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Enrolling
To enroll in a course CLICK
HERE
, then fill out the form ,selecting the course/s you wish to enroll
in. Make sure you read the material in the left hand column (of the
enrollment page) including the course descriptions. The courses are
all free. You must be a bible-believing, born-again Christian and over
18 to do the courses.
Finding
Information
To find information about
a topic that interests you CLICK HERE and
you will end up at our Search page which has a Google site search engine
on it. You can search the entire web or you can just search aibi.ph
which contains GlobalChristians.Org. Type in the term
you want and press "Google Search" and you will quickly find
all you would like about the topic. Try searching for the following
terms: "Jeremiah", "prayer" and "church management"
and you will find information about each of them in the vast resources
of GlobalChristians.Org!
Using
Ebooks
GlobalChristians.Org uses electronic
books to help students download their class material as quickly as possible
over the slow Internet connections that are common in rural parts of
Asia. An ebook can contain hundreds of pages of bible teaching yet take
only 3 minutes to download and they can be read in most web browsers.
GlobalChristians.Org mainly uses KeeBoo ebook technology because it requires no special
software. You can read a KeeBoo ebook in any web browser. That way students
in Internet cafes do not have to ask the owner of the cafe if they can
download Acrobat reader or other special ebook software. With KeeBoo
all you need is Internet Explorer and that is on nearly all Windows
PC's. (KeeBoo ebooks work best with Internet Explorer and not so well
with Navigator and poorly with Opera and other browsers).
Keeboo
ebooks come in two types - zip and exe. The "zip" type are
just the books files compressed together with the ebook program. The
"exe" type is the zip type plus an extra self-installing program
that makes them easier to install and use. Mac users should use the
"zip" type PC users should use the "exe" type of
ebook.
EXE
type ebooks - download the ebook to your computer. Remember where you
put the file. Use Windows Explorer -find the file, double click on it.
It will install itself. Follow the prompts. When it says do you want
it on your desktop click "Yes". Finish installation, go to
your desktop, click on the KeeBoo icon and your book will open. Select
"full page view" and read your ebooks. You can turn the pages
with the yellow arrows down the bottom.
ZIP
type ebooks - download the ZIP file to your computer. Remember where
you put it. Use WinZip or similar archiver program to open the file.
(Hint: Make sure you extract it into a directory of its own and not
into your downloads folder! So in extract to you might type ebook1
for the folder name) Go the folder where you put the extracted files
and find the file called "index.html" and double-click on
it, or open it in your favorite web browser. The ebook will come up
and you can start work.
Online
Etiquette
Theological
discussions can get a bit heated at times so there need to be a few
ground rules about how we conduct ourselves as Christians online. Here
they are:
- Disagree with
ideas but not with people. You can say "I think that Calvinism
is wrong at points a, b and c" - that's fine. But to say "I
think all Calvinists are bone-heads" is an unacceptable personal
attack. Jesus never criticized the Pharisees by name or in overly
general terms - rather he pointed out specific practices and teachings
that were wrong. That is a wise practice to follow.
- Remember GlobalChristians.Org is both Christian and interdenominational. That is we are a bunch
of born-again, bible-believing Christians. But we come in lots of
flavors - evangelical, charismatic, Pentecostal, Catholic renewal,
Anglican, mainline Protestant etc. Therefore we will see life very
differently and I want to nurture that diversity because it enriches
us all. You can expect people at GlobalChristians.Org to be Christians and not
Buddhists or atheists, but you cannot expect everyone to believe exactly
what you believe.
- Please do not
USE ALL CAPITALS it is considered as shouting and is very rude online.
- No rude language,
sexual suggestion, online marketing, MLM schemes, pornography, personal
attacks, threats, racial hatred or abuse. (You will be gently warned
once, then if your persist you will be strongly reprimanded, then
if you still continue you will be expelled.)
- Remember that
anyone can visit GlobalChristians.Org and that we do not have control over the
people who choose to visit our site or leave messages. If you spot
something wrong then email
us and we will do what we can to fix it ASAP. We rely on you to
tell us when an offense has occurred - its a big site and we cannot
be everywhere at once.
