.why invest in an internet ministry
NUMBER OF YEARS EACH TOOK TO REACH 50 MILLION USERS
- Radio - 38 years
- TV - 13 years
- Cable - 10 years
- Internet - 5 years
(Source - Morgan Stanley)
ACCORDING TO NIELSEN NETRATINGS
The average person
each month usually visits
59 domains, views
1,050 pages averaging
45 seconds for each page and spend about
25 hours a month doing this! Each surfing session lasts approximately
51 minutes.
TOTAL NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS ONLINE
- 215 million online in the U.S. (71.4% of U.S. population)
- 1,464 million online worldwide (21.9% of world pop.)
- 87% of U.S. teens ages 12 to 17 currently use the Internet, representing about 21 million youth. Of those, approximately 11 million teens go online on a daily basis." (Pew Internet and American Life, "Teens and Technology," July 27, 2005.)
TOP ONLINE ACTIVITIES
- 92% browse the Web
- 88% send/receive email
- 87% collect information about hobby or personal interest
- 81% collect product or service information
- 74% read the news
With so many souls finding their way to the internet can churches today afford to ignore its potential impact on the great commission and planting seeds of God’s word in our local communities, our nation and the world.
