Distributing the Bible (ie. Scripture portions, the New Testament, or the entire Bible) electronically has become so important lately. As billions of people purchase smartphones and tablets, the demand for the Bible and Scripture resources for these devices only increases. Wifi media boxes (WMBs) like the Lightstream and ConnectBox were designed to meet this growing … Read more
Two resources are now available to help us gain a big perspective on the current state of the world’s people. Gordon Conwell’s Center for the Study of Global Christianity has released its Status of Global Christianity 2022, which shows that the growth of the world’s Christian population continues to fall behind the overall population growth … 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
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
If you’re living in the present, doing everything you can just to get to the things that need to be done today, you’re in good company. Your problem is that solving today’s problems doesn’t necessarily prepare you for tomorrow’s world and the opportunities and issues it will bring. Every once in a while, it’s good … 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
Starting July 19, Muslims will celebrate a major holiday, Eid il Adha, to remember God’s provision of a mighty sacrifice, so Abraham would not have to sacrifice his son (Genesis 22:1-18). Christians see God’s provision of Jesus Christ foreshadowed in this act, so the story and holiday are wonderful bridges to share the perfect sacrifice God provided … 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