Resources

We are happy to be able to provide you with several resources to help you as you consider a strategy for using digital means to reach your community with the gospel. Below you will find links to white papers we have written, resources you can download, and free articles you can use on your website.

White Papers
The team members of Strategic Digital Outreach have written various white papers which each address a particular aspect of internet strategy for churches and ministries. Our hope is that these articles will help you as you consider how to address issues surrounding the use of the internet in your outreach. Acrobat Reader is required to view these documents.

Effective Church Websites For Emerging Generations
This white paper is designed to provide local churches with a thought-provoking resource to help them make decisions regarding internet strategy in their local area.

A Strategy For Local Internet Outreach
This white paper outlines a unique strategy for using the internet to support local churches and ministries in their outreach efforts to reach their community. The strategy is unique in that it naturally builds the local church rather than resulting in conversions which occur outside the church.

The Internet: Friend Or Foe For Christians?
This white paper is designed to provide Christians with a resource to help them make appropriate choices in the midst of the battle against online pornography.

Downloads
We are happy to provide you with the following downloadable resources. Our hope and prayer is that these resources prove to be helpful for you in your outreach ministry.

Quotations Screen Saver
The Quotations Screen Saver combines vivid nature photographs with quotations from famous Christian personalities. It was specifically developed as a tool to help Christians share their faith with co-workers, friends, and family members. The quotations which the screen saver displays were especially chosen to provoke questions about the Lord in the minds and hearts of those who view the screen saver.

It is a great tool which can help your church members or constituents share their faith. They can install this screen saver on their computers at work and home, and their colleagues and family will be challenged to consider eternal truths. This screen saver is a great “door-opener” and this personal version is completely free! The screen saver is compatible with Windows 95, 98, NT, Me, 2000, and XP.

Pray For The Jula Of Mali Screen Saver
The Pray for the Jula of Mali Screen Saver combines vivid photographs with beautiful music and prayer points for this people group which numbers approximately 60,000 people in Mali alone (with other Jula living in Cote d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Guinea-Bissau). It is designed to serve as a reminder of the needs of this people whose evangelical Christian population is almost non-existent.

InterServe Screen Saver
The InterServe Screen Saver was used by InterServe, an international and interdenominational fellowship of Christians committed to each other in partnership and for service to the peoples of South and Central Asia and the Middle East, to promote its programs and activities to the attendees of the 2000 Urbana Convention.

Free Articles
We are happy to provide you with the following free articles available for you to use on your own website. These articles are available for license under a Creative Commons License.

Good News
This article is a declaration of the good news of Jesus Christ, available for free for you to use on your own website.

Statement Of Faith
This article is a fresh treatment of a traditional statement of faith, available for free for you to use on your own website.

Miscellaneous
Resources which just don’t seem to fit anywhere else!

Localized Portals
A list of websites involved in some way (or with the potential for involvement in some way) with web-based city-reaching projects.

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You may be interested in reading these articles which enumerate core principles of the strategy we advocate:

Effective Church Websites For Emerging Generations
Investigating the various ways in which a church's website can be targeted toward unbelievers in a church's local community.

A Strategy For Local Internet Outreach
How can the internet be used for evangelism and outreach while maintaining an environment of authentic Christian community?

Flawed Follow Up Or A Flawed Philosophy of Evangelism?
The ease with which we can “share the gospel” online can actually short-circuit the God-ordained process by which unbelievers are brought to faith.

Should We Include A Gospel Presentation On Our Websites?
Should conversion be our immediate goal in our internet evangelism efforts?

A Strategic Opportunity For The Church
A proposed strategy in which a church would use short video profiles of members of their congregation to entice unbelievers in their local area to consider the value of a local congregation’s ministry in their own lives.

2 John 12
Is there something incomplete about digital communication?

Thu, September 04, 2008 at 09:14 am
Frank : very happy to reconnect with an old friend on Facebook!

Tue, September 02, 2008 at 10:31 am
Frank : reading a great article from flyte.biz about how microblogging is the future of communications. http://ping.fm/IT0XL

Sat, August 30, 2008 at 06:54 am
Frank : looking forward to a weekend of watching my daughter play soccer.

Thu, August 28, 2008 at 03:32 pm
Frank : reviewing SEO recommendations from our partner.

Wed, August 27, 2008 at 09:53 pm
Frank : Going to try and do some work on that major website relaunch/redesign to which I've been referring.

When the Luis Palau Evangelistic Association wanted to use the internet to promote their city festivals, they turned to Strategic Digital Outreach. Read more ....

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Web Development
Designwise Studios
DirectSteps
RockBeatsPaper
SparrowStyle
Turtle Interactive

Content Management
Expression Engine

Web Hosting
DreamHost

Email Management
Constant Contact

We work with several different organizations in exploring ways in which digital means can be used to reach an increasingly digital world. Some of these organizations are more traditional clients. Some are friends. All are our partners in the gospel (1 Corinthians 3:9). Invariably, we learn as much from them as they do from us. Here is a sampling:

David & Linda Arzouni
Assemblies of God missionaries to West Africa, based in Mali (the land of Timbuktu).

Assemblies of God
The Northern California and Nevada District, based in Sacramento, California.

India Prayer Drive
A 21-day prayer drive through the nation of India.

IreneDias.com
Although the suffering they face is severe, this is not a story of despair, but of an incredible faith and even more of an incredible God who sustains His followers with lavish grace, extravagant kindness, and unrelenting love.

Luis Palau Evangelistic Association
Proclaiming the Lord's Good News to the millions of people who have yet to respond to the Gospel.

Sacred Ink
Joyfully declaring the gospel to the tattoo subculture.

Santa Cruz Bible Church
Their evangelism department focuses on marketplace ministries.

ShareFest Santa Cruz County
Churches in Santa Cruz County, California join together to become a bridge from the church to the community through work projects designed to bless the community.

TimeOut Conference
Enabling a deeper relationship with God and more effective relationships with people.

Wake Up! Santa Cruz
Presenting the claims of Christ to the business community in Santa Cruz, California.

These are projects which we have initiated (either individually or as members of a team) in our efforts to use digital means to spread the gospel:

MissionEquip
MissionEquip.com was established to provide resources to missionaries and short-term missions teams traveling worldwide.

ChristianCruz
ChristianCruz.com is a localized portal for believers living in Santa Cruz County, California.

Prodigal God
ProdigalGod.com, a work in progress, is designed to provide biblical instruction to the wider body of Christ through the use of video teaching segments and written articles.

Christian Screen Savers
ChristianScreenSavers.com offers a selection of high-quality, inexpensive Christian screen savers which reflect biblical themes. Proceeds from the sale of these screen savers are used to support the work of Strategic Digital Outreach.

Blogs I Read

Adventures Of A Web Evangelist
The Appian Way
BetaChurch.org
BlogMinistry
BlogRodent
Boyink Interactive
Carpe' Digital
Christian Web Trends
Church Beauty
Church Communications Pro
Church Marketing Sucks
ChurchTechToday
Church Website & Blog Ideas
digital.leadnet.org
Digital Ministry
The Digital Sanctuary
e-vangelism.com
Effective Church Web Sites
Effective Web Ministry Notes
Equip Blog
Evotional
GodBit
Goodmanson
Gospelcon
Heal Your Church Website
If Jesus Had A Website
Leave It Behind
MicroExplosion
Outside The Box Ministry
Sacred Digital
So You Want A Church Website?
The Ultimate Issue
Web Evangelism Issues

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