Sharing the Gospel on YOUTUBE

During the 2009-10 Winter Seed Sowers in Texas a number of the people there discussed possible ways to witness to the unsaved. One of the outcomes of that discussion was AtPeaceWithGod. AtPeaceWithGod is a YouTube channel (a YouTube account for posting and sharing videos). The purpose of AtPeaceWithGod is to spread the Gospel to places we may never go and to people we may never meet.

Without any real experience making videos a couple of us took up the challenge to make individual videos. One of the videos, “Atheist No Longer”, is the testimony of an atheist who became a Christian at the age of fifteen. It has really struck a chord, or rather a nerve, with the many atheists on YouTube. A number of lively discussions have taken place with various atheists in the comments section of the videos and through YouTube messages. Because of the active presence of atheist on YouTube another video “I Know Too Much to Be an Atheist” was posted. This has also received a fair bit of attention from the atheists on YouTube although it has not generated the conversation desired like “Atheist No Longer.”

"Woah! Is that what Christianity is?" is a video collage of nine Christian youths who answer questions regarding both their salvation and lives as Christians. This video is the first group video and generated a fair bit of interest, so ideas are being generated for further group videos. Fellow Christians seem much more willing to participate if they are not doing a video alone.

This “project” is very much still in the experimental stage. The most effective way to spread the gospel through a 2-8 minute video is still being sought after. At this point in time, variety and creativity seem to be the best course of action. It is impossible to know exactly what God will use to reach the wide variety of people who access YouTube.

A few AtPeaceWithGod statistics:

http://www.youtube.com/AtPeaceWithGod

Number of videos: 10

Videos in Spanish: 2

Total Video Views: 2409

Total Comments: 162

Number of Contributors: 14

Top Six View Generating Countries:

United States

Canada

United Kingdom

Finland

Netherlands

Gibraltar

Video Titles:

Atheist No Longer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1qi4KNZd7Y

How I came to Know God http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4twxFEv1lzE

I Know Too much to Be an Atheist http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyqmAUiLGH4

No Greater Love http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TSs1-rKrio

Un Pecador Salvo por Gracia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZK2NY3m39E

Religions: All the same? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbiHJr4cVy4

The Simple Gospel Truth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BuZ-eJDZdY

Tres Preguntas de la Biblia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtCulRKj1yo

Valentine’s Day Quiz http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c55bHFHw_Sc

Woah! Is that what Christianity is? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seDH2IDziqY

We are looking for ideas and willing participants. Please contact me if you are interested in contributing. 

Submitted by Jeremy Kundert and Anthony Elliott, in fellowship with the assembly at Waukesha, WI.