1.
Mobile Ministry
Overview

2.
The Last 210 Years
1804- We pass a huge milestone, 1 billion
people on the earth
1927- Another huge milestone, the world
population doubles to 2 billion after
just 123 years
2011- The world population grows from 2
billion to 7 billion! In 83 years we
add FIVE BILLION souls to the face
of the planet!

3.
The
Good

4.
Majority Religion by
Country 2010

5.
The
Bad

6.
Buddhists, Hindus, and Muslims
have relatively little contact with
Christians. In each case, 86% or
more of these religionists
globally do not personally know a
Christian.

7.
And people from
every tongue, tribe
and nation…

8.
That We Would Be
Like the Men of
Issachar
“men who understood the times
and knew what Israel should
do”
1 Chron. 12:31

9.
A Roman
Road?

10.
Mobile Ministry
“Connecting and engaging the lost
with the life-changing message,
community and mission of Christ
through personal, mobile
technology.”
Mobile Ministry Forum, 2011 Consultation

11.
What are two
strengths/benefits
to using mobile
technology for
ministry purposes?

12.
What are two
weaknesses/
disadvantages to
using mobile
technology for
ministry purposes?

13.
A Mobile Ministry
Top 10

14.
10
The majority of Internet usage
will be through mobile devices,
rather than through personal
computers by the end of 2014

15.
% of Internet Users Accessing
the Internet Though a Mobile
Device

16.
9
The early mover opportunity
is still available
(but the door is closing due to increased
interest in commercial use, etc. of the
medium as well as efforts to control it by
governments)

17.
8
Mobile ministry allows the
viral spread of Christian
media content

18.
7
Mobile ministry provides one
of the most economically
viable means for Christian
content creation and
distribution.

19.
6
The mobile is the device that is present
in the majority of circumstances when
believers come into contact with the
lost and is typically the only media
device that could be leveraged in those
encounters.

20.
5
The mobile provides a powerful
way to reach vast numbers of the
most difficult to reach (hidden,
oral, women and children, etc.)

21.
4
The mobile provides one of the
most powerful media platforms
for two-way communications
and the development of face-to-face
relationships.

22.
3
The mobile is an individual’s most
personal/intimate media device and
when the gospel is shared via this
device it is shared in one of the
person’s most personal/intimate
spaces.

23.
What have you seen that
illustrates how personal/
intimate the mobile phone
is?

24.
Personal/Emotional
Attachment

25.
2
The mobile is a near-universal
“cultural insider”

26.
2
The mobile is a near-universal
“cultural insider”
Thoughts?

27.
1
The mobile is the
world’s most ubiquitous
media device

28.
Media Device Installed
Base (in billions)

29.
2011

30.
2014

31.
77
BBiilllliioonn

32.
Every minute we’re together…
71 humans
will be
added to our
population
406 people will get a new
mobile phone account

33.
What all this
means and looks
like for an
unreached person

34.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je0L9quCleI

35.
In groups of 6-8,
share ways you’ve
seen the potential or
power of mobile for
ministry in your
setting.

36.
A Focus on
Mobile Media
Ministry

37.
8
Mobile ministry allows the
viral spread of Christian
media content

38.
Purdue University’s
Experience with
Bluetooth Video
Distribution in
Nigeria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0Z4GtfHiX0
(view particularly from 40 seconds to 1:57)

39.
Vi ral i ty

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44.
7
Mobile ministry provides one
of the most economically
viable means for Christian
content creation and
distribution.

45.
“The best
camera is the
one that’s with
you”
Chase Jarvis

46.
2004
100 million cameras of
any type sold
worldwide

47.
1.5 billion phones wwiitthh ccaammeerraass
wweerree ssoolldd iinn 22001122 aalloonnee!!!!!!

48.
Making Mass Media
Creation Simple &
Reproducible

49.
Deprem
Korkusu
A locally contextualized
ministry video produced
using a smartphone
during a mobile media
training in Turkey
http://vimeo.com/51941762

50.
The Smallest Screen is
the Biggest Screen in the
World

51.
Mobile Media Has
Revolutionary Power

52.
Benefits of Mobile Media
Ministry
• Available
To potential content consumers, share-ers, and creators.
Available not only in terms of ownership but also presence-it
is the device that is always with you.
• Affordable (to ministries and users)
No need to provide recipients with the hardware or maintain
it- they already have the device and will maintain and
replace it themselves. With digital downloads there is also
little need to provide the media on any kind of physical item
(microSD card being the main exception).

53.
Benefits of Mobile Media
Ministry
• Interactive
It inherently is interactive with text, talk, social media, etc.
• Viral
Media on mobile devices can be virally from device to
device using their inbuilt Bluetooth transmission functionality
• Reproducible
Local/new believers can replicate and create more of their
own (both exact copies and creation of similar media)
especially if intentionally done with reproducibility in mind

54.
Benefits of Mobile Media
Ministry
• Connected
Allows for uploading, discovery and/or
downloading of media
• Easy to use
Due to users’ ownership/familiarity with the
medium there are low training requirements
• Portable and “Stealthy”
It can go/get into almost anywhere

55.
Benefits of Mobile Media
Ministry
• High Quality Video
For both consumption and HD quality audio and video
creation
• Special media creation
characteristics
 The mobile’s size allows the shooting of innovative shots
from unique places/angles
 It is discrete and doesn’t draw attention to itself or the fact
media is being created.
 It is non-threatening to those being filmed

56.
Benefits of Mobile Media
Ministry
• Special media creation
characteristics (continued)
 A fast turnaround for filming/editing/uploading with ability to
record and either livestream or edit on the device and
upload within minutes

57.
Potential Drawbacks of
Mobile Media Ministry
• Security Concerns
Not only can Christian media on it be discovered if not
stored safely/securely but the device can be used to spy
against its user through (among other things):
- Tracking/recording phone calls, internet usage and text
messages
- Recording of off-phone conversations by remotely
turning on the phone’s microphone
- Tracking users movements using cell tower triangulation
or GPS location recording.

58.
Potential Drawbacks of
Mobile Media Ministry
• Security Concerns
In restricted access/persecution situations Christian media
may be relatively easy to discovered on the device if not
stored safely/securely
• Less-than-Ideal Viewing Experience
While the quality and size of mobile device screens are
growing the small size of the screen as well as limited power
of device speakers can make for a poor viewing experience.

59.
Potential Drawbacks of
Mobile Media Ministry
• Individualistic, not Community
Medium
While enabling a private viewing experience may be a good
thing at times, the Christian faith is community-centric and
God’s sheep do best as a flock rather than as individual
units out among the wolves!

60.
Potential Drawbacks of
Mobile Media Ministry
• A mobile is not the best media
recorder possible
 Shaky footage
 Poor quality audio
 Not great in low light
 No optical zoom
 Exposure issues with subject being blown out or a silhouette
 Limited ability of iris, focus controls, and zoom
 Limited memory/storage