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Expanding Your Ministry

It is the best of times and the worst of times.  However, this doesn’t have anything to do with a tale of two cities.  It is the condition of our age.  It is one of the worst times as sin seems to escalate and people seem to get further from God. Yet it is the best of times in our ability to reach the lost.  We are living in the most technologically advanced season of all times.  We can reach across the seas into other countries right from our living rooms.  Not only that, most of that technology is absolutely free. 

A website is like an interactive yellow pages ad.  It lets people know that we are here.  Many times people search for churches and ministries online.  Every ministry should have a web presence.  Today websites are not as costly as they used to be.  You can have a page for as little as $99.   Here are some free ones: Wix.com, weebly.com, webs.com, webstarts.com

Video conferencing: Video conferencing is method by which people in different locations communicate in real time with two or more people at different locations via video.  You can teach a class or preach a sermon.  Because you are able to see the participants and they can see you, the interaction is much better and makes this form of media quite valuable. Here are some free ones: Oovoo, Skype, FaceTime, etc. 

Teleconference or Teleseminar; is a wonderful way to communicate with ministry participants all over the country. The meeting participants are in different physical locations and can listen to prayer or ministry on a specific topic. Each participant in a teleconference call dials in to a central location,. They enter an access code and voila!  Instant ministry gone national.  Here are some free ones: Freeconference.com, Freeconferencecall.com, Freeteleconference.com 

Social Media allows you to start a page or a group for your ministry. It allows you to create a network of people with which you can interact.  You can post scriptures or inspiring messages as statuses or memes.  You can also post upcoming events and keep those informed on what’s going on in your ministry.  Most social media is free: Facebook, Twitter,GooglePlus etc.

Audio and Video Streaming   Streaming media is multimedia such as audio or video that is continuously received by, and normally displayed to, the end-user while it is being delivered by the provider.
In other words, unlike a video that you download first to your hard drive on your computer and then open to view on your screen, You can usually start viewing or listening to your content as it is being delivered. it is media which you can hear or watch as it is being sent to your computer, without having to store it.  There is a price for streaming.  Pricing varies.
Free one: Ustream

Yes we have evolved from emails and texting.  We don’t abandon these media tools but we add on to the multiple ways that we now can reach out to the lost.  Let’s not complain about what we don’t have and what we can’t afford.  But let’s start using the invaluable tools that are available to us at little to no cost. 

 

 

 


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