Church planting with the Internet
Whilst my computer ministry is important, especially the distribution of the Bible and Bible study tools at LaParola.net, it is hard to connect it with a church planting ministry, which is the main direction of my ministry. Internet has the advantage of reaching everyone, but it is also a disadvantage because it is hard to focus on one particular geographical area. So whilst I have helped church plants in all of Italy, the effect at Trento has been minimal. So it was encouraging to me that the church received an e-mail last week from a user of my site from a town in the mountains near Trento, who was happy to discover that I was from Trento as well, found out about the church through the links on my site, and so wrote asking about meetings. Then he went to the Monday night Bible study group last night with a friend. He has been living at Milan and seems to have been converted there, and soon will be going to live in London, whilst the friend is “just looking” at this stage. But after more than a decade, someone has come to a church meeting because of LaParola.net, and I am happy that it has happened.