Media is an important part of the Christian faith, without it we would not have the letters that Paul wrote to the early church. Paul used every means of communication at his disposal to encourage, educate and involve his supporters and readers. As a result, millions have come to know the living Christ, and become disciples.

Today, missionaries have an even better means of communicating with their home churches and the world that they serve in. To this end, this ministry has been created so that missionaries, organizations and individuals around the world would be able to more effectively reach out to witness and minister to the world, and encourage and involve supporters as well.

The Global Outreach Uganda ministry does this in many different ways, including print, internet, video and training. Some of the projects worked on recently include a video for Wycliffe Bible translators, a brochure and radio spots for the new African Bible College, brochures for local businesses started by Christians to better the lives of Ugandans, prayer cards, Powerpoints, and videos for individual missionaries, photo sessions for Mission Aviation Fellowship, video interviews with Christian vocalists, and videos of local church dramas. Many more are in the works, including some web site design.

Several Ugandans have been trained to work along side of us in our efforts. We work with a local videographer to educate and employ these Ugandans, who help out with video editing, shooting, and photography. In addition to this, there are classes being started at a local women's vocational school, and in the home of young Ugandans, to train them how to use the computers and software that we use in our work. This will be combined with Bible study as we seek to share whatever we can with our brothers and sisters.

Media has often been used to promote things that are not of God. But it can also be used to reach people for the Lord in more effective ways. As the world spins a little faster towards the second coming, the gospel message will be taken to every tongue and every nation, and I believe that many will be reached through media placed as a tool in the hands of God's people.

(This picture is from the Wycliffe Bible Translation video shoot)