Ministry opportunities

Sparetime and fulltime work in web evangelism

You want to be involved in some area of web evangelism? What next? First, two important statements:

• You do not need to be technical – there are many options available for everyone.
• Please take time to learn: we offer a range of training materials and books on our Training page. We all need equipping for any type of Christian ministry, and web evangelism is no exception.

Find/start your own

If you want to be involved in web evangelism on a sparetime basis at home, here are suggestions:

Opportunity	Description
Chat room evangelism	Work at home as an individual, or join a small team to co-operate and learn together. Some churches have trained church-based teams for chat evangelism: more [www.lausanneworldpulse.com/perspectives/294/04-2006]
Bulletin boards – Yahoo Answers & other bulletin boards, or comment on blogs	Similar to chat, but you do not have to think so quickly! The new Yahoo Answers is an easy way to start. You can also contribute comments on other people’ blogs.
Social networking – just living in cyberspace and meeting people	There are many different ways to meet friends and interact with them online.
Second Life – the virtual reality parallel universe	Amazingly varied opportunities to share the Good News in this virtual world.
Video shorts	Create short video parables or other types of clip, and post them on secular social networking sites.
Create a website	Consider the great potential of a Bridge Strategy site on a secular topic that interests you – for instance your hobby. Remember, there are huge needs for evangelistic sites in non-English languages. If you are not technical, you can build a site using a CMS template or the sitebuilder systems that many larger web hosts (such as 1and1.com) and Google provide.
Start a blog	It is very easy to start a blog – no technical experience is needed.
Church website	Create or assist your church in production of an effective site.
Counseling/ mentoring	Offer support and advice to inquirers to an evangelistic or church website
Social bookmarks	Use social bookmarking systems such as Del.icio.us to encourage people to view good outreach sites: more information.
Other ministries	Be pro-active: find an online ministry with an agenda you identify with, and contact them directly. Many such sites are cited in the Web Evangelism Guide and the twice-monthly Bulletin email newsletter. Some members of the Internet Evangelism Coalition may also need volunteers. There is a huge need for web ministry in Japan – can you be involved in any of the ministries listed on that page? See also the opportunities listed below:

Opportunities available with different ministries

The following ministries can use unpaid sparetime volunteers. These opportunities are posted in good faith – we believe these ministries are, to the best of our knowledge, worthwhile in practice and orthodox in belief, but you must make your own judgement about them. Volunteers must expect to go through an application and vetting process; it is likely that an organization may wish to take up references about you with your church leaders.

A few of these ministries also offer fulltime ministry in online evangelism. Often, these will require applicants to raise their own support.

There are also currently fulltime vacancies Lifechurch: designers. Please tell us of similar web evangelism vacancies, and we will post them here.

Organization/contact person	Opportunity
Email addresses are not clickable: copy/paste to your email program and then add back an '@' sign by hand	Short description of work involved
AllAboutGod.com RandallAllAboutGOD.com	• Writing, editing • Email counseling • Providing biblical answers/response • Administration
www.Cristoweb.com jchukscristoweb.com	• Email counselors and evangelists • Article writers • Translators (English to Spanish) • US liaison representative
www.e610.com e610e610.com	• Writing • Posting articles • Website housekeeping (using website and reporting broken links, etc.)
www.EveryStudent.com Marilyn.Adamsonuscm.org	• Promote the site in personal conversations or in major promotion • Write & submit articles to effectively help college students understand either who God is or what it might be like to know Him. Write for unbelievers, in conversational & interesting style.
GlobalMediaOutreach.com Marnie.Rinkerccci.org	• Email Responders: Answer emails from seekers and inquirers • Prayer Team Coordinators: Collect, develop, publish and post content for weekly prayer letter • Research Coordinators: Research countries to be profiled in newsletter • Web Site Designers: Collaborate with Chief Technology Officer to design site content • Graphic Artists: Assist design for GMO brochures, posters or websites • Computer Input Assistants: computer data entry; software design, admin support • Translators • Prayer Partners: Sign up on website for weekly prayer letter; agree to pray regularly for GMO ministry
TruthMedia group of outreach sites: contact the team via the TruthMedia.com site Audio – introduction to TruthMedia’s email mentoring. [Dial-up] and see video presentation by Karen Schenk, team leader.	• Online Mentors: Email counseling, evangelism and discipleship • Blog mentors: coming alongside people who post on their evangelistic blogs • Mentor Coordinator: Manage mentoring requests; assign emails to mentors • Writers: Offer relevant insight to university students’ concerns, touching hearts, minds and spirits • Poster Girl/Boy: Post honest, funny, incisive, intelligent, down-to-earth reactions to website articles, to help stimulate conversation and build online community • Spinmeister: Create short (10-30 word) summaries for each online article. Requires ability to synthesize, creativity and a facility with language to help move reader from site entry point to Gospel. Especially important for French site, www.ilyaplus.com • Prayer supporters needed %bull; Fulltime staff vacancies and internships frequently available
This site: InternetEvangelismDay.com email	• Experienced publicists to write and circulate news releases and promote IE Day to denominations, Christian leaders and news media: details • Technical experts for occasional consultations on style, PHP coding, and design/usability • Professional graphic designer to create occasional graphics • Experienced counselors to give email advice and mentoring to non-Christians with life problems, arising from an evangelistic site • Full-time/part-time database expert based in Derby UK
www.probe.org fieldfibertel.com.ar (for Spanish) sueprobe.org (for Chinese)	• Translators (English to Spanish) • Translators (English to Chinese)
www.responsecenters.org To contact Ministry Response Centers, follow instructions on website.	• Email interaction with seekers and inquirers • Note: This site coordinates online follow-up for a growing number of ministries and seeks to blend high-tech with high-touch, personalized, prompt response.
www.damaris.org To contact Damaris, follow instructions on website.	Sparetime writers and contributors for the Damaris mission of relating Christian faith to contemporary culture. Also occasional vacancies for interns and full-time staff at their Southampton UK office.
www.truthmedia.com To contact Truth Media, follow instructions on the website	• Mentoring • Prayer • Writing articles • Witing your life story • Chat participation • Chat hosting
SettingCaptivesFree.com Contact them via the site	Languages – translating course work and/or email correspondence Research – respond to occasional requests for various types of information Editing – coursework and/or testimonies General help – respond to occasional requests for various types of assistance Website – assist with various types of technical projects
www.acts-on-the-net.org infoacts-on-the-net.org	Write your own page about a hobby or interest, to be posted on the Acts website.
www.dauphinbiblecamp.com	People to assist in article finding/writing, updating content, forum responses, blogging, prayer.
www.techmission.org To contact TechMission, follow instructions on the website	Training, encouragement and support, to teach IT skills to disadvantaged communities, anywhere in the world. Follow the ‘get involved’ menu link.
www.aibi.ph johnaibi.ph	Sparetime: co-ordinators for online courses in Russian and Thai. PHP/MySQL/Linux programmers, and help with security for CAN nations. Pastors/Bible college graduates as online facilitators for online learning courses. Course content developers. Graphic artists/web designers to upgrade website.

Send us your opportunities

We are happy to post other opportunities on this page. Please note: they must be directly related to online evangelism. Web-related opportunities in, for example, an evangelistic or mission agency, where the target audience is the ministry’s Christian support base, are outside our scope. To be added to this page, opportunities should primarily be outreach to non-Christians, or mentoring and discipling new Christians. Use the brief descriptive style displayed on this page.

You may find broader career and volunteer opportunities at churchstaffing.com/lifeway and christiancareercenter.com and Christian Volunteering. In UK, see Christian Jobs. and Christian Vocations.