29 April is a worldwide focus day for churches. Its purpose is to explain how to use the web to share the Christian good news.
[UKPRwire, Thu Mar 29 2007] "We'd love to use the Web for outreach, but we don't know how," is a frequently heard sentiment. Internet Evangelism Day answers this need, by offering churches and other groups the means to create a web awareness focus spot in their activities on (or near) Sunday 29 April. By using free downloads from the Internet Evangelism Day website – PowerPoint, video clips, music, drama scripts or handouts – churches can demonstrate to their members the huge potential of the Web for evangelism.
The site also carries a wide range of pages explaining how best to build church websites, write blogs, create video clips, and interact in many other ways with the worldwide web community, to share the gospel.
InternetEvangelismDay.com
Churches who have already used these materials are excited. "People were challenged and inspired! As a result, we will review our church website, add evangelistic signature blocks to emails, and learn how to use Bulletin Boards and Chat Rooms for evangelism," said a church in Australia.
"I want to thank you for the free resources you have provided through your website. This is a huge help for small churches such as ours," claimed a church leader in California.
One surprising aspect that the IE Day team emphasize: web evangelism is for anyone, not just the technically gifted. "There are many ways to share your faith online, without any technical background at all," says IE Day Coordinator Tony Whittaker.
Many church leaders are enthusiastic. "I am glad to commend Internet Evangelism Day," says John Stott.
Internet Evangelism Day is an initiative of the Internet Evangelism Coalition, an umbrella group of major interdenominational Christian groups involved in Web ministry, coordinated from an office in Derby:
InternetEvangelismDay.com
Interviews available: InternetEvangelismDay.com/publicity
Photos available: InternetEvangelismDay.com/photos
Additional articles - ready-made material and MP3s: InternetEvangelismDay.com/articles
Leaders supporting IE Day: InternetEvangelismDay.com/supporting
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