Global Online Communities with a Great Commission Purpose

Just a couple of months ago I said that I felt as if I were learning to swim in Niagara Falls. What I was referring to was my jumping in – fully submerged – to my new job in the Global Technology Office and working on a big technology project called Global Connexions. Global Connexions, or GCX, was created to connect people, resources and movements to help build God’s Kingdom.

In short, GCX is a system of dynamic web tools and flexible web sites all interwoven together. It’s powerful stuff. Yet, Global Connexions focuses more on the people working in the Kingdom rather than technical skill or knowledge.

The best way to show you what it does is to let you TRY IT OUT. Sign up for your own GCX Account OR simply click to watch a Quick Tour of GCX. This is for ANYONE who wants to help build God’s Kingdom.

Sign Up for your own GCX Account.

Watch the GCX Tour. (Make sure your computer’s speakers are turned on)

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What Does GCX Do?

• Connects Kingdom workers in online communities
• Helps users organize and share best practices in ministry
• Multilingual Support – Resources can be added in any language. Certain areas of GCX can be viewed in 5 major languages
• Provides a secure communication system
• Gives a virtual workspace
• Allows Kingdom-centered online resources to be distributed and shared within an identity management system. This enables the owner of the resource to control which people or permission-levels can see it.
• Create your own highly-customizable web community for the specific Kingdom purpose you choose. You then control who is invited and who joins your community.

What Problem(s) Does GCX Attempt to Solve?

• 26,000 full-time Christian workers (current count of Campus Crusade staff worldwide). Plus 100,000+ volunteers and partners. All serving in 190 diverse countries, speaking multiple languages!! Yet all focus on fulfilling the Great Commission.
• How do you get all these people to communicate, work together and not reinvent the wheel?
• GCX seeks to help local ministries and workers with knowledge and tools they need to get the job done. In short: Help Kingdom workers be more effective.

Why is it Important?

Isolation and lack of resources are two of the biggest reasons Christian workers lose their vision. Many people want to be more effective in serving the Lord, yet they feel disconnected from others who know or care about their work. Also, many resources and strategies used by people in one location can be reused by others in a different location. If only they knew the resources existed and how to get them!