What would a perfect mission field look like? Mark Stephenson, in his book Web-Empower Your Church, suggests eight characteristics of a ‘perfect mission field’. Then he shows how the Web fulfills each of them!
Also, people relate differently online than they do in face-to-face interactions. Although online communication can be fleeting and ephemeral, people are often much less inhibited to share their inner feelings and needs in this relatively anonymous online environment. This has been called The Online Disinhibition Effect by John Buler in his book The Psychology of Cyberspace.
So by now you may be either thinking this blog post to be full of name dropping and references, or just a clever reminder to set up a Facebook group to encourage your small group (see the “Staying Connected” post from Feb. ‘09), which in either case you would be right. Join the revolution today!
Use internetevangelismday.com/blog/ as a great source.
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