Christ in Media Institute

03/25/2022

10/29/2021

Christian messaging through stained glass (and how it is made) is a feature of the 2021 GOWM (Gospel Outreach With Media) online conference at www.gowm.org – font from suncatcherstudio.com

10/22/2021

Welcome to the opening of GOWM 2021! The site is now live and the presentations have been uploaded. We encourage you to join the free discussion and interact with others in the comments under each presentation.

10/21/2021

Learn how toys can be used in Gospel outreach in the GOWM 2021 online conference. It's free and open to all at .gowm.org hosted by the .org institute.

08/30/2021

What Would Jesus Tik Tok? The wildly popular platform is known for solo dancing, crazy challenges, funny voice-overs – general silliness. Is there any way it could contain serious messages about a Savior? How could that happen?

08/22/2021

A good business plan is essential to any media outreach effort. Since virtually any kind of quality media production is expensive, it requires the expertise and planning of a good business person to make it efficient and cost-effective. The skills of advertising, public relations, marketing, and finance can all be brought to bear on the challenges of bringing Christian messages to the world through mass media.

08/14/2021

Postponed from 2019-20, the XR Project is rescheduled for the 2021-22 school year, with the culminating Festival planned on the Bethany Lutheran College campus April 1-2, 2022.

07/30/2021

Is some technology just too dangerous to permit? The EU thinks so.

07/23/2021

The “Metaverse” is coming. Will we be there with the Gospel? Understand it to tame it and use it. Read…

Matthew Bell in 2020
https://www.matthewball.vc/all/themetaverse

Matthew Bell elaborates in 2021
https://www.matthewball.vc/the-metaverse-primer

and Mark Zuckerberg is eager
https://www.theverge.com/22588022/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-ceo-metaverse-interview?wpisrc=nl_technology202&scrolla=5eb6d68b7fedc32c19ef33b4

07/16/2021

Like all technology, Artificial Intelligence can challenge faith. But also as with all technology, Christians can figure out how to use it. First they have to understand it. Who is on top of this?

07/03/2021

Media messages are always accompanied by music. Sometimes the music enhances the message, and sometimes the music actually carries the message. Good music, reflecting the tastes of a variety of cultures and composed and performed with excellence, is an essential component of Gospel proclamation via mass media.

06/26/2021

You know that communication is becoming more and more visual, and that visual communication is especially important in cultures where literacy levels are low. You can help create the visual depictions and designs that will capture cultural imaginations and direct them to the truths of God's Gospel message.