![]() “We had to make sure the message wasn’t just translated into the right languages, but also culturalized.”.“The goal is not just to have a disciple, but a reproducing disciple.”.“We want to make sure that every person on Earth has multiple opportunities to know Jesus.”.“There’s a heavy burden that comes when you are responsible for God’s money.”. ![]() ![]() Jeff has an incredible perspective on the great commission and the work it will take to complete. As a testament to GMO’s commitment to follow-up and discipleship, in 2020 there were over 750,000 people who had been in a relationship with an online missionary for over 1 year. However, Global Media Outreach has an intensive network of over 3500 online volunteer missionaries who follow up every online interaction with personal conversations and discipleship. With numbers that large, it is easy to think that these gospel presentations or indications for Christ are simply clicks on a website and nothing more. Since 2004, GMO has had over 250 million indicated decisions for Christ and has reached over 2.2 billion people with the message of the gospel using digital technology including social media and over 110 different websites. As he listened to the discussion, he realized that the internet could be one of the most powerful tools to date in reaching the rest of the world for Christ. ![]() The idea for Global Media Outreach began in 2004 when it’s founder, Walt Wilson, a project manager for Apple under Steve Jobs, was sitting in a meeting at MIT about how to best monetize the internet. After God abruptly got his attention, he pivoted to full time ministry, eventually becoming the CEO of GMO. Jeff started off in the business world working his way up to Executive Vice President of Operations for one of the top 5 home building companies in the country before setting off to start his own home building company. Jeff Gowler is the president and CEO of Global Media Outreach, which seeks to give every person on Earth multiple opportunities to know Christ by leveraging technology and the internet. ![]()
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