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CONTENTS:
ARTICLES
CHURCH/MISSIONS WEB PAGE CONTENT
COMPUTERS
HOW TO GUIDES
+ Blogs in Plain English
+ RSS in Plain English
+ Wiki's in Plain English
+ Social Bookmarking
in Plain English
+ Social Networking
in Plain English
EZINE: HOW TO CREATE
TERMINOLOGY AND DEFINITIONS
POWERPOINT
SERVICE MINISTRIES
WEB SITE DESIGN: BEST PRACTICES
WEB SITE DESIGNERS
ARTICLES
TEACHING
IT SKILLS TOUCHES PEOPLE WITH THE GOSPEL, from Online Evangelism,
A Guide to Web Outreach
THE
CHALLENGE OF THE 99% PROBLEM: A MISMATCH OF RESOURCES, from
Online Evangelism, A Guide to Web Outreach
PRODUCING
MISSIONS VIDEOS: PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS
MAKING
DIGITAL VIDEOS WORTH WATCHING
Use these TV-style editing techniques to make home movies people will actually
enjoy.
USING
TECHNOLOGY TO FACILITATE CHURCH MINISTRY (Acts29)
There is no question that the Internet has transformed the way people communicate.
Surely then, the potential must exist for the Church to transform the way it
communicates the good news of Christ. The promise of building community via
the web is compelling, but realizing your online potential can be diccicult.
You have worked hard to create a vision for your church and now you want to
determine how new technology can facilitate that vision. The following are some
examples of how this might be achieved. (Read more)
REACHING TODAY'S WORLD WITH TODAY'S MEDIA
by Kristen Ball
So how is the church supposed to reach the influencers of culture that take
all their information from the entertainment industry in bite (or is it byte?)
sized pieces? And why do so many artists in today's society feel abandoned by
faith organizations? (Read
more)
SOCIO-TECHNICAL
HUMANITY : TECHNOLOGY AS PART OF THE IMAGE OF GOD AND TASK OF THE CHURCH
by John Edmiston
God is a highly competent technician. He created wing structures, eyes, chemical
factories like the liver, lightning bolts and even nuclear furnaces called stars
– long before man was there to advise Him. He even created and designed the
human brain – a self-replicating, fuzzy logic, multi-media, self-programming,
organic computer. If we are to be in the image of God then we will share His
excellence in design, invention and implementation. The notion that technology
is alien to spirituality is false. Technology is the expression of spirituality.
Technology and spirituality are integrated with each other, technology is our
means of expression of the image of God within us. (Read more)
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CHURCH/MISSIONS WEB PAGE CONTENT
BEST
PRACTICES IN CHURCH MISSIONS WEB PAGES
Fifty-three categories and sub-categories
of pages ranging from short-term missions to missionary care to missionary training
to support policies. Examples are from over 80 churches across the US—including
some of America’s most prolific missions-active churches.
HOW
TO DEVELOP GLOBAL OUTREACH PAGES ON YOUR CHURCH’S WEBSITE
DaulReach provides a very helpful tutorial on how to develop missions web pages
on your church’s web site. Permission has been given to print out this material
as long as DualReach is properly recognized.
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COMPUTERS
REFURBISHED COMPUTERS
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HOW TO GUIDES
BLOGS
IN PLAIN ENGLISH (VIDEO)
RSS IN PLAIN ENGLISH (VIDEO)
WIKIS IN PLAIN ENGLISH (VIDEO)
SOCIAL
BOOKMARKING IN PLAIN ENGLISH (VIDEO)
SOCIAL
NETWORKING IN PLAIN ENGLISH (VIDEO)
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EZINE: HOW TO CREATE
INSTANT
EZINE
Here’s some encouraging pointers on getting started with your own church’s ezine
(which is perfect for helping to drive readers to the mission’s page).
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TERMINOLOGY AND DEFINITIONS
PODCASTING
(from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
The word "podcasting" is a portmanteau of the words iPod and broadcasting.
A podcast is like an audio magazine subscription: a subscriber receives regular
audio programs delivered via the internet, and can listen to them at their leisure.
(Read more)
WEB 2.0
Missionaries and anyone serious about staying relevent and connected to the younger generations - as well as staying connected to advancing communications services - will find this wikipedia article and it's many hyperlinks very helpful.
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POWERPOINT
INTERNET
AUDIENCE AND ITS STRATEGIC VALUE FOR TRADITIONAL MASS MEDIA
PowerPoint providing helpful statistics and demographical
information on the use of the Internet
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SERVICE MINISTRIES
MISSIONARY
TECH TEAM
Missionary TECH Team ("TECH") is a Christian service
ministry dedicated to helping like-minded Christian organizations by providing
various technical services (including web design) which enable many diccerent
ministries to be more eccective and fruitful in their outreach.
NEW
LINK MEDIA
A full service professional media production company specializing in cross-cultural
communication. They create videos, web sites and DVDs and have produced projects
in more than thirty countries for mission agencies, churches, and humanitarian
aid organizations. From media consulting, script writing, video shooting and
editing as well as graphic design, web programming and DVD authoring they will
work with you to create a powerful media message. New Link Media combines a
wide range of experience with a heart for God and a desire to reach the world
for Christ.
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WEB SITE DESIGN: BEST PRACTICES
THE
BEST OF CHURCH WEBSITE DESIGN
While this site is short on the use of church web sites as tools for informing,
discipling and energizing believers regarding global outreach, it’s an excellent
site regarding how to create appealing, easy-to-navigate and easy-to-administrate
church web sites, as well as emphasizing outreach to un-churched people. Make
sure you don’t miss the following pages:
• Resources
for church webmasters: articles
• Church
website design tips: things to DO
• Church
website design tips: things to NOT do
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WEB SITE DESIGNERS
NEW
LINK MEDIA
A full service professional media production company specializing
in cross-cultural communication. They create videos, web sites and DVDs and
have produced projects in more than thirty countries for mission agencies, churches,
and humanitarian aid organizations. From media consulting, script writing, video
shooting and editing as well as graphic design, web programming and DVD authoring
they will work with you to create a powerful media message. New Link Media combines
a wide range of experience with a heart for God and a desire to reach the world
for Christ.
CHURCH
TEMPLATE PROVIDERS
This web page has a very helpful collection of web developer
links at the bottom of the page.
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