If you’re interested in YouVersion or in what you might need to consider when putting together a mobile app for ministy, watch this seven-minute interview, Jesus IS Bigger Than Angry Birds, by  TechCrunch with YouVersion’s founder, Bobby Gruenewald.

Takeways:

- YouVersion has positioned itself as a “Bible engagement” tool and “interactive” app

- YouVersion measures ‘everything’ including amount of time the app is open

- YouVersion has positioned itself as a cause (they are trying to get people to read the Bible)

- YouVersion thinks that if something is on a mobile device, it’s more a part of your life

- YouVersion thinks there are many more mobile apps in this ‘religious’ mobile space.

Interesting.  What take-aways do you have about how YouVersion is helping people connect with God?

NOTES:

• Since this interview YouVersion has been installed on 50,000,000 mobile devices.
• Meet e4e author Russ Martin and read Russ’s posts on e4e.

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Did you know April 29th is Internet Evangelism Day?  In fact, the entire month of April is Digital Outreach Month.

Are you doing anything on the internet to reach out to people with the love of Christ? Whether or not you already are, why not pick up a new idea this week?

• Learn more about Internet Evangelism Day and find a lot of ideas and great resources (see important notes about free downloads this week and a chance to win two books).
• Curt signed up to be an online missionary with Global Media Outreach. Have you?
• Did you know you can specifically request to answer eMails received from women who are seeking God?
• Check out these creative ideas from EveryStudent.com for sharing your faith.  (I’ll make myself accountable to you, I’m very interested in trying this idea in particular: it’s a mini-survey where you gather eMail addresses and send requested evangelistic articles to people.)

NOTES:

• On Sunday, April 29th, Internet Evangelism Day will be offering more than 10 free ebook titles and a mobile ph...

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Guest Post from Marilyn Adamson, director of EveryStudent.com, StartingwithGod.com, and MarilynAdamson.com

So far, about 30,000 people have signed up for “The Spiritual Starter Kit” or other emails series that we offer on EveryStudent.com and StartingwithGod.com.

I’ve been asking God if there is something further he would want me to do to continue ministering to these new believers, not just for their own growth, but to encourage them to share Jesus with others.

This week, through interactions with others, the idea came to start a blog for them. (It’s also a way to communicate to our Campus leaders around the world about new developments in EveryStudent.com.)

After sending an email (to the 30,000 people on any of our email series lists), already 5,000 people visited the blog within just the first 24 hours. So no one would have to learn a new URL, I decided to just stay with my name, which they know from the email series. However, MarilynAdamson.com isn’t about me. It’s a blog about our great God,...

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I decided to end it.  After six years since our first encounter, our relationship had grown far too personal.  Oh don’t get me wrong; I did not cross the line with any one person.  I crossed the line with one thing: Facebook.  Or perhaps I should say Facebook crossed the line with me when mere acquaintances started knowing far too much about my personal life through my posts and pictures.  Still, in Facebook’s defense, the issues in our relationship travel a two way street, given that my list of friends exceeds 1,000.  But since I can no longer discern whether Facebook has an inappropriate relationship with me, or vise-versa, I will remove my personal page and replace it with one a little more professional in order to allow Facebook to witness more of my relationship with Christ than my daily relationships with friends and family.  My hope is that my mere acquaintances will start talking more about my most recent blog post than my most recent vacation.  After all, if Facebook in itself is an a...

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Samsung unveiled their new Galaxy Beam phone at a conference in Barcelona this week.  It’s just a bit bigger than a mobile phone and pricey at this point. (I only saw it for sale on one website for $800.)

So, let’s dream a bit while we wait for the price to come down.

What can this phone do?

• Projects videos, PowerPoints, and more, up to 50 ” wide (1.2 m) in high definition
• Runs in a loop
• Has a battery life of three hours and should last for two years
• Needs a speaker accessory to project the sound for a large group

How could it be used for ministry now or in the future?

• Show the Jesus film and/or short films (see first note)
• Do a PowerPoint presentation for a team meeting on a retreat
• Show a short video for MPD at a mission board meeting
• And obviously, go just about anywhere (see first note)

What ideas do you have?

NOTES:

• Maybe, with a PowerBag backpack for recharging, you’d even be able to have several Jesus film showings in one day.
• Read this article from Mashable for details about the Galaxy Beam....

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