A few days we posted on Twitter asking for prayer for a meeting going on this week:

[Prayer Request] A few folks from the @mobmin will be connecting this week to talk faith, collaboration, and next steps in #mobmin

— Mobile Ministry Mag (@mobileminmag) March 24, 2013

That got us looking back and realizing that we neglected to post the Executive Summary from last December’s Mobile Ministry Forum Consultation. Let’s rectify that, first with a summary this past MMF Consultation:

119 mission strategists representing 56 organizations (including 31 remote participants) participated in the third Mobile Ministry Consultation sponsored by the Mobile Ministry Forum (MMF). This more than doubled the 2011 Consultation participation. Presentations and discussions addressed a wide variety of issues critical to the use of mobile devices in ministry (see the topic list below). Collaborative outcomes of the consultation include plans to expand the four-week course into a six-week course, develop a training manual to equip ministries and local believers to use social media, create a mobile ministry pathway for ministries considering mobile ministry, develop a centralized online hub for all resources related to mobile ministry, design a three-hour introductory online course, and create a taxonomy for discipleship criteria on the mobile platform.

This last consultation occurred at Wycliffe Headquarters (Orlando, Florida). And if you paid attention to Twitter (@mobmin and #mobmin) in December, you’d seen several comments from various participants. But, besides the comments, there were also presentations, keynotes, and strategy sessions.

Keynotes

• Jihad: Pull vs. Push Media in Movements
• The Illusion of Mobile Security
• Preparing for the Post-Mobile World of 2019

Strategy Workshops

• A Mobile Ministry Methodology 
• The Unrestricted, Mobile Future of the Global Church

Tactics Workshops

• Implementing SMS Outreach
• Sharing Beyond the Web and Off the Grid

Read the rest of the MMF 2012 Consultation Executive Summary

The meeting going on this week aims to take what has happened in this and previous MMF meetings and continue to push mobile ministry activities, awareness, and opportunities forward. Items such as the Mobile Ministry Training Course more video demonstrations of mobile ministry, and more case studies/resources become the output of these kinds of sessions.

Stay tuned to the MMF website and the #mobmin hastag for more information towards opportunities and events in this space. And once there’s some data about another MMF Consultation that we can share, we’ll definitely put that out there.