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Internet Evangelism Day April 29th

"Does your church's website communicate to outsiders as well as to
the members?" asks a new web resource. A church site is the
congregation's 'shop window' to its community. To fulfill this
function well, it must be enticing, people-centered and easily
understood by outsiders. Unfortunately, many churches are unsure how
to achieve this vital mix.

The Internet Evangelism Day team has produced an online self-
assessment tool. It leads a church through a series of questions, to
highlight areas of their website which may need development:
InternetEvangelismDay.com/design.

This questionnaire can also be easily added to other webpages using
an insertion code.

A church site which has been prioritized for non-Christian visitors
can be remarkably effective in reaching the community. "Week in, week
out, more visitors turn up at our church on a Sunday because of the
website, than anything else," writes one growing church in London.

The Internet Evangelism Day ('IE Day') site also explains other types
of online evangelism, such as outreach websites, video clips,
blogging and podcasts. There is even a free 'conversation starter'
screen-saver to download.

Holding a focus day
The IE Day team also encourages churches and other groups to hold
their own 'web awareness' focus day on (or near) 29 April 2007. The
IE Day site provides downloadable video clips, drama sketches,
posters, handouts and a PowerPoint presentation, making it easy for
any church to create its own IE Day program. This can as brief as a 2-
minute spot within a worship time, or an entire themed church
service, seminar, or midweek meeting.

Churches that have already held their own focus day are
enthusiastic. "It was a real eye-opener for many," writes one in
Muncie, Indiana. "We held a midweek evening presentation of 90
minutes, for other local churches," says another from Dawlish UK.

"I used a 10-minute presentation that focused on how anyone can get
involved in reaching out to the Internet community<" Canadian Church
Leader John Scott said. I" also added a section on using our church
website as an evangelism tool, as some of our members have already
had great success with it."

Internet Evangelism Day is an initiative of the Internet Evangelism
Coalition, an umbrella group of major interdenominational Christian
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