Claire Ward from the Catholic Agency to Support Evangelisation has sent out a press release about a launch on June 12th for a new magazine for enquirers. A follow up service to the Life4seekers website, the first edition promises to have articles from Archbishop to ex prostitute and gangster. A brief reference for the moment is on the website with lots of other information to:
Brian Moore from Glasgow Baptist church has launched a new initiative which is literally 'outside the box'. A small black box contains tracts which simply have single words from Jesus and a follow up web link. The size of a business card, one simply says 'What if?' and on the back 'God exists' with the web link. It is both simple and complex as it engages the mind to think about issues. Some idea is gained by the website:
Mike Simmonds from Viz a Viz has pointed me to the More to Life website and the virtual book which explains the Gospel for enquirers. Short videos on several pages fit well to the text and the reader is asked several times if they want to stop or carry on reading. Well worth a look at:
One of the big responses of the church in outreach this year is Hope08. HopeInfo has been the public face and a web presence for interested enquirers who want to find out more about Christian faith. Gareth Squire has announced a third film has just been released as free download, suggesting that it would be good to use in a group discussion. See 'Hope where you live' on:
Gareth Squire reports good news on the new HopeInfo website. 'Big Hope' films have been added to the Christian enquiry site which will develop further. Serving Hope08 and the whole church, it is run by CEA and Rejesus. HopeInfo has already had 15,433 visitors by Easter. 4000 explored the 'next steps' and 1,600 sent a 'Secrets of Hope' text. 300 people have signed up for the weekly Hope email. You can see the fruit of all the labours and encourage all churches to use this inovative enquiry service:
