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TECHNOLOGY

TECHNOLOGY. Six Startup Ministries. Health Worship: Front Door Assimilation: Back Door Technology: Side Door. Question. How will you use technology to accelerate your church planting?. Good to Great Model. Technology Accelerators.

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TECHNOLOGY

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  1. TECHNOLOGY

  2. Six Startup Ministries • Health • Worship: Front Door • Assimilation: Back Door • Technology: Side Door

  3. Question • How will you use technology to accelerate your church planting?

  4. Good to Great Model

  5. Technology Accelerators • Your hedgehog concept must drive your use of technology not the reverse. • When used correctly, technology accelerates momentum.

  6. Technology’s Rapid Advance

  7. Years To Reach 30% Of Homes

  8. Internet Growth: 1997-2003

  9. Internet Growth: 2000-2008

  10. Internet Users in the World

  11. Internet Penetration Rates

  12. Internet Growth: 1997-2003

  13. Changing Church • Primary way people check out new church before they visit the church. • No closed countries, No national boundaries. Even poor countries have web cafes. • Young pastors do web preparation • Barna report: End of decade, 50 million people rely solely on Internet for their faith based experience. • Not having a Web site is the equivalent of owning a business but not listing your phone number or address

  14. Changing Ministry • Three times as many Web sites are devoted to Christianity than any other major religion • There are over 6 million references to Christianity on the web • The theory that Christians are shying away from these new technologies is simply not substantiated by the evidence. • Great divide: Half of surveyed churches no plans to have a web page in future.

  15. Way To Use The Web

  16. Recommended Web • CP MEDIA • Acts 29 • Purpose Driven • Ed Stetzer • Passion for Planting • ChurchPlanter.com • Coaching Solutions • Exponential • EFCA

  17. Why Church Planting Media? • Know planters • Creative • Interactive • Alive • Simple • Flexible • Expandable • Cost effective: $50/month www.churchplantmedia.com

  18. Web Design • Keep simple, not to busy. • Don’t forget basics • Contact information • Directions • Planter picture • Denomination • Vision & Values • Planter: Hand off this task

  19. Demographic Research

  20. Any Zip Code

  21. Personal Assessment

  22. Marketing www.church-marketing.com www.outreach.com

  23. ECARDS

  24. Launching New Events

  25. Research

  26. Theopedia

  27. Online Evangelism http://guide.gospelcom.net www.fishthe.net

  28. Worship Resources • Open Song • www.opensong.org • Equivalent to Media Shout, but free

  29. Assimilation Tools

  30. Church Growth Calculator

  31. Prayer Acceleration

  32. Blogs • Planters, your people are interested in your ministry ideas. • They are not interested that you went shopping in the mall yesterday with your wife or your kid is the cutest in the universe.

  33. Social Networking • Read Stetzer’s blog pro’s & cons of Social Networking • Facebook • You Tube • My Space • Twitter

  34. Bible Study

  35. Go To Seminary

  36. Summary • This is the tip of the iceberg • Internet is so important, you should have an Internet ministry team whose task should be to figure out how your church plant can use this tool. • Internet is so important, the church planter should probably not be on the leader of that team.

  37. Technology Plan • What is your technology plan?

  38. The End

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