On a call with several members of the Visual Story Network (VSN) Mobile Ministry group, there was a constant question about the access to resources, tools, strategies, and people who are involved within the area of mobile(-based) ministry. I kind of hate to be the bearer of bad news, but this field is so new, that a lot of this information just isn’t all pulled together yet.

And still the need is there for this information. There’s a need for white papers, metrics, and strategies which will help those in local and global contexts to better understand and apply what can (in most cases) work for them.

That’s the point of the “magazine” aspect of MMM. This site – at least the part that you are reading – serves to poke your brain(s) with the type of content that should provoke you to ask questions about the use of mobile/web and then give you a means of connecting to those stories, those people, and essentially, the Gospel in practice.

Access also has another perspective – one where its not needed to be here at MMM – this is access that’s defined by just being mobile. Whether that access is to educational materials, or communications, or social services, mobile devices/services grant the ability for people to be empowered where they were not before. You and your ministry endeavors owe it to your audiences to let them know that a mobile window exists.

That doesn’t mean that you are giving them a finished solution, it means that you are eliminating excuses because you are giving options. And yes, mobile isn’t the only way to do this, its one of the latest ways, and we literally owe it to the Body of Christ to present access to life in as many ways as possible.

From here, MMM wants to hear from you. Use the contact form or just respond to this post if you have content that can express to others these options – these accessible options – that mobile opens up. And if you are looking for ways of identifying access via mobile, search the archives to those things that have been tried and done.

There is a lot that is possible, and there’s a lot that should be done. The access window and key to this is in your hand/on your hip. Why not share a bit?