 audio introduction to IE Day at www.InternetEvangelismDay.com/audio.
Check out their site, it has alot of great info and resources on it. And don’t forget, their resources are available and can be used at any time during the year, not just this Sunday.
So, please, check this site out and see what they have to offer!