Digital Evangelism Issues

Pete Cashmore of Mashable blog predicts 10 web trends to watch in 2010.

Probably the most important trends in the context of evangelism and ministry are those that already have enormous momentum:

• the growth of mobile phone use (often with web access) especially in the non-Western world. (Africa has more mobile users than any other continent.) Read more.
• Facebook and other social networking sites. If Facebook was a country, it would the fourth largest in the world. Many web users spend the majority of their time on Facebook as a one-stop connection point with friends and family. Social networking sites are hugely popular outside the West. Read more.
• Twitter is everywhere. People love it. Read more.
• Visual story is a key part of our digital communication culture, including the short video clip on YouTube and embedded into blogs and other web sites. Read more.

Looking back at 2009, these were the top 12 of our blog posts:

1. A Thousand Questions video download
2. New research study on church websites
3. The Michael Jackson phenomenon
4. Grab the attention of passers-by
5. YouTube embedded clips on your site
6. Free e-book: Social by Social
7. Free stuff for editors and webmasters
8. De-evangelizing – and what one church did about it
9. Illusion with a message
10. Thinking outside the box
11. Make your own cartoon story
12. Internet usage worldwide and the opportunities for missions

Best blogs

Also turn your eyes to the right of this page. Our ‘blog roll’ is not a list of links to blogs who may have linked to this one. It is a carefully chosen selection of some of the most insightful and strategic blogs available, in the area of digital media, evangelism, and church ministry.

The beauty of blogs like these is that we can connect with the minds of some of the world’s most foremost thinkers in these areas, and consider challenging questions as well as read feedback and dialogue with others.

Hover links to see a preview of their latest posting. Consider using a blog reader such as Google Reader so that you can view all the blogs you wish to follow, in one place.

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