IE Day FAQs

• It encourages churches and other groups to create a web awareness focus day program in their services and other activities, on the designated annual worldwide Internet Evangelism Day on the last Sunday in April or at any other time to suit their programs.
• We also offer a permanent resource of web-pages, explaining the potential of web evangelism, the strategies it needs, and showcasing sites that are effective in online outreach. In other words, we are also saying that the 21st century is ‘the day’ of digital outreach.

Does IE Day appeal for money?
No, never. Unlike many focus days, IE Day is purely informational. You will receive no direct appeals, or indirect hints, for money.

Who is arranging IE Day
The Internet Evangelism Coalition has initiated this vision and endorsed a small group of communicators, experienced as apologists for the use Web in outreach, to create this site. [Faith statement]

How is it funded?
All those involved in IE Day are volunteers. There are virtually no expenses. Any small level of income derived from the book recommendation links will be plowed back into web evangelism.

Are there ways I can help?
Yes – please publicize IE Day in any way you can. You can link to the website, print features in newsletters and magazines, submit the site to directories in your country, and help in other ways. And please encourage your local church, or entire denomination, church grouping or Christian organization, to use IE Day resources. We can also use volunteers in other ways.

Can I reproduce content from the site?
You are welcome to use any of the page content or our ready-made articles within print publications, college lectures, OHP slides, PowerPoint presentations, etc. Please include a credit to www.InternerEvangelismDay.com. If you wish to reproduce content from any of these pages into your own web site, please ask us for permission because search engines do not like to see duplicate content on different sites. Our short articles, tips page, blog page are all designed to be syndicated into other sites, using either Javascript or iframes, which avoids this problem.

Are the pages printer-friendly?
Yes, all pages automatically print in a layout suitable for paper, with header, footer and menu removed. Off-site recommended URLs print visibly too within the page for later reference.

Why are some links underlined in green?
Links to other websites are underlined in green for your convenience. These links open in a new browser window, usually with a removable narrow top frame, so that you do not lose your starting place, however far you explore the new link. A few of the sites we link to use a Javascript code to prevent their sites being retained within a frame, or have specifically asked that we not link to them in this way. Close these new windows manually when you have visited the site.

External links on this site to other web-pages are provided in good faith, but we are not responsible for their opinions, content or privacy policy, their ongoing links, or any adverts and popups they carry. (For instance, we link to appropriate Wikipedia pages which are excellent for concise factual summaries and ongoing background link. This does not necessarily imply approval of Wikipedia pages which are shaped by the worldview and opinion of the contributor.)

Also links may cease to work, or domains lapse and be taken over by organizations with a completely different agenda, and we offer a report button so that users can advise us of such problems.

Many of the links go to the Web Evangelism Guide because of its extensive range of pages on this topic.

Why does the IE Day domain change in my browser?
Internet Evangelism Day is honored to be a partner with Gospelcom.net. Their normal practice is that partner URLs contain the gospelcom.net domain name. Thus our ‘InternetEvangelismDay.com’ domain is a ‘forwarding domain’ which resolves to ‘ied.gospelcom.net/index.php’. When making links to this site, please use this gospelcom.net URL.

Is my email address and other information stored securely?
Yes, and your email address will only be used for the purpose you gave it. See our Privacy Policy.

Does registering commit me to anything?
No. It’s purely an expression of likely interest – a hope that you may well be able to hold an IE Day.

Can I suggest more ideas for downloadable resources?
Yes please. Any ideas, resources and tips will be gratefully received.

Is IE Day international?
Yes, we want to see IE Day publicized and used in as many countries as possible. We hope that other Christian groups will wish to translate this site into different languages.

Thanks
This is a good place to express thanks to a wide range of people who have helped IE Day by using our publicity materials, linking to the site, helping with writing and proof-reading, or advising on PHP scripting and other technical issues. Their contribution has been enormous, and we acknowledge it gratefully.

We also acknowledge gratefully the coding for the flyout menu. This is the excellent ADxMenu CSS menu, available from AdX Menu. Our version has the advantage of repositioning submenus visibly (when needed) on the page in FireFox, and not hiding behind certain types of page content. The information ‘balloon’ are an extra feature, coded by a friend, using span hover wording within each link, and an expanding ‘clam shell’ ballooon background so that the balloon gets deeper for extra wording or larger font sizes.

Liability
Internet Evangelism Day, Internet Evangelism Coalition, Guide Network, or any other partner group or individual, has no liability for any problem or inconvenience connected directly or indirectly with the use of this site and its resources.