Mission Resources on the Web

We focus our attention on short-term-related Web pages in this installment of Missions on the Web.

Mission agencies have discovered the Internet. In fact, many mobilization departments see the Web as their most effective recruitment venue.

With the missions rush into the former Soviet Union a decade ago, followed by the focus on the 10/40 Window, Latin America seems to have been overlooked in recent missions excitement. It’s almost as though missions have a “been there, done that” attitude.

Can the World Wide Web be a serious resource for mission theology? Even though theology is not usually thought of as a practical area, it is certainly crucial for our ongoing involvement in the missionary task of the church.

In this edition of Missions on the Web we break with our tradition of developing a Web page for MisLinks and asked the developers of five key Web sites that support mission to give us a behind-the-scenes explanation of their creations.

We devote the majority of this article to three categories—general religion sites, new religions and cults, and Islam—followed by briefer coverage of about a dozen other religions in alphabetical order.

From drama in local churches to images of Jesus in paintings and sculptures, from music reflecting God’s glory in local idioms to films about Jesus, artistic expression spans a spectrum of ideas, materials, media and imagery that helps Christians of all cultures think more clearly about Christ.

This edition of “Missions on the Web” will introduce you to sites that offer help in the area of fundraising.

We write this in the immediate aftermath of the events of September 11, 2001. We had previously decided to focus this installment on relief and development organizations.

Sites with particularly rich offerings of MK resources and links, and those with substantial online content.