| Are You Ready For Internet Evangelism Day? |
If you are a tech-head, blogger or Facebook addict, you may be interested to learn that April 26, 2009 is Internet Evangelism Day -- an annual web-awareness focus day when churches and other Christian groups are encouraged to build a short focus spot into their meetings to explain the potential for online evangelism and how anyone (even the tech-challenged) can share their faith online.
"There are many ways to share your faith online, without any technical knowledge at all,” says Internet Evangelism Day Coordinator Tony Whittaker.
Internet Evangelism Day, first held in April 2005, is an initiative of the Internet Evangelism Coalition, an umbrella group of online ministries at the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College in Illinois. Internet Evangelism Day is chaired by Sterling Huston and is supported by many other leaders, such as John Stott.
Internet Evangelism Day is also more than just a day -- it is a website, with resources, ideas and strategies to help Christians use the internet to share the gospel. These include a self-assessment tool for church websites, enabling them to better reach out into their communities and a new blog, Digital Evangelism Issues, which provides news and the opportunity for discussion.
Some church leaders who have already used these materials are clearly excited. “This is a huge help for small churches such as ours,” writes one minister from California.
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