1.
That We Would Be
Like the Men of
Issachar
“men who understood the
times and knew what Israel
should do”
1 Chron. 12:31

2.
And people from
every tongue, tribe
and nation…

3.
86% or more of these
religionists [Buddhists,
Hindus and Muslims] globally
do not personally know a
Christian.

4.
In 2013, the number of mobile-
cellular subscriptions reaches
6.8 billion, corresponding to a
global penetration of 96%
International Telecommunications Union

5.
For the earth will be filled
with the knowledge of
the glory of the LORD as
the waters cover the sea.
Habakkuk 2:14

6.
Abu Mohammed

7.
Your Stories
How have you seen mobile impacting
the lives of your people?
How have you seen God use mobile to
bring glory to Himself?

8.
http:www.mobileadvance.org
keith@mobileadvance.org
@mobile_advance

9.
Equipping WEC International
outreaches with mobile ministry
training, media and tools

10.
Mobile Ministry Forum

11.
Mobile Ministry Forum

12.
The Vision
That every unreached
person have the chance to
encounter Jesus and His
kingdom in a compelling,
contextualized fashion
through their personal
mobile device by the end
of 2020.

13.
Yawn
Yet another set-up for an
epic fail…
What’s different about this
one?

14.
Hope for the Vision
1) Our potential media access to every
people (ethne) of the earth is
unparalleled in history.

15.
? B.C.

16.
2011

17.
March 6,
1984

18.
2014

19.
7 Billion

20.
2005

21.
2013

22.
Reasons for Hope
2) “Crowd-sourcing” Bible translation is
a growing opportunity.

23.
Reasons for Hope
3) The mobile enables on-the-ground
production of locally appropriate
media.

24.
2004
100 million cameras
of any type were sold in
the world

25.
1.5 Billion phones with cameras
were sold in 2012 alone!

26.
Reasons for Hope
4) Mobile has its own built-in
distribution mechanisms
that allow for “viral”
transmission of media.

27.
Purdue University’s
Experience in Nigeria

28.
Reasons for Hope
5) The missions world is networking
and partnering together!

29.
Ekko
(video)
www.ekkomobile.com

30.
The Vision
That every unreached
person have the chance to
encounter Jesus and His
kingdom in a compelling,
contextualized fashion
through their personal
mobile device by the end
of 2020.

31.
Potential Barriers
1) Focusing on smartphones and
smartphone apps to the exclusion
of 70% of all phones in use today!

32.
The Mobile Ecosystem
(current as of Q4 2013)

33.
“No phone left behind”

34.
Potential Barriers
2) Focusing on internet-based
outreach and leaving behind those
living “beyond the internet”
0
1
2
3
4
5
Internet (most
optimistic)
Mobile (low-
estimate)
Number of
Users (in
billions)

35.
Potential Barriers
2) Focusing on internet-based
outreach and leaving behind those
living “beyond the internet”
0
1
2
3
4
5
Internet (most
optimistic)
Mobile (low-
estimate)
Number of
Users (in
billions)

36.
Potential Barriers
There are somewhere between 1.7 and
2.2 BILLION souls who have a mobile
but are not accessing the internet!
0
1
2
3
4
5
Internet (most
optimistic)
Mobile (low-
estimate)
Number of
Users (in
billions)

37.
Potential Barriers
3) Media ministries remaining in a
media producer, rather than media
enabler, paradigm.

38.
Potential Barriers
4) Security issues that can prevent us
from implementing mobile ministry
and threaten those reached
through it.

39.
Potential Barriers
5) Copyright restrictions that keep the
Bible and other outreach media
locked down so that it cannot:
a) Be modified to work on phones,
put into audio form, translated,
etc.
b) Flow freely from phone to phone

40.
But what about
sustainability?

41.
But seek first his kingdom and his
righteousness, and all these things
will be given to you as well.
Matthew 6:33

42.
The most likely
point of failure!
11:00 Hall 2
Biblical Media, Any Lanugage,
No Restrictions, for Free
(Tim Jore/Distant Shores Media)

43.
Moving Ahead

44.
http://www.mobileministryforum.org/mobile-ministry-made-easy

45.
www.mobileministryforum.org

46.
http://www.renewoutreach.com/mobile-ministry/

47.
https://cybermissions.org/moodle

48.
Take part in the mobile
ministry conversation!
Twitter Hashtag = #mobmin
Posts (“Tweets”) are archived at
http://mobmin.herokuapp.com/

49.
Some trust in chariots and
some in horses, but we
trust in the name of the
LORD our God.
Psalm 20:7

50.
Some trust in mobile and
some in the internet,
but we trust in the name
of the LORD our God.
Psalm 2014