Cybermissions.Org

1. Cybermissions.Org Using the Internet as the fishing net.

2. Reach the world from your home computer ! • The Internet allows you to meet people from all over the world and to build friendships with them that can lead to their becoming Christians. • You can do this by email, in chat rooms, and by having your own web page. • Cybermissions.Org exists to help ordinary Christians like you share Christ cross-culturally using the Internet.

3. Some Statistics • Worldwide Internet Population: • 445.9 million (eMarketer) • 533 million (Computer Industry Almanac) • Projection for 2004: • 709.1 million (eMarketer) • 945 million (Computer Industry Almanac)

4. Languages • Online Language Populations (Sept ‘02) • English 36.5%; Chinese 10.9%, Japanese 9.7%, Spanish 7.2%, German 6.7%, Korean 4.5%, Italian 3.8%, French 3.5%, Portuguese 3.0%, Russian 2.9%, Dutch 2.0% (Source: Global Reach)

5. Nations • There are 43 nations that are most suitable for cybermissions as a missionary strategy – they are:Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Malaysia, Mali, Mongolia, Nepal, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan,Vietnam,Yemen

6. Closed Countries • Most of the 43 nations are difficult to reach by conventional missionary strategies. • But they have enough Internet connectivity to see people saved and to start a church-planting movement. • We can reach the unreached through cybermissions.

7. China • China is rapidly adopting the Internet and has 44.8 million Internet users. • China has one main language which makes reaching Chinese online relatively easy. • China is closed to normal missionary efforts. • China has well-networked house churches that need teaching and training and can pass downloaded material to others. • English lessons online will attract many mainland Chinese. • There are many Chinese churches in the West that are well able to take up this challenge.

8. India • India has 7 million Internet users and a major Internet and technology city in Bangalore. • The Internet-connected are mainly English-speaking and tend to be community leaders. • India has a low percentage of Christians among the upper-castes but the Internet can reach them.

9. Malaysia • Malaysia is a progressive Muslim nation with a high-tech corridor of development in Cyberjaya. • While there are many good churches the Christian population is relatively small and is not allowed to witness to Muslims. • Internet discussions can help Muslims curious about Jesus to find faith in Him. • English is widely spoken.

10. Online-Offline • Cybermissionaries do not just operate on their own, they frequently partner with churches and mission agencies to help complete The Great Commission. • Some cybermissionaries also go and visit the people they have met online and combine online ministry and short-term missions.

11. Starting Out • Go to http://www.cybermissions.org/ and read the articles. • Pray about what God would have you to do. • Go online regularly (4 hrs a week) and find where you fit in online ministry. Do you prefer using chat rooms, web pages, email, bulletin boards, forums, egroups, or online testimonies? • Take the 12 week “Training In Cybermissions” course if you can (www.cybermissions.org/training/ ). • Get three or four others involved plus the prayer support of your pastor. • Start slowly and take a “low cost” approach.

12. Targeting • As you gain experience ask the Lord to lead you to a particular group of people online that He wants you to learn to minister to. • Find out where they are online – their discussion groups, bulletin boards, chat rooms and favorite web pages. • Go and join them where they are. • Maybe you can also build a specialized web page aroundtheir interests.

13. Follow-Up • You need to keep in contact with people you meet online especially new believers. • Always follow-up someone within 48 hours. • Follow-up lessons - http://www.aibi.ph/starterkit/ • Add forms to your web page sopeople can contact you easily. • Keep answers to frequently asked questions in a cut-and-paste file. • If you are a cyber-guru add a webdatabase to your site to storeinformation.

14. Links • Asian Internet Bible Institute http://www.aibi.ph/ • Cybermissions.Org http://www.cybermissions.org/ • Articles On Cybermissions http://www.cybermissions.org/articles/ • Training In Cybermissions (a 12 week online course) http://www.cybermissions.org/training/ • Web Evangelism Guide http://www.cybermissions.org/articles/webguide.htm • Christian Starter Kit (online follow-up materials) http://www.aibi.ph/starterkit/ • Free Christian Ebooks (content for your site) http://www.aibi.ph/ebooks/

15. Contact Us • Cybermissions.Org is a subsidiary of the Asian Internet Bible Institute which is an interdenominational (evangelical/charismatic) ministry based in Manila, Philippines that seeks to use the Internet to edify, equip and train Asia's Great Commission Christians. The AIBI is a member of the Philippines Missions Association, and is incorporated with SEC in the Philippines as a non-stock, non-profit religious association, Company Registration No: A200208256. • The AIBI President is John Edmiston an Australian missionary with Frontier Servants. He is a dynamic speaker and is available for speaking engagements. • To contact us or send donations: Asian Internet Bible Institute PO Box 4526 Makati Philippines 1004 PH: +632 550 1183 Email: johned@aibi.ph