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We Need Another Model for World Missions

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by Tim
on May 18, 2013
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missiology
creative commons
infographic

This infographic (click for larger size) illustrates how long it takes in the "all rights reserved" world missions model for discipleship resources to be translated into every language of the world. The statistics are taken from Chapter 10 of The Christian Commons.

The Definition of "Open"

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by Tim
on May 01, 2013
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copyright
missiology

The term "open" or "open-source" is becoming increasingly popular in the world of Christian content. Unfortunately, it has not been well-defined in this context and is often used by well-intended people in ways that are incongruous with the actual meaning of the terms. It is often used to mean something along the lines of "we are not as restrictive as we used to be with our content and we are willing to share some of what we have for some uses, subject to the restrictions in the Terms of Use."

Introducing Open Bible Stories

An Unrestricted, Visual Mini-Bible, In Any Language, for Free — EMDC, 2013
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by Tim
on April 10, 2013
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open
bible
creative commons

This presentation was made at EMDC, 2013 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. It describes the Open Bible Stories project and how it enables a visual mini-Bible to be rapidly translated and made available in any language, in text + audio + video formats, for free.

Copyright & The Kingdom

The Intersection of World Missions and Copyright Law — EMDC, 2013
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by Tim
on April 08, 2013
copyright
creative commons
unrestricted is the answer

This presentation was made at EMDC, 2013 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. It addresses the issue of copyright law as it affects world missions and the advance of God's Kingdom.

Theming Door43: Mobile-optimized, HTML5 + CSS3

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by Tim
on March 11, 2013
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mobile
drupal
theme
strategic technology

The redesign of Door43 is progressing well, and we recently succeeded in putting together a functional "pre-alpha" build of an openly collaborative translation platform that provides user & project management, revision control, media capabilities, and translation of content into (theoretically) any language. We are now at a point where we need to design the user interface, namely: a Drupal 7 theme with some specific considerations:

Building an Openly Collaborative Translation Platform in Any Language

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by Tim
on March 05, 2013
strategic technology
door43
mobile

This blog post briefly introduces the Door43 project and invites anyone who wants to help with the technical side of developing it to join us.

The global church, in people groups all over the world, is ready, willing, and able to work together in the creation, translation, and distribution of discipleship resources in thousands of languages. In order to enable this open collaboration to happen at a global level, there is a great need for an open-access web-based platform that accomplishes 4 key things:

What Was the Most Popular Mobile Phone Operating System in the World in 2012?

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by Tim
on February 10, 2013
mobile
mobile statistics

This is a follow-up post to a similar post from 2010. The charts above (click to see the full-size charts) illustrate the most popular mobile phone operating systems be region of the world from December 2010-December 2012. The last chart shows the summary for the whole world in the same period. The statistics are from http://gs.statcounter.com and are released under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.

Faster. Farther. Cheaper. Better.

The Unrestricted, Mobile Future of the Global Church — Mobile Ministry Forum, 2012
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by Tim
on December 06, 2012
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open
discipleship
presentation
video

The Mobile Ministry Forum held our annual consultation a couple weeks ago in Orlando, FL. There were presentations on a number of topics pertaining to the advance of God's Kingdom and the specific use of mobile technology as a means to that end. This is the video of my presentation that specifically addresses the need for open-licensed discipleship resources, if we are to take full advantage of the technological opportunities before us for the advance of God's Kingdom in every people group and language.

Media & Missions in the 21st Century, the Event

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by Ben Jore
on October 31, 2012
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In the 21st century, we have new and incredibly powerful means of sharing the message of Christ. Using media and digital technology, the entire global church can work together to complete the Great Commission in ways that were unimaginable just 10 years ago. Want to find out more? You are invited to join us on November 9th for "Media & Missions in the 21st Century". This informational night and fund-raiser for Distant Shores Media will provide you with an inside look at some of the greatest opportunities for world missions that the Church has ever encountered, including:

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