July 2011

Chris Brown

Jul 14 |11:23 AM

Last Updated on Thursday, 14 July 2011 12:39

Here are some statistics that will remind you of how media saturated society we have become, and how technology is a tool that we need to use to connect people to Christ.

Did You Know That - In 60 SECONDS on the internet:

Search engine Google serves more than 694,445 queries
6,600+ pictures are uploaded on Flickr
600 videos are uploaded on YouTube videos, amounting to 25+ hours of content
695,000 status updates, 79,364 wall posts and 510,040 comments are published on Social Networking site Facebook
70 New domains are registered
168,000,000+ emails are sent
iPhone applications are downloaded more than13,000 times
100+ questions are asked on Answers.com
1 new definition is added on UrbanDictionary.com
1,200+ new ads are created on Craigslist
370,000+ minutes of voice calls done by Skype users
13,000+ hours of music streaming is done by personalized Internet radio provider Pandora
1,600+ reads are made on Scribd, the largest social reading publishing company

Ministry Highlights:

Completion of a 9 minute informational video of Baptist Church Planters. This video will be used to inform people of the vital ministry of church planting and encourage people to join BCP in helping plant a church in North America. You can see it at the newly remodeled website www.bcpusa.org
Supplied several videos for the GARBC national conference that were used during each main session
Provided internet access at our booth during the GARBC national conference
Taught a workshop on “Enhance Your Ministry with Technology” at the GARBC national conference
Currently working on 4 new church plant websites
Producing more DVD resources for the Deaf Ministry of BCP
Helping a ministry leader for the country of Laos with a presentation video

Making Memories Along the Journey
We are getting involved in our local church, and looking forward to doing a children’s outreach in our neighborhood next month. I am preparing messages from Romans 8 for Junior High campers at Camp Bayouca in Central NY on July 25-29.

We spent some family time touring our country on our trip to Colorado for the GARBC national conference. It was pretty amazing to see such variety in our beautiful country. We stopped and visited the Badland National Park, Mount Rushmore, a Wilderness Safari Park, and Adventures in Odyssey in Colorado Springs. On our travels home, after staying with some new friends in Pueblo, we visited longtime friends in ministry in Princeton, Indiana, and one of our supporting churches (First Baptist of Princeton). After 3009 miles and a whole lot of snacks we arrived home to continue serving in our role with techPartner.

Please continue to pray as techPartner grows and needs more support in manpower and in financial giving to enable us to keep up with the ministry needs of technology for the Great Commission. We are in need of adding staff to help fulfill our mission, but we currently don’t have the funds. We continually praise God for your faithfulness in prayers and financial support. If you receive this newsletter and do not currently support techPartner, please consider becoming a financial partner. Without our donors, we could not exist to continue to server mission, ministries and our global leaders who are on the front line of ministry.

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