You're right.

The Internet is indeed quickly becoming the melting pot of ideas and preferred platform for open dialog. While more and more people gravitate towards the Net as mobile devices become more ubiquitous the avenues for people to hear the Gospel increases.

Here's my caveat: biblical ministry cannot remain within a medium. The Internet is one such medium much like books, radio, tv.

My worry with evangelizing through the medium of the internet is we lose the actual ministering to people by way of ministering to gravatars and aliases. People need other people to preach, other people to discipleship them, other people to lead them in bible study, and prayer. These are the graces purchased by Christ for His people and dispensed through His church... more specifically the local churches.

So yes, in part I agree that the Internet is become a virtual civilization which needs the Gospel but my hope is that we retain the means to to reach them.

Am I over reacting or being too cautious?

I must end by saying that I am very excited to see your passion and heart to use the Internet to reach people for Christ!

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