If you're not much of a techno, you may find some of the language unfamiliar (even my geek of a son, to my surprise, didn't know what Twitter was), but persevere. In the middle of the Blackberries, Facebooks, MySpaces, online communities, there's a good deal of plain sense and a heart to reach people who won't be reached by the older methods of face-to-face, preaching, tracts and more.
If you or your church doesn't have a web presence of some sort, is it missing out on a way to preach the Gospel?
A note from RTOG: Who is God?' was one of the top three sentences googled in 2007, according to Google Zeitgeist. According to Alexa, the top two religious websites are Muslim, with BibleGateway coming in at a close third. The Online Generation is spiritual. They are seeking. And the church is the last place they would go to find spiritual fulfillment. This site is dedicated to those walking with The Online Generation and living lives of obedience to all the commands of Jesus Christ.
Here's Who Is list as published by Google Zeitgeist 2007:
- who is god
- who is who
- who is lookup
- who is jesus
- who is it
- who is buckethead
- who is calling
- who is keppler
- who is this
- who is satan
4 comments:
I get the feeling you're not going to reach a whole lot of the online generation with a domain name like:
www.reachingtheonlinegeneration.com
But, aside from that, I do admire the way they are thinking.
Yes, I guess it hasn't got too much zip about it. However, as you say, they're making some good comment.
Mike,
Thank you so much for your comments about our site, Reaching the Online Generation. I hope that we continue providing content that gets people thinking.
In reply to Ben, the target audience of the site isn't the lost population of the Online Generation. It's Christians - members of the Online Generation or not - who want to make a difference online. You're exactly right, if I was trying to build a site to "reach" the Online Generation, then I've completely missed the mark. In fact, I'm not sure that the attractional method of building a Christian site works very well (By 'well' I mean producing obedient followers of Christ.)I'm hoping to encourage Christians to be more missional online and know how to disciple people they might never see face to face into an obedient relationship with the Father.
Thanks for the comment. It looks like I need to make this a little more clear on the website.
-Paul.
Thanks for your comments, Paul. Appreciate your taking the time. I've been reading a book over the weekend - Naked Conversations - which is all about blogging (mostly for businesses, in their case, but the stuff is applicable across the board). They have a great number of things to say about the enormous value of blogging, and the fact that people can interact in a way that's not otherwise possible. I think what you're doing is valuable; anything that gives people room to think about their spiritual life online is worth doing.
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