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Ministry and the Cyberspace Landscape
Reaching 21st Century Sheep
paul@obriant.net
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John 21:16
• A second time he said to him, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I love you." He said to him, "Tend my sheep."
John 21:16
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Do you know?
• Emailing• Web surfing• Online purchases• Webmaster• Instant Messaging• High speed access• Web Cams• File Sharing
• Blogs• Wikis• Listen to podcasts• Create podcasts• Social Networking• Second Life• Chat rooms• Skype
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General Internet Stats
• Who is online?
• What are they doing?
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Online Gaming
• MMPORPG
• World of Warcraft has over 10 million users
• WOW machinima video.
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Bible Study Resources
• 2/3 of users have performed online activities related to religion or spirituality
• Crosswalk
• YouVersion.com
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Web 2.0
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Blogs
– Crosswalk blogs - http://www.crosswalk.com/blogs/
– RSS aggregators
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Wikis
– 36% of online American adults consult Wikipedia (Pew)
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Photo Sharing Sites
– 28% of internet users have tagged or categorized content online such as photos, news stories or blog posts. (Pew)
– Hendersonville First UMC Youth Group - http://www.flickr.com/photos/hfumcyouth/
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Video Sharing Sites
– History of The United Methodist Church - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idm5-RkUo5U
– Shelton United Church - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ6OanS2MdU
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• Skype
• BitTorrent
• YouTube – Video Sharing, named as a Key Emerging Technology
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Social Bookmarking
• http://Del.icio.us
• My Bookmarks for CyberMinistry - http://del.icio.us/pgobriant/cyberministry
• Can subscribe to bookmarks using a RSS feed.
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Social Networking
• MySpace.com
• More than half (55%) of all online American youths ages 12-17 use online social networking sites. (Pew)
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Podcasting
– Some 12% of internet users say they have downloaded a podcast so they can listen to it or view it at a later time. (Pew)
– One Place - http://www.oneplace.com/
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Second Life
– Almost 10 million residents– Introduction to Second Life video on You
Tube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b72CvvMuD6Q
– USA Today article - http://www.usatoday.com/tech/gaming/2007-04-01-second-life-religion_N.htm
– www.Almcyberchurch.org
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Example Church Sites
– Heal your Church website – a site devoted to “Teaching, rebuking, correcting & training in righteous web design” - http://healyourchurchwebsite.com/
– Bethlehem United Methodist Church, PA. www.bethmeth.com
– Dulles Community Church www.dulleschurch.org
– Revolution UMC www.kcrevolution.org– Life Church, www.lifechurch.tv
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