Strategic Digital Outreach

Outreach Magazine Articles

Mark Batterson, lead pastor of National Community Church in Washington, D.C., and I recently wrote a “tag-team editorial” for Outreach Magazine.

Mark and I were asked to write a short response to this question:

Does sermon podcasting offer churches an effective way to connect with the unchurched?

Mark has posted both of our answers on the GodiPod blog

Here’s Mark’s half: Podcast Logic.

And my half: Strategic Podcasting.

It was nice to see how both of our portions, written independently and without knowledge that the other was writing (although I suspected that if they had done their research, they would have asked Mark to write), dovetailed nicely.

Also, this gives me a good reason to give a plug to GodiPod.com in general.

GodiPod.com

GodiPod offers iPods preloaded with audio Bibles and sermon content. From the site:

The driving motivation behind GodiPod.com is digital discipleship.  GodiPod.com is in the business of redeeming technology to foster spiritual growth.

Posted by on 10/27/05 at 01:08 PM
The Collective Voice!
Mark Batterson continues the discussion:

Frank,

Great to connect via outreach magazine.  I’ve been to your blog before.  Great stuff.  Hope to cross paths in person at some point.

Blog on smile

Mark

contributed on 10/27 at 05:46 PM
continues the discussion:

Mark - absolutely (regarding crossing paths in person)!

contributed on 10/27 at 06:56 PM
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Key Articles

You may be interested in reading these articles which enumerate core principles of the strategy we advocate:

Effective Church Websites For Emerging Generations
Investigating the various ways in which a church's website can be targeted toward unbelievers in a church's local community.

A Strategy For Local Internet Outreach
How can the internet be used for evangelism and outreach while maintaining an environment of authentic Christian community?

Flawed Follow Up Or A Flawed Philosophy of Evangelism?
The ease with which we can “share the gospel” online can actually short-circuit the God-ordained process by which unbelievers are brought to faith.

Should We Include A Gospel Presentation On Our Websites?
Should conversion be our immediate goal in our internet evangelism efforts?

A Strategic Opportunity For The Church
A proposed strategy in which a church would use short video profiles of members of their congregation to entice unbelievers in their local area to consider the value of a local congregation’s ministry in their own lives.

2 John 12
Is there something incomplete about digital communication?

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Email Management
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Partners

We work with several different organizations in exploring ways in which digital means can be used to reach an increasingly digital world. Some of these organizations are more traditional clients. Some are friends. All are our partners in the gospel (1 Corinthians 3:9). Invariably, we learn as much from them as they do from us. Here is a sampling:

David & Linda Arzouni
Assemblies of God missionaries to West Africa, based in Mali (the land of Timbuktu).

Assemblies of God
The Northern California and Nevada District, based in Sacramento, California.

India Prayer Drive
A 21-day prayer drive through the nation of India.

IreneDias.com
Although the suffering they face is severe, this is not a story of despair, but of an incredible faith and even more of an incredible God who sustains His followers with lavish grace, extravagant kindness, and unrelenting love.

Luis Palau Evangelistic Association
Proclaiming the Lord's Good News to the millions of people who have yet to respond to the Gospel.

Sacred Ink
Joyfully declaring the gospel to the tattoo subculture.

Santa Cruz Bible Church
Their evangelism department focuses on marketplace ministries.

ShareFest Santa Cruz County
Churches in Santa Cruz County, California join together to become a bridge from the church to the community through work projects designed to bless the community.

TimeOut Conference
Enabling a deeper relationship with God and more effective relationships with people.

Wake Up! Santa Cruz
Presenting the claims of Christ to the business community in Santa Cruz, California.

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Projects

These are projects which we have initiated (either individually or as members of a team) in our efforts to use digital means to spread the gospel:

MissionEquip
MissionEquip.com was established to provide resources to missionaries and short-term missions teams traveling worldwide.

MissionEquip

ChristianCruz
ChristianCruz.com is a localized portal for believers living in Santa Cruz County, California.

ChristianCruz

Prodigal God
ProdigalGod.com, a work in progress, is designed to provide biblical instruction to the wider body of Christ through the use of video teaching segments and written articles.

ProdigalGod

Christian Screen Savers
ChristianScreenSavers.com offers a selection of high-quality, inexpensive Christian screen savers which reflect biblical themes. Proceeds from the sale of these screen savers are used to support the work of Strategic Digital Outreach.

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Blogs I Read

Adventures Of A Web Evangelist
The Appian Way
BetaChurch.org
BlogMinistry
BlogRodent
Boyink Interactive
Carpe' Digital
Christian Web Trends
Church Beauty
Church Communications Pro
Church Marketing Sucks
ChurchTechToday
Church Website & Blog Ideas
digital.leadnet.org
Digital Ministry
The Digital Sanctuary
e-vangelism.com
Effective Church Web Sites
Effective Web Ministry Notes
Equip Blog
Evotional
GodBit
Goodmanson
Gospelcon
Heal Your Church Website
If Jesus Had A Website
Leave It Behind
MicroExplosion
Outside The Box Ministry
Sacred Digital
So You Want A Church Website?
The Ultimate Issue
Web Evangelism Issues

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The Grace Place
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MetroReach
Media Ministry
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Conquering Nonprofit Chaos
Palms For Pastors
St. George the Dragonslayer

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