Ounce for ounce, nothing can beat the ubiquitous microSD card as a ministry tool. Here are a few examples of ministry via microSD card: Donna, a worker in India, gave a microSD card filled with audio and video files about Jesus to her friend, Amira. She was very poor, but she had a media-capable phone … Read more
I admit it. I’m a web and app-development dummy. The Mobile Ministry Forum website is designed and maintained by professionals, and I do my best to stay out of its back-end work. I intended to continue being a web and app dummy, but then two things happened… First, the war in Afghanistan ended, so the … Read more
Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, tens of thousands of people have fled to the United States (37,000 slated to be sent to various states initially) and other countries. According to one U.N. estimate, up to half a million refugees will leave Afghanistan by the end of 2021 . Since they are coming to the church’s … Read more
On Wednesday, October 6th, you are invited to a two-hour gathering (14:00-16:00 UTC) via Zoom that will inspire you. Presenters from the Jesus Film Project, Visual Story Network, Create International, and more will share stories of God blessing unreached people groups through gospel-centered media. Testimonies and case studies from movement leaders and coalition partners include recent … Read more
A few years ago, Mashable featured an interview with Melinda Gates titled Tech’s Responsibility to the Developing World. Pay attention to Gates’ perspective if you’re using mobile ministry to glorify God among unreached peoples: When it comes to issues in the developing world, an understandable concern is “technology creep,” wherein organizations use advanced technologies even … Read more
As much as I love video, I confess that audio-first/audio-only people have some strong arguments why you should think about audio as much as (if not more than) video for mobile ministry. Here are some of their arguments: 1) Oral peoples love oral messages, so adding visuals to a story sometimes detracts from … Read more
Guest Post by The DMM Platform At The DMM Platform, we are experiencing the Kingdom breakthroughs that come when those who have never heard of Jesus hear Him speaking in their heart language. Simple, reproducible churches emerge as people in some of the most difficult and hard-to-reach places begin listening and responding to Jesus. We … Read more
I first reviewed the VN editing app in April 2020 (version 1.10.5). At that time, while the app had lots of functionality and features. But the biggest problem (making the app unusable for me) was that VN constantly crashed on the Pixel 3a and Samsung S8 phones I used for testing. I recently … Read more
I am reminded in these dark days, days of an ever multiplying COVID-19 death toll, days when people around the world are being told once more they must isolate in their homes, days of fear and anxiety of both the disease and its economic side effects, that we have a clear instruction: “Be very careful, … Read more
Followers of Jesus are asking, “Where can I find ministry media in [X] language?” after they learn their phones are powerful tools for sharing. There’s not just one website we can recommend to find everything, but here’s a list of sites where you can stream, download, and share outreach media in ten or more languages. We’ve … Read more