What's your Church doing online?

[Guest didi007]

I'd like to know what your church is doing on the web. Any cool things? new ideas? nothing at all! Are churches doing enough?

[AnotherTraveler]

I am the only known internet presence from my church. I am affiliated with and associate with several men from various churches in a 50 mile circle for prayer and works on internet.

Most of these men represent the only internet ministry presence in their church. In fairness all of us come from a church of 300 or less members, and the youth are the most tech savy but are really not very organized yet.

At our meeting this week (this group of men from various churches), we laid out a large scale effort and have begun establishing a parachurch organization that will hopefully be useful to any Christians that want to be a part.

One of the things that you run into is many that are the elders or older leadership in most churches are not tech savy, and are never going to be. The impact (or usefulness) of the internet really can't be measured by someone that does not understand it.

We have taken the non tech approach to high tech ministry, we gathered to pray together every week, and until the Lord made clear what we were to do, we just kept praying. We have committed to one another to gather together at least weekly for prayer as we proceed forward.

Our goals are streaming audio similar to internet radio, desktop publishing and downloadable ministry helps like step by step bible study guides for Christian groweth.

We are planning on various methods to "sneak" the bible past muslim national moderators with imbedded files in pictures and construction manuals that require only a small "key" to unlock the bible portions for desktop bible printing in the targeted countries. We will be or are in contact with Christians that live in or travel through these countries, and the "keys" will be handed out only on a personal level. We will not be sneaking bibles, but we will be sneaking in parts of the bible.

There are many Christians that have believed because of a broadcast or a personal witness but live in a country where you can't send them a bible, bring them a bible, or any Christian literature, and they are risking arrest to come on line and go to a Christian chat room, message board, or any site that is openly Christian.

Our plan is to put together a self help construction site with basic construction self help booklets that can be downloaded, which on the one hand will be useful to hang a door or window, build a septic sank, or drill a well, but with the "key" will become the book of John, the book of Acts, and the book of Hebrews (we have to start somewhere). In reality, it will take several construction descriptions to get even a small book, so this is a long term effort for us.

Like many works that the Lord does, we are long on vision and short on resources, but so far the things that have opened up are miraclous. Donated office space, computers, several tech professionals donating expertise, and the biggest thing, we all agree that prayer must be the start, middle, and completion of this effort. We are trying to do nothing without prayer, and until we have peace, we wait for the Lord to lead us with peace.

(Isa 55:12 KJV) For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

[IreneM]

our church is not on line our pastor is 74 and kind of set in his ways lol

In Christ

IreneM