- Be concise in
your comments. It is appreciated by all who read it. Remember some
people are on slow, expensive Internet connections in Asia and the
time they spend reading a very long post is time and money wasted.
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Selecting
A Course
GlobalChristians.Org is currently offering the two-year Harvestime Bible College
course for pastors, church planters and evangelists.
Harvestime
Bible College Course Two-year
bible college course that trains people in evangelism and church growth
and basic pastoral knowledge and skills. Only text needed is a bible.
English level is fairly straightforward and simple. Has already run
in 50 countries successfully, is now online.
GlobalChristians.Org
is also offering fifteen Short Courses
on topics as diverse as prayer, urban ministry and the life and ministry
of Jesus.
Interaction
Center / Online
Classrooms
The Interaction Center
is where you find other people and can use the discussion forums, share
prayer points, catch up on GlobalChristians.Org news and announcements and get help
when you need it. It is also your online classroom.
When
you first go to the Interaction Center
you will need to register - and choose a username and password. You
can choose anything you like, this will become your identity on the
discussion forums.
The Interaction
Center is where your online classrooms are located. Your lecturer
may ask you to participate in forums, use a reflective journal or upload
certain files. You will find links to these on the left-hand side of
the relevant subject area.
- The forums
are public discussion areas for each subject. They will have topics
- and you are expected to contribute a reply/replies to the question
being asked.
They
are like a notice board at the school cafeteria where people put up
something and someone adds a note down the bottom and on it goes.
You log on, read the comments that are there, then add your own. The
other person does not have to be there at the time, they will log
on later and reply to you.
The whole class can read the forum and so it becomes a place for Christian
discussion and debate (in a spirit of mutual edification). Personal
attacks ('flames") are not allowed.
- The reflective
journals are for your personal reflection on the course
material. Only you and the lecturer get to see what is written there.
You can freely express yourself.
- The files
area is where you can share relevant files for the class.Some lecturers
may ask you to do research and upload the results for the whole class
to use. In that case use the files area. Please virus check
all files before uploading. NB: Copyright material, music files
and potentially dangerous files such as exe files and pif files are
not allowed to be uploaded to the files area.
- The Drop-Box
is where you upload the assessment for that subject.
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Downloading
Ebooks and Files
To download an ebook or a
file, click on the link and then follow the instructions in your browser.
Remember where you put the file on your computer. Then use Windows Explorer
or a similar file manager, go to the file, double click on it and it
should open.
Zip
Files
Some files are ZIP files. To open these you need an
archiver program such as WinZip - it is probably on your computer already.
Zip files are not complicated - they are just compressed and "zipped
Up" making them much smaller and hence easier to distribute over
the Internet. WinZip just "opens the envelope" and extracts
the file from being zipped up back to its normal uncompressed state.
Just install WinZip then click on the "zip file" in Windows
Explorer and the file should open - then just follow the simple instructions
on the screen.
PDF
Files
PDF stands for "portable
document format" and its a very nice, attractive and secure way
of presenting data so that other people can download it and use it -
whether they have PC or a Mac or Linux or whatever. However to read
a PDF file you need to download the free
Adobe Acrobat Reader (just click on the link at left). Once
you have done that and installed it on your computer you will be able
to read PDF files - and that's a good idea because lots of people are
using them now!
Using
Articles In Your Ministry
Generally speaking you may
use articles from GlobalChristians.Org for personal ministry, a bible class, sermon
etc. but not for publication, use in the mass media etc. The articles
are all copyright and if you want to reproduce an article then simply
e-mail the author and ask him or her for permission. Some authors give
permission in the article itself, others are a bit more restrictive.
Always check with the individual author. When the author is John Edmiston
(that's me) you may use the article for ministry purposes quite freely
but not in the mass media or print or elsewhere on the Internet without
permission. So say you find one of my articles on prayer and you want
to teach it to your bible class - go right ahead and send me a note
telling me how it went! I love to hear of my material being used for
God's glory! However if you want to publish it in your denominational
newspaper - then please drop me
a note first.
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