The history of web-based ministry is very much still in its infancy. A new concept for some, the use the technology as a means to spread the gospel, grow in faith, and worship online has grown exponentially in recent years.
Matt Carlisle, a 15-year veteran of faith-based web development, will lead you through a history of the past, present and future of online ministry. Matt is the former director of web ministry at United Methodist Communications, where he was the executive designer, producer and editor of UMC.org, the official website of The United Methodist Church. During that time, Carlisle instituted the use of cutting edge Web applications. Through his own personal experience, and those of other Web evangelists breaking new ground, Matt will share stories of how web technology is helping to reshape the Church and Christians throughout the world.
Matt Carlisle is the founder of BigHeartDesign.com, a user-centered design company located in Nashville, Tenn. Big Heart Design partners with non-profit organizations to help bring to life websites and online applications. He is also the cofounder of Ministry2.org, a hands-on workshop and live event ministry designed for church leaders and volunteers interested in enhancing their ministry using the latest in web technology.
9. It means CHANGE! PHYLLIS TICKLE’S basis thesis is that every 500 years, the Church goes through a rummage sale , and cleans out the old forms of spirituality and replaces it with new ones. Play Video
10. Top-down and push method of communication doesn’t work
11. “ The socialization of the web ... is now forcing a renaissance that is transforming information distribution, human interaction and everything that orbits this nascent ecosystem.” Brian Solis, PR2.0, “Unveiling New Influencers” 6/29/2009 The Socialization of the Web You Now Control the Message!
12. “ Those who master their domains are developing persuasive and important communities around their areas of expertise, interests and passions and now possess the authority to direct , instruct , and steer decision makers and referrers.” Brian Solis, PR2.0, “Unveiling New Influencers” 6/29/2009 The Socialization of the Web
13. The Church’s message never changed but its methods must change Craig Groeschel, LifeChurch.tv
14. To reach people no one is reaching, you have to do things that no one is doing. Some examples ...
15. Martin Luther His translation of the Bible into the language of the people made it more accessible, causing a tremendous impact on the church. Excommunicated
19. What are the excuses? It’s too expensive Our congregation is older Our congregation is on dial-up Ministry doesn’t happen online Our membership is too small We like things the way they are We haven’t had a new visitor in 10 years We don’t have enough staff
25. The Story of Bethany Lutheran Church Yellow Pages $10,000/Year In 1996 what was being spent on communications: Bulletin/Mailing $50,000/Year Computers/Network $20,000/Year Web $0
26. The Story of Bethany Lutheran Church Yellow Pages $10,000/Year Kept the Same After the communications audit Bulletin/Mailing $50,000/Year $20,000/Year Computers/Net. $20,000/Year Kept the Same Web $0 $20,000/Year New Computers for all Staff $10K
29. Life Church began in 1996 in Oklahoma City with 40 members. It now has a weekly attendance of nearly 19,000 who visit one of 13 campuses in six states or live at their online campus. ChuchOnline 19 Live opportunities to worship online throughout the week. http://live.lifechurch.tv MySecret.tv Confess your sins online Second Life Weekly worship at online game site Open.LifeChurch.tv Free creative church resources One million free resources downloaded Youversion.com Free Bible phone application / 40 different translations in 22 languages. 1.8 million downloads / on 1 in 27 iPhones 1/2 billion minutes of reading the Bible
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31. The Time is Now! No more excuses! Change = Opportunity Sweat equity + passion
Greetings. It’s a pleasure to be with you today. As David shared, I have been doing this work for the better part of 15 years. I’m proud to say that the foundation of my work was built on print production, design and Christian journalism. The tenants that I learned early on are used on a daily bases with the work I do online. Let’s review a few housekeeping items before we get started. We will be covering the following today: The impact of social media What is social media Share examples of social media in journalism The tools of social media How you can use these tools in your work Type your questions in the “Ask Questions” box to your left. Click the full screen button to view webinar in full-screen. You will not be able to see the Ask Question box in full-screen. To close full-screen simply click the full screen button again. Thank you again for having me. Let’s get started.
Greetings. It’s a pleasure to be with you today. As David shared, I have been doing this work for the better part of 15 years. I’m proud to say that the foundation of my work was built on print production, design and Christian journalism. The tenants that I learned early on are used on a daily bases with the work I do online. Let’s review a few housekeeping items before we get started. We will be covering the following today: The impact of social media What is social media Share examples of social media in journalism The tools of social media How you can use these tools in your work Type your questions in the “Ask Questions” box to your left. Click the full screen button to view webinar in full-screen. You will not be able to see the Ask Question box in full-screen. To close full-screen simply click the full screen button again. Thank you again for having me. Let’s get started.
