YWAMer Bill Hutchison has an interesting post on his blog about fo.rtuito.us, a new website that randomly introduces you (virtually) to a “new friend” every four days. After four days of interaction with your new friend, you get to decide if you want to “stay friends” or not.
Bill sees this as an opportunity for internet evangelism. I think there are possibilities here, but the one drawback I see is that there doesn’t appear to be a local element. I was hoping that I would be able to specify that I only want to meet friends in my geographical area (which would then create the possibility of an eventual face-to-face relationship). As a married man, I would also prefer it if I could specify that I only want to be introduced to male “friends.” I signed up for the service to see what parameters could be specified, and it was a bit disconcerting to immediately be “introduced” to a female “friend.”
But it is an interesting idea. Thoughts?
I believe that the internet provides today's church with a historic opportunity .... to tell the old, old story of Jesus and His love in ways which could only have been imagined in times past. The objective of this website is to explore the various ways in which today's technology can be used to spread the gospel around the world.
