1. Ministry and the Cyberspace Landscape Reaching 21 st Century Sheep paul@obriant.net www.21stCenturySheep.com

2. John 21:16 A second time he said to him, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I love you." He said to him, "Tend my sheep." John 21:16 www.21stCenturySheep.com

3. Do you know? Emailing Web surfing Online purchases Webmaster Instant Messaging High speed access Web Cams File Sharing Blogs Wikis Listen to podcasts Create podcasts Social Networking Second Life Chat rooms Skype www.21stCenturySheep.com

4. General Internet Stats Who is online? What are they doing? www.21stCenturySheep.com

5. Online Gaming MMPORPG World of Warcraft has over 10 million users WOW machinima video.machinimavideo www.21stCenturySheep.com

6. Bible Study Resources 2/3 of users have performed online activities related to religion or spirituality Crosswalk YouVersion.com www.21stCenturySheep.com

7. Web 2.0 www.21stCenturySheep.com

8. Blogs –Crosswalk blogs - http://www.crosswalk.com/blogs/ http://www.crosswalk.com/blogs/ –RSS aggregatorsRSS aggregatorswww.21stCenturySheep.com

9. Wikis –36% of online American adults consult Wikipedia (Pew) www.21stCenturySheep.com

10. Photo Sharing Sites –28% of internet users have tagged or categorized content online such as photos, news stories or blog posts. (Pew) –Hendersonville First UMC Youth Group - http://www.flickr.com/photos/hfumcyouth/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/hfumcyouth/www.21stCenturySheep.com

11. Video Sharing Sites –History of The United Methodist Church - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idm5- RkUo5U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idm5- RkUo5U –Shelton United Church - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ6OanS2 MdU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ6OanS2 MdUwww.21stCenturySheep.com

12. Skype BitTorrent YouTube – Video Sharing, named as a Key Emerging TechnologyYouTube Key Emerging Technologywww.21stCenturySheep.com

13. Social Bookmarking http://Del.icio.us My Bookmarks for CyberMinistry - http://del.icio.us/pgobriant/cyberministry http://del.icio.us/pgobriant/cyberministry Can subscribe to bookmarks using a RSS feed. www.21stCenturySheep.com

14. Social Networking MySpace.com More than half (55%) of all online American youths ages 12-17 use online social networking sites. (Pew) www.21stCenturySheep.com

15. Podcasting –Some 12% of internet users say they have downloaded a podcast so they can listen to it or view it at a later time. (Pew) –One Place - http://www.oneplace.com/http://www.oneplace.com/www.21stCenturySheep.com

16. Second Life –Almost 10 million residents –Introduction to Second Life video on You Tube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b72CvvM uD6Q http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b72CvvM uD6Q –USA Today article - http://www.usatoday.com/tech/gaming/2007- 04-01-second-life-religion_N.htm http://www.usatoday.com/tech/gaming/2007- 04-01-second-life-religion_N.htm –www.Almcyberchurch.orgwww.Almcyberchurch.orgwww.21stCenturySheep.com

17. Example Church Sites –Heal your Church website – a site devoted to “Teaching, rebuking, correcting & training in righteous web design” - http://healyourchurchwebsite.com/ http://healyourchurchwebsite.com/ –Bethlehem United Methodist Church, PA. www.bethmeth.com www.bethmeth.com –Dulles Community Church www.dulleschurch.org www.dulleschurch.org –Revolution UMC www.kcrevolution.orgwww.kcrevolution.org –Life Church, www.lifechurch.tvwww.lifechurch.tvwww.21stCenturySheep.com