Magazine-style Christian evangelism sites - a good strategy for sharing the Gospel online

Magazine-style outreach sites are those which address a variety of topics, usually with a general theme and often for a specific readership. They often include regular features, and may also operate a parallel email newsletter. Published letters, feedback, bulletin boards or 'blog' articles often help to create a sense of interactive community around the site.

Women Today Magazine is a large and very effective site. Read our case study to understand more about the approach. The email newsletter complements the site and uses the same user-friendly style. Subscribe to it – just to see how an evangelistic site can offer an accessible newsletter aimed at non-Christians.
IamNext.com uses a very similar approach for teens and students.
Gloriazine – Flash-based ezine site for teens and twenties.
True Life Stories – UK-based, includes an interactive quiz and testimonies of well-known people.
Big Father – uses the 'Big Brother' TV-show concept as a starting point. Also available in Swedish, Norwegian and Danish.
On Patches and Bears – "Help for the threadbare... from tattered shreds to hope, purpose and peace." An interesting gentle approach.
Care-nurse dotcom – sensitive outreach site particularly for nurses.
Treasure-seekers – the Gospel presented with an treasure/pirate theme.

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