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Mobile Ministry Opportunities

By on April 3, 2010 in Technologies

Campbell and others in the MAF Learning Technologies team (www.maflt.org) are exploring how to take advantage of mobile phones in ministry. In Papua New Guinea, Arnhem Land and Bangladesh mobile phones are very common with phone companies providing cheap, basic handsets in order to build their customer base.  In Bangladesh it is very common for people to have more than one mobile phone!

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We are researching the options for installing Bibles onto mobile phones and also ways in which learning opportunities for isolated Christian leaders can be facilitated.

In New Zealand, Australia and other developed countries life can be very convenient.  From our smartphones we can access the internet, we have applications which connect and provide us with virtually whatever information we want to subscribe to.  I subscribe to podcasted sermons – these sermons arrive on my phone without me doing a thing, so that all I need to do is listen.

They connect us in community also – communities like Facebook and Twitter send updates to our phones and connect us to our friends and family wherever we are.  The world can certainly be small for us.  My teaching pastor lives in California.

But in un-developed countries like Papua New Guinea there are Christian leaders isolated geographically, socially and economically.  If we can help remove the barriers they have through the application of sustainable technology then we strive to.

Please pray that we will be discerning in assessing the needs of isolated Christian leaders and be wise in partnering with them and training organisations so that technology can enhance their opportunities for spiritual growth and the growth of the people they shepherd.

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MAF – Learning Technologies

By on November 20, 2009 in MAF

Overcoming Barriers, Transforming Lives, Building God’s Kingdom

MAF Learning Technologies provides educational and technical expertise to facilitate the training of church leaders around the world.litejazz logo MAF Learning Technologies

Millions of dedicated pastors and church leaders in the developing world have no access to conventional classroom instruction methods. Many are new Christians themselves. They have a call to minister and a passion to learn but distance, danger, cost and lack of resources present significant barriers. Those living in areas where believers must hide their faith face even greater challengers.

By responding to the needs of these pastors and church leaders MAF – Learning Technologies is transforming lives around the world. Through distance education, pastors, church leaders and new believers have access to courses in church ministry, Bible study, theology, evangelism and a wide variety of other topics to develop spiritual growth.

The services of MAF – LT allow them to remain in their communities and care for their congregations and families while receiving critical biblical education and training:

  • Partnering to Develop Courses – working in partnership with organisations such as Moody Bible Institute, MAF-LT evaluates curriculums and develops or customises courses to meet the specific needs of each community of believers. This often includes language translation and review of courses for cultural relevancy.
  • Consulting for new Technology Development – MAF-LT assess the needs of ministry partners and assists in the development of new educational technologies. From Learning Centres strategically located  around the world, MAF-LT supports distance education programs worldwide, including those of a growing number of Christian ministries in the Middle East.
  • Creating Free and Easy to Use Technology – MAF-LT develops software tools to facilitate distance learning in places where internet connections are either expensive or unreliable, and commercial software is cost prohibitive. MAF-LT equips pastors and leaders by collecting and organising Biblical resources beyond what they ever thought possible: 45000 books, 4000 hours of audio training and 1000 hours of video training – all in numerous languages.
  • Establishing Computer-Based Learning Centres – MAF-LT assists ministry partnersby establishing distance learning centres in remote areas. MAF experts provide the resources to launch each centre, then they train local facilitators to operate them.
  • Training Leaders to Facilitate Distance Learning – MAF-LT assists organisations such as the Latin America Training Network, Open Doors in Sudan, Central Asian Theological Seminary, Baptist Convention of Kenya, PTEE in Jordan and Here’s Life Inner City, by training facilitators and teachers to develop and deliver their own training and distance education courses.

Video – Introduction to MAF – Learning Technologies [3:53]

To learn more about MAF-Learning Technologies visit www.maflt.org

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Coffee for Communities – Latitude 6

By on October 6, 2009 in MAF
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Supporting PNG communities

Coffee grown in the highlands of Papua New Guinea is some of the best around. However, for many growers, getting the coffee processed is nearly impossible due to an accessibility and lack of roading infrastructure.

Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) is often the only outside contact for these isolated communities. They provide aerial transport of people and produce, thus helping Papua New Guinea’s developing economy.

LatitudeSix – coffeeforcommunities returns 10% of sales of it’s coffee, back to the growers in Papua New Guinea. This is over and above the price the growers initially get for selling their beans. The projects that LatitudeSix help fund, aid further development of the communities that grow coffee crops.

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