Ministry Technology: President Obama Gets Daily Devotional On Blackberry
By admin | July 3, 2009
Obama Receives a Daily Devotional on His BlackBerry
President Obama told a gathering of religious news reporters today that he receives a daily devotional including a prayer from White House faith director Joshua DuBois every morning on his Blackberry.
He said that the “wonderful practice” started during his presidential campaign.
My Thoughts: This is good example of one type of internet ministry that can be helpful to thousands of people—devotionals. Particularly those that can be emailed or available for subscription.
There are a lot of good ones out there already available. However, your church or ministry might want to consider making a regular devotional, prayerline, or Bible study available to your members and/or the general public on the Internet. Thousands could potentially be touched and blessed by your efforts.
I have a daily SMS that I send to anyone who requests it every weekday morning. Send me a email with your cell phone number if you would like to get yours every morning
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Web Ministry: Church Streams Services To IPhone Users
By admin | July 3, 2009
Image courtesy New Hope Christian Fellowship
In a move to bring the gospel to the mobile masses, Honolulu-based New Hope Christian Fellowship is claiming to be the first church to broadcast its weekend services live via iPhone.
Though some remain skeptical about the live streaming capabilities of iPhones, even the 3GS, New Hope Christian Fellowship officials say they did a successful test church service run “with hundreds of users” and have enough faith in it to launch regular live video of services on Saturday, July 4.
“We are always looking for ways that we can leverage technology to reach people where they are at,” said New Hope’s Interactive Developer Peter Thourson in a press release. “Through live streaming video on iPhone and iPod touch, users across the globe will be able to continue to attend church regardless of where they are.”
Over 12,000 people regularly attend the five weekend services held in six locations in Hawaii, the church says.
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nicole_martinelli
Nicole Martinelli was born in San Francisco and has lived in Milan and Florence, Italy. Cultish tendencies and love for DIY increased while living on the Old Continent, where tech came late and cost more in Big Mac index terms. She’s written for Wired.com, The New York Times and Newsweek, and since 1999 on her site, Zoomata.
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Televangelist accused of stealing idea for text messaging service
By admin | June 27, 2009
ATLANTA, GA – A lawsuit filed in a California accuses Atlanta televangelist Creflo Dollar of stealing a spiritual text message business concept, then marketing the business to his worldwide audience for millions of dollars in revenue.
The lawsuit, filed by Devone Lawson of Marina del Rey, California, accuses Dollar, his son Jeremy Dollar, and other ministry staff of breach of nondisclosure agreement, fraud, unjust enrichment, civil conspiracy, breach of contract and misappropriation of trade secrets.
Starting in 2004, Lawson claims he spent a year working with Dollar’s World Changers Church International ministry on a subscription service that would send daily inspirational text messages to church members’ cell phones. In the lawsuit, Lawson claims the ministry violated a nondisclosure agreement when it eventually formed another company and launched a similar “Word On the Go” text messaging service in 2006.
Attorneys for Lawson estimate the $4.99 per month subscription service generates more than $50 million a year in revenue.
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Survey: Family Time Eroding as Internet Use Soars
By admin | June 18, 2009
Survey: Family Time Eroding as Internet Use Soars
The decline in family time coincides with a rise in Internet use and the popularity of social networks, though a new study stopped just short of assigning blame.
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Web Tools: Yoono Keeps You Productive & Harnesses Social Media For Ministry
By admin | June 8, 2009
Finally A Tool That Keeps You Productive and Harnesses Web 2.0’s Power For Ministry
If you are at all involved in using multiple social networking sites for Web Ministry, you must check out Yoono.
Yoono is an easy to use sidebar for your browser that allows you to connect to all your social networks and instant messaging services – in one place. Get all your friend updates, update your own status, and easily share stuff with your friends.
I wish I knew how to correctly pronounce the name, but whatever it is, they have harnessed the ability to keep up with all your favorite Web 2.0 sites with a seamless easy to use interface
I have had it for a week now and after a little tweeking to narrow the number of notifications, I have fallen in love.
With over 7000 twitter followers, I don’t want to get interrupted from other work in order to respond to EVERY tweet, but I do want to know when someone has replied to something I tweeted earlier.
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