The future of the global church is Open
All over the world, new followers of Jesus Christ need discipleship resources to help them grow in spiritual maturity. The global rise of Internet and mobile phone technology is the greatest opportunity for the advance of the Gospel ever, but making the most of it requires a new generation of unrestricted discipleship resources — free of charge, and released under an open license. Welcome to World Missions 2.0!
Sharing the vision
What do you think of the "free + freedom" movement and the vision of unrestricted discipleship resources in every language and on any mobile phone? Want to help us share the vision with others? Here are some ways you can help:
- Share this video with others by sending them to this page (see the Facebook and Twitter share links below), or you can download the video and give others copies
- "Like" Distant Shores Media and Door43 on Facebook
- Follow Distant Shores Media and Door43 on Twitter
- Contact us with your comments and questions, or leave a comment below.
Thank you!
Download the video
The video "The future of the global church is Open" is a free and open-source video, meaning you can download it, post it on your own site, even create a new version of the video (more license details and credits here). Please feel free to share it with anyone you want.
720p HD (1280x720)
480p HD (854x480)
Mobile (480x270)
Mobile (320x180)
Mobile (176x144)
On the Social Web
Blog posts
December 2011
November 2011
September 2011
August 2011
July 2011
May 2011
March 2011
February 2011
January 2011
December 2010
November 2010
October 2010
September 2010
August 2010
July 2010
June 2010
May 2010
April 2010
February 2010
January 2010
December 2009
Support DSM!
We are 46% of the way to our goal. Join our financial support team today!
Find out more
More information about Distant Shores Media can be found here:
» Pray with us!
» Support & financial needs
» How you can help
» Frequently Asked Questions
» Policies & credits
Subscribe to the DSM mailing list!
Talk to us:
"The LORD reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice." —Psalm 97:1 NIV
Global media resources and youth culture
I totally agree but for me I think one of the target audience is the under 35's. They are one's who learn differently, think differently and want to express their faith differently. The way they interact, pull apart, re-design and use information and material is different and resources freely available through the web and the mobile will help reach this age group in ways appropriate to them.
Sean Marston
SIM International Youth Consultant
Right on
Good observations, Sean. The way the under 35's and the "global youth culture" approach life is already altering many aspects of how world missions is undertaken. The "way we've always done it" is changing, and in many ways, it's for the better. We are excited to see how the geographically distributed creation and translation of a core set of unrestricted discipleship resources in many (and eventually "every") language will help accelerate the completion of the Great Commission.