Resources
Resources for being a better voice for the unreached
We want to share the vision of unreached peoples with others, and the vision for our UPG in particular. But how many of us really have practiced and developed excellent presentation skills? Tom Peters makes the excellent point that a single 17 minute presentation by Barack Obama got him noticed and was arguably the point [...]
Amazon Kindle: missionary resource
In 1998 I wrote about the future of books, and speculated about the implications of the electronic availability of books. That day is now here: the Amazon Kindle with a 2GB SD card can carry nearly 2,000 books; and an 8GB SD card is easily available. While over 120,000 books in Kindle format are available [...]
Use of technology among (Western) Christians
DJ Chuang at Leadership Network analyzes new statistics from Barna on technology use among (Western) Christians:
% of Christians who have used Instant Messaging in the past week: 33%
% of Americans who sent someone a text message via a mobile telephone: 30%
% of Christians who searched for online information or content: 84%
% of Christians who reported [...]
Book Review
Quick, thorough review of “Miniskirts, Muslims and Mothers.”
How to create a virtual office
This month, we will outline some of the newly available, free (or cheap) technological tools that make it easier to equip an office. One caveat: Nearly all of these require Internet access at some point. The tools listed below are the ones we use in our own office. There are other competitors out there, and [...]
Cybersecurity in Mumbai, India
Indian journalist Amit Varma reported (and veteran technology news site Slashdot.org… picked it up) Mumbai’s police are requiring the city’s 500 Internet cafes to install keystroke loggers, which will capture every keystroke by users and turn that information over to the government, perhaps in realtime. Buy things online, and the Indian police will have your [...]
Orality resources
Communicating Christ through Story and Song (Paul H. DeNeui, ed., 2008) is the fifth and latest volume in the Buddhist World series, present models and case studies of communication of the Gospel through orality in Southeast Asia. With contributions from seasoned practitioners working in Cambodia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and the Philippines, this insightful book [...]
No Internet for Africa
There remains a tremendous connectivity gap between Africa and the broadband world. Just 4% of Africans have Internet access, and despite being among the poorest in the world, they pay the most globally for their connection: around $250 to $300 per month. Nigeria, one of the most populous countries in the world, have only a [...]
Impractical Piracy
The NPD group ran a survey monitoring the behavior of 12,000 Americans with software on their computers. Of those, 1.5% have DVD ripping software (which can scan and copy DVDs). Of those, about 66% used in the first quarter of his year. Contrast this with 12% of people who burned their own music CDs. Some [...]
West Africa Resources
The January 2007 issue of Global Prayer Digest (on the web at global-prayer-digest.org…) focuses on Western and Central Africa in conjunction with the Ethne Global Prayer Campaign.
Flavors of West Africa: a themed prayer event for the people of West Africa is just one of numerous resources offered by the International Mission Board to mobilize prayer [...]
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