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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