Mobile Far Bigger than Any Other

"...[I]n Africa, Latin America, the Middle East and the Developing parts of Asia, mobile is alone, far far bigger than any other. There are

• nine times more mobile phone accounts than cars,
  
• seven times more mobile phones than personal computers,
  
• nine times more mobile phone accounts than home or office PCs that are connected to the internet,
• seven times more mobile phone accounts than fixed landline telephone connections, and
  
• five times more mobile phone users than total number of TV sets in use.

Even radio, there are 2.5 times more mobile phone subscribers than all FM radios in use in the Developing World."
-- Quote from "The Digital Divide in Numbers".

Some of the places I watch for Internet and Mobile Ministry info

The Internet and Mobile Ministry world is a fascinating place, full of new developments all the time. So I find it helps to scan these sites, blogs and tech columns, along with others. Happy hunting! (Listed alphabetically; listing does not necessarily endorse the site.)

• Appsafari's Religion iPhone Webapps - http://appsafari.com/categories/religion
• Christian Web Trends Blog - http://blog.ourchurch.com/
• BBC Tech - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/default.stm
• Brooding Savage Blog - http://www.broodingsavage.com/
• Business Week Tech - http://www.businessweek.com/technology/
• ComputerWorld's Mobile News Index - http://www.computerworld.com/taxonomy/000/000/000/taxonomy_000000015_index.jsp
• ComputerWorld's Network and Internet News Index - http://www.computerworld.com/taxonomy/000/000/000/taxonomy_000000016_index.jsp
• ForwardThinking Blog - http://forwardthinkingforchrist.blogspot.com/
• Geeks and God Blog - http://geeksandgod.com/
• Int'l Herald Tribune Tech - http://www.iht.com/pages/technology/index.php
• JK on the Run Blog - http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/
• KillerApps - http://www.killerstartups.com/
• Korea Herald Tech - http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/infotech/index.asp
• London Times Tech - http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/
• MediaBistro Mobile Content - http://mediabistro.com/mobilecontenttoday/
• Mobile Ministry Magazine - http://mobileministrymagazine.com/
  
• Textually - http://www.textually.org/
  

Mobile Evangelism Wiki

For a starter, here's a link to my Mobile Evangelism Wiki, where I have attempted to categorize a large number of approaches Christians are using to harness the mobile phone platform for ministry. I'm amazed at the variety and creativity people are using.

It doesn't matter to me that some are for-profit and others non-profit - that is, whether they charge you to use the site or tool. Often this simply reflects people's funding model. Or it might reflect the view (pretty well documented) that people value a service or tool more if they pay some amount for it.

At this point I've identified about 17 different approaches to the use of the mobile for ministry.