Newsletter October 2008

Global Media Outreach -- Reaching the World for Christ Through the Internet


Did you know that –

There are more than 1 billion internet users, and the number is growing daily.

As many as 12 million people per day search the web for answers about spiritual issues.
This spiritual hunger can be met through internet evangelism.

People in 191 countries have access to the web. More than 50% of these countries ban
Christian missionaries, especially Americans. Many people cannot be reached by
regular missionaries, yet they search the web daily.

Every 3 seconds someone views one of the evangelistic websites of Campus Crusade for
Christ, at a cost of only 33 cents each.

Every 25-30 seconds someone makes a decision for Christ on our sites. On October 22,
GMO had the largest day ever – 10,300 decisions!

The Jesus 2020 strategy (developed by Global Media Outreach, a subdivision of Campus
Crusade for Christ) plans to meet this spiritual hunger through a three-step process:
1. Lead millions of internet users to find forgiveness and hope in Jesus through evangelistic
websites (now over 70) in the top 11 internet languages (including Arabic and Chinese)
that cover 92% of web users.
2. Build their faith through personal discipleship carried out by online missionary
volunteers and resource materials at sites like: http://www.looktojesus.com/
3. Connect them to local Christian communities everywhere.

Thank you for your prayers and support as I volunteer in this ministry in addition to my
work with college students and The Orlando Institute. Out of curiosity, I kept track of my own
stats for September. I received and answered emails in the following categories:
New believers (1st time decisions for Christ): 27
Recommitted their lives to Christ: 28
Want to grow in their faith: 1
Want to investigate the claims of Christ more: 2
Want to learn how to share their faith: 2
Return responses (ongoing conversations): 15
Total answered: 75
From the following countries – USA, Ethiopia, England, South Africa, Morocco, Nigeria,
India, Poland, Jamaica, Scotland, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Egypt, Pakistan, Ghana,
Tanzania, Norway, Namibia, Somalia, Canada, Iran, Kenya, Lesotho.

With anticipated increases in inquiries, we need more volunteers. Among the benefits for
online missionaries are more confidence sharing your faith in face-to-face situations, increased
vision for world missions, and the satisfaction of knowing you can help to fulfill the Great
Commission worldwide. If you are interested, go to: GMOJoinUs.com
You’ll be glad you did!