071 – Electronic Church Doors

This week the WELSTech podcast examines the platforms and methods available to spread the Word in the 21st century.

The discussion:

Answering the question – Pastor Mike Hintz, Administrator for WELS Commission on Evangelism, joins in on Martin and Sallie’s discussion of chapter’s 6 and 7 of Clay Shirky’s book, Here Comes Everybody.  In terms of evangelism today, the question isn’t “Where or what is the church?” but “Who is God?”, and we can use the power of the Internet to share our confessional response to that question.

• Defining Religion Glossary
• What About Jesus Glossary
• WhatAboutJesus.com
• WELS Topical Q&A
• Evangelism Toolbox DVD

New Technology Showcase:

• (27:55) 2009 Webby Awards
• Windows 7 Release Candidate

Picks of the week:

• (33:30) Free Animoto for Educators – Create animated videos of your photos
  • Thanks to Jason Schmidt from Gethsemane in Omaha, NE for this link!
  • Check out their FAQ for a great Gmail method of creating “dummy” student e-mail accounts
• FoxitPDF

Of interest:

• (41:29) This week features live streaming of MLC Graduation and Call Service as well as Vicar Call Service
• Check the schedule and watch the events at streams.wels.net/site/live

Community feedback:

• (43:53) Welcome WELSTech listeners, Prof. Bob Anderson and Missionary Mike Hartman
• Are you a WELSTech listener with a ministry technology idea to share?  We’d love to interview you!  Contact us to get the ball rolling!
• Pastor Dan Witte from Risen Savior in Lakewood Ranch, FL shared several great links:
  • OneLicense.net announces licensing to cover podcasts
  • Enroll in the upcoming Google Teacher Academy – August 5 in Boulder, CO
  • Handle comments on your blog with IntenseDebate
  • Need a desert island Bible software pick?  Pastor Witte wouldn’t want to live without BibleWorks
  • The New York Times is talking Twitter, just like WELSTech

Coming up on WELSTech:

(50:29) Episode 072 – We’ll talk with Dan Lohrmann, author of Virtual Integrity and discuss accountability software options.

The featured artist:

(52:15) This week we close with piano music of Dawn Gehlhar – Beautiful Savior from her CD titled “Inspiration”

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