Sunday, January 3, 2010

Searching for Christ on the Internet

An Internet-based Christian ministry has celebrated a milestone.

Global Media Outreach (GMO) was founded in 2004 to give people multiple opportunities to accept Christ. The ministry uses more than 90 different websites worldwide to spread the gospel. Earlier this month, the ten-millionth person this year indicated a decision for Christ through their websites.

Michelle Diedrich, communications director for the ministry, says GMO has been able to reach people when they are searching for answers about Christ.

"...[P]eople will go [to our websites] and do a spiritual search on 'God' or 'Jesus' or a crisis in their life, and they will be able to...find the gospel presentation at the point of their need," Diedrich explains.

"And when they get that, then they're able to tell us what that decision is -- and then they can fill out a form and we actually connect them with a volunteer through email."

More than 4,200 trained online missionaries serve with GMO, which is affiliated with Campus Crusade for Christ International. GMO offices are located in Orlando, Florida, and Los Gatos, California.

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