Digital/Media Ministry Among the Least Reached in 2016

Ministry in the 21st

Century

2005http://www.businessinsider.com/vatican-square-2005-and-2013-2013-3




5.2 Billion

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

http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm

2.31 Billion

http://www.boingboing.net/images/facebookmapoftheworld.jpg

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

What Satan intends for harm God wants to and will redeem

for good!

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!

Connecting the unreached with Jesus and His Body via the technology that connects them to the 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

46,000+ ISIS Twitter accounts

an article in a journal about terrorism… referenced research that reported that one in three ISIS and Al Qaeda members is a technologist

http://www.dsmedia.org/

http://www.dsmedia.org/

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.

86% of non-Christians do not know a single Christian!!!

100% Plus 80-99% 60-79%

40-59% 20-49% 0-19%

Mobile Subscriptions/Population





Facebook Growth 2010-2015

Not Available 20x Plus 10-19x

5-9x 2-4x 0- 0.1-2x




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?


And how many translations of the Bible am I broadcasting to you right now?



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?

What about combining that with the high quality digital recorder and “transmitter” in your pocket?


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




4. It enables you to share from God’s Word and and leave it in an appropriate format with anyone you are discipling










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.






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!

http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/Kyrgyz-herders-paley/

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

Next Steps:

3. Get started/learn more

Next Steps:

4. Get some training