Last year we did a big survey – asking ccci missionaries around the world to tell us how they are using technology to build God’s Kingdom.  Since then other smaller surveys have been conducted which also provide some interesting trends:

• Our missionaries are moderately to highly connected via the Internet. Regardless of country or location, most spend a minimum of 3 hours a day online. A significant percentage is online approximately 5 or more hours a day.
  * See our recent post about internet availability even in Rwanda
• Overwhelmingly, our missionaries believe Internet access is important or very important for building a spiritual movement.
• To a large degree, movement builders use email, mobile phone and text messaging as primary (not supplemental) tools for movement building.
• Social networking sites, such as Facebook and blogs, are used very frequently and have become primary tools for movement building activities.
• A large percentage pointed to the need for more education, training and awareness of technology strategies and tools when asked what should change about the way we build spiritual movements as a result of the way technology shapes the world today.

See all the results here and even join in some of the online discussion that followed the survey report: https://www.mygcx.org/Discuss_Technology_in_Movements