


At What Cost?
In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, artificial intelligence (AI) has become a ubiquitous topic, sparking debates about its potential benefits and risks. As AI’s capabilities expand, a thought-provoking question emerges:…

Breaking Barriers in Digital Ministry
Technology keeps evolving and transforming how we share the Gospel. This creates unprecedented opportunities for believers with physical limitations to engage in global evangelism. Through our Echo Evangelism Response platform, anyone with internet…

Resident Profile: Vlad Hruntkovskyi
The Resident Leadership Program has welcomed over 220 seminarians from 20 different countries. Vlad was the first participant from Ukraine. Born and raised in Ukraine, where only 3% of the population identifies as Protestant, Vlad grew up in…

Spirituality Without Faith
In today’s culture, many seek spiritual fulfillment without embracing traditional faith. This growingly popular “spiritual but not religious” movement emphasizes personal growth and inner peace. At its core, secular spirituality focuses…

Cultural Context Matters
One of the more powerful aspects of online evangelism is that it offers easy access to conversations with people from diverse cultural and faith backgrounds worldwide. This global reach means we often encounter individuals hearing about Jesus…

You Can Do This!
The Great Commission is Jesus’ final instruction to his disciples before ascending to heaven. This pivotal moment sets forth the mission to go make disciples and includes a promise of God being with all who follow through on this call.
Unfortunately,…

Critical Differences
People considering online evangelism often inquire about how it is different than how they have shared Jesus in the past. It is a good question because there are critical differences with face-to-face evangelism but also wonderful opportunities…

The Value of Time
Summer is often a season where we try to change the normal rhythms of life. We look to get away from work, go on vacation and spend more time with family. When those trips and time off end, we frequently wonder where the time went.
Time is…

Are there any Winners in Cancel Culture?
What comes to mind when you read the words “Cancel Culture”? Is this a more positive or negative concept in your mind?
Decades ago, the cancel culture movement was about undoing social injustice with an aim for progress and change. The…

A Culture of Interruption
We live in a time when life seems to move and change faster than in decades past. This feeling is exacerbated by the pervasiveness of interruptions in our lives. The number of messages, alerts and notifications on our mobile devices can be staggering.
A…

A Beautiful Responder Story
The ministry is a collection of incredible people and testimonies that allow us to meet a lost and broken world with Jesus. It would take a thousand newsletters to share each of their stories. However, occasionally, we like to share one with…

Are you a bot?
It is hard to read the news and not hear something about the advancements and impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on our world. The most ubiquitous application for AI in many of our lives is the ever-present chatbot. The box in the corner…

Welcome Back
Dave Turtletaub joined the ministry board in 2006 and served for ten years before rolling off. The last four of those years was as Board Chairman. He recently rejoined the board in August and shared his perspectives on Need Him Global during…

Chat About Faith
The ministry hosts several different web sites trying to connect with different people in various stages of life to share the Gospel and offer conversations about knowing, trusting, and following Jesus.
Chat about Faith was a site we launched…

Finding New Opportunities to Share Jesus
Need Him Global has been blessed with multiple ministry partnerships that all share a desire to see more people come to know Jesus. We are approached by many each month but not all share the same biblical beliefs or a desire to focus on how…

Where Loneliness Can Lead
One of the sad realities of offering live chat is how lonely people are and how that leads some into poor choices. We unfortunately talk regularly with people trying to recover from one-night stands and online hookups. Some come wanting to talk…

How do you define success?
It sounds like a simple question. However, when you stop and really reflect on it, the answer is much more than a single measurement or metric. This is especially true in evangelism where we so often see people go through long seasons of questions,…

Is Christianity Dying?
According to studies by Pew Research and others, the number of people in the US claiming to be Christian has been on the decline for the past fifty years. The recent pandemic seems to have been the latest accelerant for the decline in church…

What Makes Need Him Global Different?
It is always nice when someone wants to understand what makes us unique. It is also a question that is difficult to answer in a short or simple response. To fully appreciate how Need Him Global is different we look at five distinctives:
1.…

Isn’t Evangelism Outdated?
When I joined the ministry the challenge with evangelism was not getting people to agree it was important but finding those who were willing to engage in it. Recently, the conversation has more often turned to whether evangelism is appropriate. …

A Global Reach
I have an admission to make. The meeting was 2012 and the ministry was discussing a new logo and adding the word “Global” to its name. I was all for the new logo as the previous one was more about radio and not capturing what the ministry…

One Volunteer’s Story of Change
The ministry is blessed with so many humble and incredible volunteers. We went to one a while back and asked her to share some observations about the changes she has seen in the ministry. She agreed but wanted us to withhold her name so the…

13.5 Million Conversations and Growing
Ten years ago, the ministry made the strategic decision to invest in building a dedicated evangelism response platform. The idea was for all types of conversations to come into one place where seekers and volunteers could communicate safely…

ChatNow Partnership
One of the many changes in the ministry over the past five years has been the growing number of partner ministries. These are ministries with some digital presence that do not have volunteers and look to Need Him Global to respond to their guests…

Training the Next Generation of Leaders
One of the truly unique programs within the ministry is our Resident Leadership Program. This is a one year paid internship for seminarians with a passion for evangelism that plan to go into pastoral care or ministry. Each Resident commits to…