Monday, June 08, 2020

Kingdom Training


Kingdom training provides free online training to help you use media to accelerate disciple making movements.  I've started to do some of their trainings and it has been super helpful.  What they want to do is help you to: - "Get the right message, in front of the right person, at the right time and on the right device"

I only became involved in digital media ministries at the beginning of last year, taking over from someone who was returning home.  I had no previous experience in this are but I just couldn't see this ministry fading away with no one to lead it. 

Covid-19 and with some many face-to-face ministries being curtailed has highlighted the lack of preparation amongst churches and Christian organisation, in terms of engaging people through digital media. It was a real scrambling effort.  

With the internet and social media, missionaries and Christian workers are now able to reach people through their devices in a way which was never possible in previous generations.  There are similarities between what the system of roads in the Roman Empire leading to the rapid spread of Christianity, to what the internet and social media can enable, if it was utilised effectively. 

With the use of targeted ads we are able to find the people we are looking for much more easily and traditional means of going into a community and looking for seekers.  However, we have dedicated so few to this area of ministry.  A seismic shift of thinking is needed in missions.