YouTube

YouTube is slowly taking over the world. Videos from every corner of the planet are on the website. US President-elect Obama used it very successfully to get his message across during the presidential election.

You, too, can leverage YouTube for more growth and impact in your international ministry. Simply film whatever ministry or project you are involved in, and then go online to www.youtube.com and follow the simple instructions about how to upload your video. Within a few hours, your video will be available for all the Internet world to see!

If you search for "Flamingo Road Church" on YouTube, you'll find several of our FRC-Lima videos, filmed all over Peru. There are videos of our baptisms in the Pacific Ocean and in the Amazon River, as well as videos of our various service projects in the shantytown of Pachacutec, in the girls' orphanage in La Victoria, and in the Amazon jungle with the Yagua native tribe, among others. More than 20,000 people have viewed our various videos on YouTube. Some of the viewers have left comments. Some of the comments are good. Some are not. Some of the comments are down right nasty! Some folks delete the negative comments, but we don't. We welcome them, because at least it initiates the dialogue, and that's something we're not afraid of. As well, here at FRC-Lima, we're firm believers in the deep-rooted theological doctrine that says, "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me."

(I can't quite locate that in my Bible, though. Maybe it's in one of the more contemporary versions.)