Voice
Messaging
Internet
FM Radio
Apps
Audio/Video Media Player
Ringtone
Bluetooth
Camera
Memory Card
Sensors
Social Media
Syrian Refugees
http://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/zeitgeschehen/2015-09/smartphones-mobil-phones-refugees-help
http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm
3.37 Billion
That we would be like the tribe of Issachar
“men who understood the times and knew what Israel
should do”
1 Chron. 12:31
Roman Roads = Bad
Unholy product of an evil empire and used to bring in foreign armies and ideas
Built as the way to carry away our unwillingly given taxes
Houses of ill-repute all along the way
Dangerous- lots of thieves and robbers
Roman Roads = Good
Used by the Lord and His apostles as the path upon which His Gospel would
travel to the ends of
the known world!
http://www.latimes.com/world/afghanistan-pakistan/la-fg-afghanistan-mullah-facebook-20141110-story.html
Suddenly a man who seemed like a relic of the past had begun to speak the language of a new generation of Afghans skeptical of traditional religious figures but open to social media. Mohsenisaid he has seen a surge in the number of young Afghans who attend his mosque here in northern Afghanistan
an article in a journal about terrorism… referenced research that reported that one in three ISIS and Al Qaeda members is a technologist
Why do ministry with media?
1. It enables your people to interact with God’s message before they have the opportunity to meet with you/God’s people.
2. It helps you and seekers in your city/country to find one another and allows you to glimpse who really is seeking.
3. It helps you to share God’s word and story in new ways when you meet with the unreached.
Why do ministry with media?
1. It enables your people to interact with God’s message before they have the opportunity to meet with you/God’s people.
2. It helps you and seekers in your city/country to find one another and allows you to glimpse who really is seeking.
3. It helps you to share God’s word and story in new ways when you meet with the unreached.
Why do ministry with media?
1. It enables your people to interact with God’s message before they have the opportunity to meet with you/God’s people.
2. It helps you and seekers in your city/country to find one another and allows you to glimpse who really is seeking.
3. It helps you to share God’s word and story in new ways when you are with the unreached.
Mobile enables people to get the Bible into their lives in a relatively easy and safe way (for them and us)
So how many copies of the Bible do you think I physically have on me right now?
Mobile enables people to get the Bible into their lives in a relatively easy and safe way (for them and us)
And how many translations of the Bible am I broadcasting to you right now?
Mobile enables people to get the Bible into their lives in a relatively easy and safe way (for them and us)
Why do ministry with media?
4. It enables you to share from God’s Word and leave it in an appropriate format with anyone you are evangelizing/discipling
5. It enables you to build into believers’ lives while you are apart
6. It enables local believers to do all of that (it’s REPRODUCIBLE)
7. It allows local believers to produce their own, culturally relevant media
Chad Bible stories on phones
One of the things I was working on
between trips concerns some
Arabic Bible story books which my
colleague is wanting to record and
turn into audio visuals.
Chad Bible stories on phones
…giving them a trial run with her nomad friends. So far so good! The test copies were well received and it looks like I will be doing some more.
We believe they will spread through the community much better from phone to phone than by any other method.
Who here has developed and memorized a story to use to share the things of God with a friend or neighbor?
Why do ministry with media?
4. It enables you to share from God’s Word and and leave it in an appropriate format with anyone you are evangelizing/discipling
5. It enables you to be part of and build into believers’ lives while you are apart
6. It enables local believers to do all of that (it’s REPRODUCIBLE)
7. It allows local believers to produce their own, culturally relevant media
Why do ministry with media?
4. It enables you to share from God’s Word and and leave it in an appropriate format with anyone you are discipling
5. It enables you to be part of and build into believers’ lives while you are apart
6. It enables local believers to do all of that (it’s REPRODUCIBLE)
7. It allows local believers to produce their own, culturally relevant media
Why do ministry with media?
4. It enables you to share from God’s Word and and leave it in an appropriate format with anyone you are discipling
5. It enables you to be part of and build into believers’ lives while you are apart
6. It enables local believers to do all of that (it’s REPRODUCIBLE)
7. It allows local believers to produce their own, culturally relevant media
Why do ministry with media?
1. It enables your people to interact with God’s message before they get to meet with you/God’s people.
2. It helps you and seekers in your city/country to find one another and helps you to glimpse who really is seeking.
3. It helps you to share God’s word and story in new ways when you meet with the unreached.
4. It enables you to share from God’s Word and and leave it in an appropriate format with anyone you are discipling
5. It enables you to be part of and build into believers’ lives while you are apart
6. It enables local believers to do all of that (it’s REPRODUCIBLE)
7. It allows local believers to produce their own, culturally relevant media
Do we really believe that we’re called to take the Gospel to the ends of the earth and to go where the unreached are?
Just like cigarettes and cola, cell phones have gotten there before us and yet, unlike cigarettes and cola, cell phones can enable the unreached connect with the Lord and His people
Do we really believe that we’re called to take the Gospel to the ends of the earth and to go where the unreached are?
There are roads that are already paved and available to carry the Gospel to the ends of the earth and they are waiting to be traveled on!
Yes, there be giants there…
What is the report you will bring back to your fields?(Num. 13:27-30)
The giants of our busyness, our inexperience and insufficiency, the security risks involved are all there waiting to devour us should we cross over into this land but if the Lord is in this and leading us to it, who is it that can stand against us?!!
Yes, there be giants there…
What is the report you will bring back to your fields? (Num. 13:27-30)
The giants of our busyness, lack of funds, inexperience and insufficiency, the security risks involved are all there waiting to devour us should we cross over into this land but if the Lord is in this and leading us to it, who is it that can stand against us?!!
Next Steps:
1. Seek out the Lord. Does He want your team/field to occupy this land?
If not, don’t do it. If yes,
don’t let the fear of giants keep you back!
Next Steps:
1. Seek out the Lord. Does He want your team/branch to occupy this land?
If not, don’t do it. If yes,
don’t let the fear of giants keep you back!
Next Steps:
2. Don’t be a stranger- there are people out there who want to help you move forward
keith at mobileadvance.org