International Strategy Group

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International Strategy Group

• Internet Evangelism Coalition
• Annual Meeting
• September 9, 2003

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Internet Growth by Language
Source Global Reach
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Internet Usage by Language (February 2003)
Source Global Reach
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March 2003 Conference Call
17 Participants from nine countries
Canada China Egypt France India
Korea Netherlands United Kingdom United States
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Internet Evangelism Priorities
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? 13 Languages
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Society for World Internet Mission (SWIM.org)

• Evangelism and discipleship content in 13
  languages
• Content provided by 400 Korean missionaries from
  around the world
• E-mail newsletters in several languages (70,000
  in Korean alone)

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? 33 Languages
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165 Languages
33 with more links to Who is Jesus?
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TopChretien.com

• 700 prayer team partners
• 170 trained counselors working in 33 countries
• Goal is to connect new converts to local church
  where possible
• E-mail contact information to pastors who give
  convert a Bible on first visit
• 2,300 decisions for Christ last year

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40,000 sold in four months
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WaaromJezus.nl (Why Jesus?)

• Four-week online pre-Alpha course
• One trained mentor for every 10 participants
• Following online course participants are
  encouraged to connect to a local church and/or
  real-life Alpha course

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Response to Why Jesus? (2002)
750
345 46
190 25
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IEC Global Forum

• To join the forum, send an e-mail request to
  one of the moderators
• Keith Stonehocker
• kstonehocker_at_christianitytoday.com
• Tony Whittaker
• tony_at_soon.org.uk
• Robby Richardson
• robby_at_gospelcom.net

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20 affiliates in 13 major languages
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Toronto Conference August 2003
25 Participants from 15 countries
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? Over 140 languages
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Evangelism Toolbox

• To submit your evangelism resources to the
  Evangelism Toolbox, particularly multi-lingual
  web sites, contact Allan Beeber at Campus Crusade
  for Christ
• Allan.Beeber_at_ccci.org

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IEC International Strategy

• Global Internet access is exploding
• Cross-cultural complexities call for working with
  indigenous ministries wherever possible
• Multi-lingual translation of evangelism and
  discipleship resources is a huge task
• The more we can work together, the faster well
  get the job done!

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Ideas? Questions? Comments?