Church Army's pioneering word-on-the-web ministry is handing over the baton to Scripture Union's new WordLive service to guarantee a future proofed multi-media Bible experience for Christians. Word-on-the-web has been operating since 2000, and has built up a current supporter base of over 7,000 subscribers from over 100 countries around the world.
www.wordlive.org, launched by Scripture Union in January 2008, is a free resource allowing online users a wide range of creative approaches to God’s Word, including audio Bible passages, video clips, worship songs and prayer activities, as well as a daily Bible reading and explanatory note.
Word-on-the-web will begin migrating existing subscribers over to WordLive from Monday 7th July. The final word-on-the-web study will be authored by David and Alison Booker who conceived the idea of web based ministry back in 1999 and produced the very first study. Word-on-the-web has issued more than 20 million daily emails over the course of eight years, covering 37 books of the Bible written by over 400 different contributors.
Captain Neil Thomson Church Army's Online Services Manager comments; "We have been so impressed with how Scripture Union's WordLive service has developed in offering Christians a fantastic range of creative approaches to engage with the Bible via text, podcasts, RSS, web and email. We want to encourage word-on-the-web subscribers to move to what we believe is a very creative way to encounter what God has to say to them through this innovative multi-media solution. Like word-on the-web it is FREE service – something we believe is important"
James Burden, Associate Director of Scripture Union says; "We are delighted to be welcoming subscribers from word-on-the-web to WordLive and in doing so celebrate the pioneering work of Church Army in web based ministry. We are pleased that Church Army will be involved in supplying future content for WordLive and promoting WordLive as part of their future web developments."
Wednesday 16 July 2008
Monday 14 July 2008
WordLive this week
On WordLive this week we take a look at the world through the eyes of Jeremiah. Sometimes he's seen as a prophet of doom, but really he's just speaking a few home truths... that just happen to be inspired by God.
Oh, and you may, you just might want to find an old pot that you don't want anymore. It may come in handy for visualising the odd point that Jeremiah makes.
Oh, and you may, you just might want to find an old pot that you don't want anymore. It may come in handy for visualising the odd point that Jeremiah makes.
The end of an era - Delirious? press release
Keeping you in touch with what is going on in the wider Christian world, and also because some of their music has appeared, and I'm sure will continue to appear, on WordLive, I thought you'd be interested in the following press release from Delirious? On a personal note I would like to take this opportunity to thank the d-boys for their encouragement and support over the years, their humility has been a shining example to myself, thanks.
The End of an Era……
We would like to address all our fans, our friends and people around the world who have faithfully supported Delirious? After 14 albums, thousands of shows in front of millions of people, and many extraordinary memories, we have decided that at the end of 2009 we will take a break from recording and playing as a band.
Our decision was triggered by a request from Martin to be released from the band to pursue new projects including his work with CompassionArt and the desire to be at home more with Anna and his children. We have of course honoured this request and made a decision together that now is the time to end this chapter of our lives.
We will continue to play and be excited about our current tours and bookings but will not be adding many more over the coming 17 months. We are all so deeply grateful to our incredible fans who have sung the songs and allowed Delirious? the privilege of providing the soundtrack to many lives over the years. From the school hall in Littlehampton to the stadiums of the world we have many stories to tell our children’s children. Delirious also would not be what it is without our amazing wives and families, and our gratitude to them is immense. We will now move forward to the next part of our lives where new challenges unfold and greater stories will be written.
We want to make it absolutely clear that although this decision has been extremely painful and difficult, we are still great friends and our respect for each other is unquestionable. We love playing in this band together and know that even though 2009 will bring an end to this current journey, there will be more adventures together in years to come.
We always used to say that we were ‘taking it wherever it goes’. The music ended up going further and deeper than we could ever have dreamed, yet we are now at a point where our creative futures will spread out and take on different journeys.
Thanks again for believing in us through all these years. We believe the best is yet to come.
Jon, Martin, Paul, Stu G and Tim
The End of an Era……
We would like to address all our fans, our friends and people around the world who have faithfully supported Delirious? After 14 albums, thousands of shows in front of millions of people, and many extraordinary memories, we have decided that at the end of 2009 we will take a break from recording and playing as a band.
Our decision was triggered by a request from Martin to be released from the band to pursue new projects including his work with CompassionArt and the desire to be at home more with Anna and his children. We have of course honoured this request and made a decision together that now is the time to end this chapter of our lives.
We will continue to play and be excited about our current tours and bookings but will not be adding many more over the coming 17 months. We are all so deeply grateful to our incredible fans who have sung the songs and allowed Delirious? the privilege of providing the soundtrack to many lives over the years. From the school hall in Littlehampton to the stadiums of the world we have many stories to tell our children’s children. Delirious also would not be what it is without our amazing wives and families, and our gratitude to them is immense. We will now move forward to the next part of our lives where new challenges unfold and greater stories will be written.
We want to make it absolutely clear that although this decision has been extremely painful and difficult, we are still great friends and our respect for each other is unquestionable. We love playing in this band together and know that even though 2009 will bring an end to this current journey, there will be more adventures together in years to come.
We always used to say that we were ‘taking it wherever it goes’. The music ended up going further and deeper than we could ever have dreamed, yet we are now at a point where our creative futures will spread out and take on different journeys.
Thanks again for believing in us through all these years. We believe the best is yet to come.
Jon, Martin, Paul, Stu G and Tim
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