This is not meant to be a comprehensive list of online ministries, but a list of those ministries and churches that are doing things well. We’d love to hear about your online ministry! Be sure to drop us a line and tell us about what your doing.

Devotionals:

Our Daily Bread

Back To The Bible

Delve Into Jesus

Literature Ministries International

Words Of Hope

Articles:

Into Thy Word

Delve Into Jesus

Legacy Youth Ministry Resource

Youth Ministry Exchange

Blogs:

Mark Batterson (Pastor/Leadership blog)

Swerve (Leadership/Technology blog)

Online Communities:

LifeChurch Internet Campus

Wiki Site

Urban Ministry.org

Audio Resources/Podcasts

Sermon Index

CatalystSpace Podcast

Flickr Photo Group

Church Marketing Lab (Center for Church Communication)

INVITING PEOPLE INTO RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS

Need Him.org – Different options for different people

Journey Of Joy.com – Focused toward women

WomenTodayMagazine.com – a more subtle evangelistic approach for women

MenTodayOnline.com – a more subtle evangelistic approach for men

PowerToChange.com – a personal story based evangelistic approach

LEADING NEW JESUS FOLLOWERS TO THE WORLD OF DISCIPLESHIP

Growing In Christ.com

New Christian Life Ministries

Back when I was with Gospel Communications, I created this video course on understanding Online Ministry. Here it is – hope it’s helpful…

One of the first things I noticed about the concept of Online Ministry was that there really is not a stated definition. Even Google had a hard time coming up with relevant results for the term “online ministry.” So I began to define this concept.

WHAT IS ONLINE MINISTRY?
-my first thought was to break down the word in order to come up with a definition.

Online:

Having to do with the Internet; in most cases, referring to the World Wide Web.

Ministry:

The activity carried out by members of the body of Christ in fulfillment of their mission. Some ministry is directed towards members of the body of Christ, and some towards non-members. (from Wikipedia)

With these thoughts along with some discussions with fellow staff at Gospel Communications, I put together this definition of the term Online Ministry. What do you think? Am I missing anything? How would you word it?

Online Ministry:

Serving users of the Internet by providing information, resources, tools, and opportunities in order to introduce those users to Christ or deepen their existing relationships with Christ

If we look at this definition of  “online ministry,” we can see  that it can be broken down into two main areas.

1. introducing users to Christ (Online Evangelism)
2. deepening the relationships of those who already have a relationship with Christ (Online Discipleship)

So as we continue to explore online ministry, it becomes key to understand these two areas.

I want to share with you a bit of who I am so you know why I have such a desire to pull off another Internet Ministry Conference. I had the distinct honor and pleasure of working for Gospel Communications International before my latest position. While working there, I had the opportunity to head up the 2007 and 2008 Internet Ministry Conferences.