Mobile Social Network "Qeep" an International Hit, with 100,000 Members Worldwide in First Three Months

Qeep, Germany's most popular mobile social network, is in the midst of a successful international expansion. Since the launch of qeep's international version, qeep has reached over 100,000 users, with between 1,500 and 2,000 new users registering daily.

See this article at http://snipr.com/qeeparticle for more - and consider how Christians might use Qeep for evangelism in international venues.

Dave Hackett

IT Missionaries and the Internet

Loren Cunningham, founder of YWAM, first reflects back on the expansion of God's Kingdom via communications advances of the past, and then expresses his heart for seeing the global Church exploit the internet's massive potential to do the same... only with far greater impact.

A welcome reflection on the role of Internet-based evangelism.

Watch the podcast.

From the Perspectives Course Alumni eNewsletter "Perspectives in Practice" April 2008.

Nine in 10 U.S. adults have a mobile

Harris Interactive reports that according to a recent survey, nine in 10 adults (89%) in the U.S. Have a wireless or cellphone. (Seattle Times, 4/14/08)

IE Day's Mobile Outreach Site

The most complete write-up on mobile outreach anywhere that I know of is the mobile outreach section of the Internet Evangelism Day website. Take a while and browse through his explanation of various facets of mobile outreach.

Tony Whittaker, the guy behind the IE Day site, is a remarkable advocate for all things web and mobile evangelism and has provided an ongoing and growing resource.

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.