Steve Johnson is the Group Vice President Americas of The International Bible Society. Steve talked about some of the leading indicators regarding spirituality on the internet. He also talked about practical ways that a person can use the internet and other electronic technology to make God’s Word more available to friends, family, and business associates. Finally, he identified some of the existing resources that people can use for effective outreach using non-traditional methods. My notes of this session, entitled “Internet Evangelism in a Post-Literature Culture,” follow. As with my notes from Walt Wilson’s session, unless specified, my thoughts do not appear in these notes.
The Word of God has transformational power in itself — how can we make it as widely available as possible in as many media formats as possible?
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.