Greetings. It’s a pleasure to be with you today. As David shared, I have been doing this work for the better part of 15 years. I’m proud to say that the foundation of my work was built on print production, design and Christian journalism. The tenants that I learned early on are used on a daily bases with the work I do online. Let’s review a few housekeeping items before we get started. We will be covering the following today: The impact of social media What is social media Share examples of social media in journalism The tools of social media How you can use these tools in your work Type your questions in the “Ask Questions” box to your left. Click the full screen button to view webinar in full-screen. You will not be able to see the Ask Question box in full-screen. To close full-screen simply click the full screen button again. Thank you again for having me. Let’s get started.
Greetings. It’s a pleasure to be with you today. As David shared, I have been doing this work for the better part of 15 years. I’m proud to say that the foundation of my work was built on print production, design and Christian journalism. The tenants that I learned early on are used on a daily bases with the work I do online. Let’s review a few housekeeping items before we get started. We will be covering the following today: The impact of social media What is social media Share examples of social media in journalism The tools of social media How you can use these tools in your work Type your questions in the “Ask Questions” box to your left. Click the full screen button to view webinar in full-screen. You will not be able to see the Ask Question box in full-screen. To close full-screen simply click the full screen button again. Thank you again for having me. Let’s get started.
Greetings. It’s a pleasure to be with you today. As David shared, I have been doing this work for the better part of 15 years. I’m proud to say that the foundation of my work was built on print production, design and Christian journalism. The tenants that I learned early on are used on a daily bases with the work I do online. Let’s review a few housekeeping items before we get started. We will be covering the following today: The impact of social media What is social media Share examples of social media in journalism The tools of social media How you can use these tools in your work Type your questions in the “Ask Questions” box to your left. Click the full screen button to view webinar in full-screen. You will not be able to see the Ask Question box in full-screen. To close full-screen simply click the full screen button again. Thank you again for having me. Let’s get started.
Greetings. It’s a pleasure to be with you today. As David shared, I have been doing this work for the better part of 15 years. I’m proud to say that the foundation of my work was built on print production, design and Christian journalism. The tenants that I learned early on are used on a daily bases with the work I do online. Let’s review a few housekeeping items before we get started. We will be covering the following today: The impact of social media What is social media Share examples of social media in journalism The tools of social media How you can use these tools in your work Type your questions in the “Ask Questions” box to your left. Click the full screen button to view webinar in full-screen. You will not be able to see the Ask Question box in full-screen. To close full-screen simply click the full screen button again. Thank you again for having me. Let’s get started.
Greetings. It’s a pleasure to be with you today. As David shared, I have been doing this work for the better part of 15 years. I’m proud to say that the foundation of my work was built on print production, design and Christian journalism. The tenants that I learned early on are used on a daily bases with the work I do online. Let’s review a few housekeeping items before we get started. We will be covering the following today: The impact of social media What is social media Share examples of social media in journalism The tools of social media How you can use these tools in your work Type your questions in the “Ask Questions” box to your left. Click the full screen button to view webinar in full-screen. You will not be able to see the Ask Question box in full-screen. To close full-screen simply click the full screen button again. Thank you again for having me. Let’s get started.
Greetings. It’s a pleasure to be with you today. As David shared, I have been doing this work for the better part of 15 years. I’m proud to say that the foundation of my work was built on print production, design and Christian journalism. The tenants that I learned early on are used on a daily bases with the work I do online. Let’s review a few housekeeping items before we get started. We will be covering the following today: The impact of social media What is social media Share examples of social media in journalism The tools of social media How you can use these tools in your work Type your questions in the “Ask Questions” box to your left. Click the full screen button to view webinar in full-screen. You will not be able to see the Ask Question box in full-screen. To close full-screen simply click the full screen button again. Thank you again for having me. Let’s get started.
Greetings. It’s a pleasure to be with you today. As David shared, I have been doing this work for the better part of 15 years. I’m proud to say that the foundation of my work was built on print production, design and Christian journalism. The tenants that I learned early on are used on a daily bases with the work I do online. Let’s review a few housekeeping items before we get started. We will be covering the following today: The impact of social media What is social media Share examples of social media in journalism The tools of social media How you can use these tools in your work Type your questions in the “Ask Questions” box to your left. Click the full screen button to view webinar in full-screen. You will not be able to see the Ask Question box in full-screen. To close full-screen simply click the full screen button again. Thank you again for having me. Let’s get started.
