Autor: Bishop Brian Cochran Categor�a: Ministry Development

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 In past times and even today most Christians would go out door-to-door, shopping malls, parks to go out and witness.  Spending a couple hours on a Saturday (usually) to go out and spread the gospel of Jesus Christ.  Because the Bible does tell us to go out and preach the gospel to every creature, we traditionally do the above.  In most cases we handout preprinted tracks with the church's name and address on it with information leading them to Christ.

I will like to introduce to someone present others the 21st century way of also reaching souls.

Because of technology we are now able to reach millions of people with the click of a mouse.  We are able to develop relationships, do surveys, and interact with others from the comforts of our own home.  The Internet has taken off like crazy and several years ago a company called AOL introducing social networking or community site.  A community site or social network is a glorified website that has chat rooms, forms, Instant Messenger, and more that it offers to its members to be a to communicate, network, and share.  The purpose of these social networks is to commune with other people that believe like you do.  AOL and its beginning form is Internet service provider and a content provider, that you up a monthly fee for access to the Internet as well as proprietary content.  When the largest social networks on the planet right now is called MySpace.  My at it as a social network for bands for students in high school a junior high school.  It gave the ability for the users to be able to upload pictures, share ideas, and express themselves.  It opened the door for great witnessing opportunity, because the majority of the people that are on MySpace are nonbelievers and they need to hear the gospel.  One of the best things that God allowed man to invent is the Internet.  So now we are without excuse why we cannot share the gospel.  We can now go online at any time spent an hour or so developing friendships.  Most social websites offer where you can make friends and building your own list.  This list is invaluable because these are people that have viewed your profile anyone communicate with you.  So by being a witness you're able to do what is called lifestyle evangelism, not preach at them but for your friendship and relationship so the love Jesus Christ. 

I have another community called BizHelp101.com, this community is cater to be business world, and I use this as a tool such as a fisherman uses bait to catch fish to be able to introduce people to Christ.  I've been entre nous are all my life and God has given me this gift in this opportunity to seek and save which that is lost.  Throughout the Bible there are stories about different people that or in business or rich that would not give up everything for Christ, such as the rich young ruler.  But I believe that if we spend time and develop relationships and show them how the Bible and the God works through us to be able to gain wealth.  That my example as a man of character and integrity will show them that I am a light up on the Hill drawing them to Christ.  God has given us all gifts and abilities to be used by him.  We have been sanctified in set apart for the Masters use and is called us to be living epistles to be read of men as well as goodwill ambassadors.

We have a pastor that is apart of our Ministry that has online church where he has hundreds of members that were developed online.  They started off as friends that he met in other chat rooms, forums, communities and slowly but surely he introduced Jesus to them.  By being a friendly ear, understanding their position and knowing his purpose he has been able to cultivate those relationships and they have become a part of his Ministry.  We must as believers step out of the box and utilize the tools such as the Internet to get about our problems business in Jesus name.