THE DIGITAL CHURCH MEDIA AS THE PLATFORM

THE DIGITAL CHURCH

MEDIA  AS THE PLATFORM

1. There will be 8.5 billion people on earth by 2020. Even as traditional methods of evangelism take the back seat, there are now staggering possibilities to be used as the best “platforms” for viralizing CPMs that range from personal witness to small group discussion to mass evangelism. “Yeshua came preaching the kingdom” (Math. 4:17)

2. Film, radio, television, internet, cell phone, iPod and iPads, etc. are now being used extensively for evangelism and discipling. “Yeshua was anointed to heal the broken hearted, deliverance to the captives, recovery of sight to the blind, and set at liberty those who are crushed and preach the gospel to the poor” (Luke 4:18)

3. Cell phone technology – Two million people search the internet daily looking for truth, meaning, love and God. Many are responding to evangelistic messages sent through FaceBook, Twitter and phone technologies. India has more cell phones (800 million) than toilets. Evangelistic messages are tearing down strongholds. “Yeshua came to destroy the works of the Devil’ (1John. 3:8)

4. Technical companies are getting ready to launch 16 geosynchronous satellites called the O3B Plan that stands for the ‘Other 3 Billion’ people, not currently connected to the internet. By 2015 there will be no place on earth that is not covered. “Yeshua came to seek and to save the lost from every place” (Mark 1:38; Luke 4:43; 19:10) 

5. Internet – Global Media Outreach is seeing a million people every month indicate a decision to receive Christ. About 400,000 people per day come to one of their 102 

    Websites. About 15% of these leave their contact information so they can be followed up by 5,000 e-missionaries.  www.greatcommission2020.com. “Yeshua came to give life to all... and is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him.” (John 10:10; Heb. 11:6)

6. Already there are innumerable e-disciplers while millions more are required, even youth and housewives, working from the comfort and security of their homes and engaging totally unknown people and saving souls, making disciples and planting digital-churches across the globe.  “What no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived, the things God has prepared for those who love him. (1 Cor. 2:9)

7. Even in media sophisticated countries, people are moving away from printed books and depending on TV and internet for their education, called ‘secondary orality.’ This calls for a completely different strategy for engaging the unengaged so that, “Those who have not been told about him will see and those who have never heard about him will understand” (Isaiah 52:15)

8. Internet is both, a broad band to destruction and a narrow gate to salvation. It is for us to meet them at the digital window. The big challenge is to make them not only hearers but doers of the word and, “have their names written in the Book of life” (Math. 7:13,14; Luke 10:20; Jms 1:22)