God opens hearts and God opens minds. Making Christ known is more than telling a story. Sponsored by the ELCA's Department for Communication and the Division for Congregational Ministries, the conference offered 35 workshops. Topics ranged from designing a web page for a congregation to telemarketing as an approach for reaching the unchurched, from evangelism through radio ministries to outreach through cable television. The kit is made up of an interactive video workshop, books, audio cassettes and compact disk to introduce and cite examples of effective outreach and communication to a wider community.
People listen, watch and learn using multimedia experiences in every day life.
Roughly half of all Americans do not go to church. Of the 2,000 calls made by conference participants, about 100 residents agreed to receive information about Zion Lutheran Church. More than 500 residents said they belong to other churches, reported Zorb. It is a noisy world as we go into the 21st century. There is a flood of choices in which people can get information, ways people can seek out connections to other people.