Frank Preston is a recognized expert in the formation Jihadist movements. Drawing on his extensive field research in this area, and on his experience as a church planter, he shares valuable insights on how such movements utilize media and mobiles to enhance their effectiveness. He also suggests ways that we can apply these insights in … Read more
Wycliffe Headquarters, Orlando, Florida – November 28-30, 2012 Overview 119 mission strategists representing 56 organizations* participated in the third Mobile Ministry Consultation sponsored by the Mobile Ministry Forum (MMF). This more than doubled the 2011 Consultation participation. Presentations and discussions addressed a wide variety of issues critical to the use of mobile devices in ministry … Read more
In this presentation, Tim Jore of Distant Shores Media describes a way to enable the global Church to have access to discipleship resources that can legally be translated, contextualized, and distributed by anyone. [slides]
In many situations the only Christian “media producer” that is available may be a local believer equipped with nothing more than their simple camera phone. In such situations (as well as other times when a great opportunity arises but you are caught unprepared for taking video but have your trusty mobile phone with you) knowing … Read more
1. Short is sweet Mobile videos should be kept to five minutes or less. This is due to Viewers’ limited attention span. Because of the viewer’s “mobile” context (moving, interruptions, other tasks, etc.) Because of the extra concentration required in viewing materials on a small video screen The need to keep file sizes small for … Read more
Many of us would secretly love to be the next Stephen Spielberg when it comes to home or ministry video production but, unfortunately, for most of us the video we make and post on YouTube likely gets as many yawns as cheers and has very little chance of ever going “viral”. Those of us seeking … Read more
1. Get the video! If you don’t already have a video on-hand or in mind check out How-To #7: Obtaining Video for Mobile Ministryor, if you’re the creative type, go make your own video following some of the pointers in various of the other How-To’s in this series. 2. Get the software you need to … Read more
Are you looking for video clips for mobile ministry? If so, you have several options for obtaining useful videos: Check out whatever outreach videos you or your ministry acquaintances already have available on VCDs, DVDs, VHS tapes, computer files, etc. Don’t worry about segmenting (breaking longer videos into smaller clips suitable for mobiles) or formatting … Read more
Hardware/Software For Gathering and “Mobile-izing” Existing Audio/Video (A/V) Materials Often times there are good A/V outreach materials available for use among a people you work with but getting those materials into an appropriate format for sharing via your mobile phone requires some amount of technology and knowledge. You may need special tools to access and … Read more
Mobile Ministry Forum Consultation 2011 – Mobile Ready Evangelistic Websites from Clyde Taber on Vimeo. Apologies for the recording quality which, when combined with Eric’s French accent, may make the audio difficult to decipher at times.