Greetings. It’s a pleasure to be with you today. As David shared, I have been doing this work for the better part of 15 years. I’m proud to say that the foundation of my work was built on print production, design and Christian journalism. The tenants that I learned early on are used on a daily bases with the work I do online. Let’s review a few housekeeping items before we get started. We will be covering the following today: The impact of social media What is social media Share examples of social media in journalism The tools of social media How you can use these tools in your work Type your questions in the “Ask Questions” box to your left. Click the full screen button to view webinar in full-screen. You will not be able to see the Ask Question box in full-screen. To close full-screen simply click the full screen button again. Thank you again for having me. Let’s get started.
Greetings. It’s a pleasure to be with you today. As David shared, I have been doing this work for the better part of 15 years. I’m proud to say that the foundation of my work was built on print production, design and Christian journalism. The tenants that I learned early on are used on a daily bases with the work I do online. Let’s review a few housekeeping items before we get started. We will be covering the following today: The impact of social media What is social media Share examples of social media in journalism The tools of social media How you can use these tools in your work Type your questions in the “Ask Questions” box to your left. Click the full screen button to view webinar in full-screen. You will not be able to see the Ask Question box in full-screen. To close full-screen simply click the full screen button again. Thank you again for having me. Let’s get started.
Greetings. It’s a pleasure to be with you today. As David shared, I have been doing this work for the better part of 15 years. I’m proud to say that the foundation of my work was built on print production, design and Christian journalism. The tenants that I learned early on are used on a daily bases with the work I do online. Let’s review a few housekeeping items before we get started. We will be covering the following today: The impact of social media What is social media Share examples of social media in journalism The tools of social media How you can use these tools in your work Type your questions in the “Ask Questions” box to your left. Click the full screen button to view webinar in full-screen. You will not be able to see the Ask Question box in full-screen. To close full-screen simply click the full screen button again. Thank you again for having me. Let’s get started.
Greetings. It’s a pleasure to be with you today. As David shared, I have been doing this work for the better part of 15 years. I’m proud to say that the foundation of my work was built on print production, design and Christian journalism. The tenants that I learned early on are used on a daily bases with the work I do online. Let’s review a few housekeeping items before we get started. We will be covering the following today: The impact of social media What is social media Share examples of social media in journalism The tools of social media How you can use these tools in your work Type your questions in the “Ask Questions” box to your left. Click the full screen button to view webinar in full-screen. You will not be able to see the Ask Question box in full-screen. To close full-screen simply click the full screen button again. Thank you again for having me. Let’s get started.
We have just experienced a presidential election that has forever changed how we will use the tools of social media in the future. The use of social media tools by Obama’s election team showed the full spectrum of what’s possible. Social Networking Sites like: Facebook (more than 3 million supporters) YouTube (posted more than 1800 videos; nearly 20 million views) MyBarrack.com: BarrackTV, Barrack Blog, Mobile Messages, etc.
Greetings. It’s a pleasure to be with you today. As David shared, I have been doing this work for the better part of 15 years. I’m proud to say that the foundation of my work was built on print production, design and Christian journalism. The tenants that I learned early on are used on a daily bases with the work I do online. Let’s review a few housekeeping items before we get started. We will be covering the following today: The impact of social media What is social media Share examples of social media in journalism The tools of social media How you can use these tools in your work Type your questions in the “Ask Questions” box to your left. Click the full screen button to view webinar in full-screen. You will not be able to see the Ask Question box in full-screen. To close full-screen simply click the full screen button again. Thank you again for having me. Let’s get started.
Greetings. It’s a pleasure to be with you today. As David shared, I have been doing this work for the better part of 15 years. I’m proud to say that the foundation of my work was built on print production, design and Christian journalism. The tenants that I learned early on are used on a daily bases with the work I do online. Let’s review a few housekeeping items before we get started. We will be covering the following today: The impact of social media What is social media Share examples of social media in journalism The tools of social media How you can use these tools in your work Type your questions in the “Ask Questions” box to your left. Click the full screen button to view webinar in full-screen. You will not be able to see the Ask Question box in full-screen. To close full-screen simply click the full screen button again. Thank you again for having me. Let’s get started.
Greetings. It’s a pleasure to be with you today. As David shared, I have been doing this work for the better part of 15 years. I’m proud to say that the foundation of my work was built on print production, design and Christian journalism. The tenants that I learned early on are used on a daily bases with the work I do online. Let’s review a few housekeeping items before we get started. We will be covering the following today: The impact of social media What is social media Share examples of social media in journalism The tools of social media How you can use these tools in your work Type your questions in the “Ask Questions” box to your left. Click the full screen button to view webinar in full-screen. You will not be able to see the Ask Question box in full-screen. To close full-screen simply click the full screen button again. Thank you again for having me. Let’s get started.
