Archive for Internet Ministry
Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission Launches Josiah Road
Posted by: | CommentsAccording to Baptist Press, the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission has launched a web-based community called Josiah Road.
Haven’t had time to really look through the site … but the design sure rocks!
Read the Baptist Press article here to get the background.
5 Questions with LifeChurch’s Bobby Gruenewald
Posted by: | CommentsLast week I had the opportunity to have lunch with LifeChurch.tv’s Innovation Pastor Bobby Gruenewald.
LifeChurch sets the bar, in my opinion, in technological innovation (like starting an Internet campus in the virtual world SecondLife) … and the person behind most of it is Bobby Gruenewald.
Earlier this year, Bobby and senior pastor Craig Groeschel started a blog called Swerve, which I enjoy reading.
Anyway … after our lunch, I emailed him and asked him five or so questions that I thought would be of interest to us in church communications … here they are: Read More→
Blogs4God Is Back!
Posted by: | CommentsMeanDean from healyourchurchwebsite.com has announced that Blogs4God is back and ready for action! (unfortunately, this is bittersweet for Dean. Be praying for him.) To be honest, I’m not that familiar with the old iteration, but the new version is VERY digg-like (based on pligg), and looks like it’s gonna be an awesome place for Christian blog aggregation and voting.
Head over there, sign up, and start submitting your favorite Christian blog posts. Also, be sure to browse through the stories that have already been submitted and vote on them.
I’ve been wanting something like this for a long time, and I’m glad someone took the time to make it. If I’m honest, I never really understood why Christian blogs, mine included, would have a “digg this” link. Digg isn’t exactly Christian-friendly. But with our own place to hang out and submit/aggregate our own stories, we can now create our own community much like digg.
So, let me encourage you today to get over there and sign up. Vote A LOT! Oh, and go ahead and add me as your friend. My ID is “nathanrice“. Also, if someone wants to be super-cool, you can go ahead and submit this story to Blogs4God and vote for it! That’d be a cool way to start things off 
PS – Be warned that this site is running a bit slow and sometimes won’t come up at all. I’m sure Dean is on it, but I just wanted to warn everyone.
My Messy Life
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Jeff Kapusta recently launched a website called MyMessyLife.tv that provides a place for people to air out the messiness associated with their lives. It’s quite similar to Life Church’s MySecret.tv. I got to visit with Jeff a few weeks ago on the phone and he’s a great church planting dude but he’s also genuine. I like the approach of both of these sites because it reaches and appeals to people who may not otherwise discuss spiritual or personal issues. The flip-side is that I am a big fan of personal relationships, biblical counseling, and encouraging people to confess directly to God and not only through a website. All in all I think these sites can be a great tool.
BTW – if you want to see some cool spiritual discussions going on, check out The Dialogue Blog! Steve Jesmer and The Dialogue Church has some really deep conversations going with people in his community.
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James Dalman is the owner/chief brand genius at the Branding Shed, a church planter, and a contributing editor to Church Communications Pro.
Second Life, LifeChurch and … Me?
Posted by: | CommentsCarla Hinton, the religion editor for our state’s largest newspaper The Daily Oklahoman, quotes me in this article titled Born Again Meets Second Life (reg. req’d), on LifeChurch’s SecondLife campus. Read More→
