The Spanish language portal was so "jammed" recently with traffic it was "virtually shut down" when the requests could not be answered, he said. "It's the future of the church, and it's fun to be a part of it," said Joel Hunter, pastor of Northland, in Longwood, Fla., who has personally signed on to help. Many are stay-at-home mothers or retirees, who like not having to travel half way around the world to do missionary work. The ministry has enlisted the support from Northland, A Church Distributed, one of Florida's mega-churches to recruit and train 5,000 online missionaries by 2010, but admits it needs about 10,000 to meet the demand. In 2008, Global Media fielded 649,000 e-mails regarding prayer requests, Bible studies and other issues.īut with those numbers and only 2,900 online missionaries, they are having trouble keeping up with the traffic. In those days I had lost my family due to war."Ī young woman in England wrote that she too, had found solace online: "My five-year-old daughter died a few weeks ago in a car accident. One, a man from Tanzania who found the ministry online at 4stepstoGod wrote, "I read and I was comforted. Searchers indicate their religious affiliation, if any, and interest level and can also sign up for a weekly prayer that arrives via e-mail. "Who is God?" brings up an ad for Global Media's largest Web site, Jesus2020.Īfter a short introduction to the tenets of evangelism, the site asks if you are interested in more information and directs you to a form providing contact information. Global Media uses search engine optimization and ads to link surfers with sites that explain Christianity.Īsk, "Who is Jesus?" and CCCI pops up number 8 on the search.
The Internet experience is tailor-made for you." 'In its breadth, it can feel impersonal, but it's there to help you find what you want," he said. "And the first book off the Guttenberg press was the Bible."
"We have always looked to books, magazines and other media to find meaning and deepen our faith," Kress told.
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