Greetings. It’s a pleasure to be with you today. As David shared, I have been doing this work for the better part of 15 years. I’m proud to say that the foundation of my work was built on print production, design and Christian journalism. The tenants that I learned early on are used on a daily bases with the work I do online. Let’s review a few housekeeping items before we get started. We will be covering the following today: The impact of social media What is social media Share examples of social media in journalism The tools of social media How you can use these tools in your work Type your questions in the “Ask Questions” box to your left. Click the full screen button to view webinar in full-screen. You will not be able to see the Ask Question box in full-screen. To close full-screen simply click the full screen button again. Thank you again for having me. Let’s get started.
Greetings. It’s a pleasure to be with you today. As David shared, I have been doing this work for the better part of 15 years. I’m proud to say that the foundation of my work was built on print production, design and Christian journalism. The tenants that I learned early on are used on a daily bases with the work I do online. Let’s review a few housekeeping items before we get started. We will be covering the following today: The impact of social media What is social media Share examples of social media in journalism The tools of social media How you can use these tools in your work Type your questions in the “Ask Questions” box to your left. Click the full screen button to view webinar in full-screen. You will not be able to see the Ask Question box in full-screen. To close full-screen simply click the full screen button again. Thank you again for having me. Let’s get started.
Greetings. It’s a pleasure to be with you today. As David shared, I have been doing this work for the better part of 15 years. I’m proud to say that the foundation of my work was built on print production, design and Christian journalism. The tenants that I learned early on are used on a daily bases with the work I do online. Let’s review a few housekeeping items before we get started. We will be covering the following today: The impact of social media What is social media Share examples of social media in journalism The tools of social media How you can use these tools in your work Type your questions in the “Ask Questions” box to your left. Click the full screen button to view webinar in full-screen. You will not be able to see the Ask Question box in full-screen. To close full-screen simply click the full screen button again. Thank you again for having me. Let’s get started.
Greetings. It’s a pleasure to be with you today. As David shared, I have been doing this work for the better part of 15 years. I’m proud to say that the foundation of my work was built on print production, design and Christian journalism. The tenants that I learned early on are used on a daily bases with the work I do online. Let’s review a few housekeeping items before we get started. We will be covering the following today: The impact of social media What is social media Share examples of social media in journalism The tools of social media How you can use these tools in your work Type your questions in the “Ask Questions” box to your left. Click the full screen button to view webinar in full-screen. You will not be able to see the Ask Question box in full-screen. To close full-screen simply click the full screen button again. Thank you again for having me. Let’s get started.
Greetings. It’s a pleasure to be with you today. As David shared, I have been doing this work for the better part of 15 years. I’m proud to say that the foundation of my work was built on print production, design and Christian journalism. The tenants that I learned early on are used on a daily bases with the work I do online. Let’s review a few housekeeping items before we get started. We will be covering the following today: The impact of social media What is social media Share examples of social media in journalism The tools of social media How you can use these tools in your work Type your questions in the “Ask Questions” box to your left. Click the full screen button to view webinar in full-screen. You will not be able to see the Ask Question box in full-screen. To close full-screen simply click the full screen button again. Thank you again for having me. Let’s get started.
Greetings. It’s a pleasure to be with you today. As David shared, I have been doing this work for the better part of 15 years. I’m proud to say that the foundation of my work was built on print production, design and Christian journalism. The tenants that I learned early on are used on a daily bases with the work I do online. Let’s review a few housekeeping items before we get started. We will be covering the following today: The impact of social media What is social media Share examples of social media in journalism The tools of social media How you can use these tools in your work Type your questions in the “Ask Questions” box to your left. Click the full screen button to view webinar in full-screen. You will not be able to see the Ask Question box in full-screen. To close full-screen simply click the full screen button again. Thank you again for having me. Let’s get started.
Greetings. It’s a pleasure to be with you today. As David shared, I have been doing this work for the better part of 15 years. I’m proud to say that the foundation of my work was built on print production, design and Christian journalism. The tenants that I learned early on are used on a daily bases with the work I do online. Let’s review a few housekeeping items before we get started. We will be covering the following today: The impact of social media What is social media Share examples of social media in journalism The tools of social media How you can use these tools in your work Type your questions in the “Ask Questions” box to your left. Click the full screen button to view webinar in full-screen. You will not be able to see the Ask Question box in full-screen. To close full-screen simply click the full screen button again. Thank you again for having me. Let’s get started.