Gospel Outreach with Media

Flags of countries of people participating while this conference was open for discussion

Introduction

This 2017 conference is the third hosted by CMI. The first two contain excellent resources and are still available to visit for reading only: the 2016 Spring Conference and the 2016 fall conference. These conferences have been visited from 88 countries around the world. This conference, like the others, is designed for anyone interested in these three intertwining motifs: the Gospel, Outreach, and Media. By each we mean...

Gospel

God rescued us and all the world from sin and eternal death through the redemptive work of His Son Jesus Christ.

Outreach

Our Lord commands us to take this message beyond our circles of Christian believers out to the world of those who do not have saving faith in Christ.

Media

We seek to use God's gifts of media and technology to carry this message to large audiences in the United States and around the world.

How to participate in the conference

Participation is free. Please consider helping to defray conference costs. Learn how here.
Scan the index of presentations below. Note those of special interest to you.
To "attend" a session, just click on the title, and you will be taken to the presentation. It may involve text, images, audio, video, or combinations of these.
We encourage you to join the discussion. At the bottom of each presentation page, you will find a place for posting comments, questions, and suggestions. Presenters will be monitoring the discussion, and may answer your question or respond to your comment.
We especially hope that students (high school, college, and seminary) will participate actively in the discussion. Of course, anyone else may do so too.
If you are posting questions/comments, please glance through previous posts to determine if that question has been asked before.
Note the location names at the very top of each page. Clicking on a name will take you directly to that location.
Return to the conference as often as you wish to follow the discussions.
Remember that there may be people attending this conference for whom English is not their first language. Each page has a link enabling translation into many languages.

The Conference will be closed to further postings after three weeks, on Monday, November 13. After the Conference closes, the presentations and discussions will be permanently archived for you to read at any time.

Send comments on the overall conference, or problems, to the coordinators.

The usual disclaimers

Please ask questions that are relevant to the papers and refrain from developing a personal topic or agenda. We expect participants to remain cordial. The coordinators of the conference retain the right to delete any posts considered inappropriate. Anonymous inflammatory posts will be deleted.
Contributors to the conference are solely responsible for the information they provide. The Christ in Media Institute and Bethany Lutheran College cannot be responsible for nor can we attest to the accuracy or efficacy of the information others provide.

Conference sessions

The Message

The Gospel for Today – and Always by Mark Harstad (1948-2015)

(German and English) An East German Experience by Jonas Schröter (Wangen im Allgäu, Germany)

Special Reformation Anniversary Presentations

The Reformation Art Show at Bethany Lutheran College by William Bukowski (Mankato, Minnesota USA)

Art and the Reformation - On being a Christian Artist 500 Years Later by Paul Burmeister (Waukesha, Wisconsin USA)

Art and the Reformation - Martin Luther and the Plastic Arts by Tim Schmeling (Mankato, Minnesota USA)

Art and the Reformation - The Lutheran Visual Heritage by Luke Ulrich (Mankato, Minnesota USA)

Making "Martin Luther - a Return to Grace" by John Braun (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA)

Reviews of All the Luther Movies 1953 to Today by Clark Schultz (Lake Mills, Wisconsin, USA)

Gospel Media Outreach Around the World

Central Africa - The state of Gospel technology (panel) by Dan Sargent (Missionary to Zambia), and Rob Wendland (Missionary to Malawi)

East Africa - The state of Gospel technology by Kebede Yibezu (Bishoftu, Debre Zeit (Mount Olive), Ethiopia)

West Africa - The state of Gospel technology (panel) by Douglas Weiser (Missionary to Nigeria), and Dan Kroll (Missionary to Cameroon)

Los Angeles - (Spanish and English) El alcance del evangelio en nuestra comunidad by Matt Behmer (Los Angeles, California)

Brazil - How we make use of technology in the Brazilian mission by Beth Flunker (Dourados, Brazil)

Haiti - Promoting Mission from a Distance by Luke Gartner (Redwood Falls, Minnesota, USA)

Around the World - Sharing the Gospel, Connecting to Christ by Julia Majerus-Wagenknecht (El Paso, Texas, USA)

World Languages - for Streaming Worship by Tom Kuster (New Ulm, Minnesota USA)

Germany - (German and English) Outreach in My Community by Lorenz Holland-Moritz (Dresden, Germany)

Australia - Outreach in My Community

Expanding Approaches to Gospel Outreach with Media

Planning a Career in Production - Generalize or Specialize? by Jeff Bukowski (Edina, Minnesota, USA)

Christian Indie Film Production by Steve Corona (Rio Rancho, New Mexico, USA)

WELSTech's Gospel Outreach Discoveries by Sallie Draper (New Ulm, Minnesota USA)

(Re)Creating Church History to Teach the Faith by Jeff Hendrix (Oregon, Wisconsin, USA)

Traditional Technology - Spreading the Gospel through Ink, Cloth, Stone, Glass, and Wood by Judith Kuster (New Ulm, Minnesota USA)

Filmmaking (that is, Storytelling) Overseas by Ben Lundsten (Mankato, Minnesota USA)

The Lost Coins - A Proposal for Creating a Christian Podcast by Ted Petersen (Palm Bay, Florida, USA)

General Comments

Post comments and suggestions on the entire Conference here by Tom Kuster (New Ulm, Minnesota USA)