What a difference one year can make. Over the last twelve months, more than a million new people a day came online, which leaves us with 57% of the world’s population now being “netizens” (Internet users). Social media usage grew at a similar rate – with 288 million more social media users in the world … Read more
Today almost every city dweller and desert nomad in the country, from teenage years on up, has at least one, if not two, mobile phones. Just over 20 years ago I arrived in the capital city of an Arab country where I was to do my language study. Few of my neighbors or co-workers had … Read more
It should be everywhere. Keith Williams’ presentation at the Mobile Ministry Forum Huddle gave an overview of mobile ministry progress in the seven years since the MMF vision was set: To facilitate a mobile ministry movement so that every unreached person will have a chance to encounter, experience, and grow in Christ through their personal mobile … Read more
So you’re interested in mobile ministry among the unreached and the first question that comes to mind is, “What kind of phone do I need?” Here, listed in order of importance, are features you need to consider. 1. Don’t buy the phone in your home country but, rather, “on-the-field” so you: Ensure that your phone … Read more
Marty Lange was attending the 2013 MMF Consultation when “Tomi Ahonen completely blind-sided me.” Tomi gave statistics on mobile usage and spoke on how smart phones would change everything. Marty recalled his time at Wycliffe where they made powerful content, but distribution was always a problem. People (minority language speakers) did not have a way to consume … Read more
Author and Consultant Tomi Ahonen brings his enthusiasm and love of statistics to the 2017 MMF Consultation. He shares: Mobile is bigger (in $) than the radio, internet, TV, PC, and landline markets combined. Advertisers to youth markets are ending TV advertising. Implications of the digital divide in the industrial vs. emerging world. Theory … Read more