JesusOnline Ministries
Sharing Jesus in Today's World.
Mission
JesusOnline Ministries uses internet technologies to help people around the world discover who Jesus really is, receive Him as Lord and Savior, follow Him through personal online discipleship, and share Him with others.
Ruling year
2003
Executive Director
Mr. Helmut Teichert
Founder and President
Larry Chapman
Main address
P.O. Box 1643
Higley, AZ 85236 USA
Formerly known as
B & L Publications
EIN
06-1656838
NTEE code
Religious Media, Communications Organizations (X80)
IRS filing requirement
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Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Everyday, millions of people who are curious about Jesus are on the internet from all over the world. They have questions and misunderstandings about who Jesus really is. As a result, they live without the hope, love, and life that He offers.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Internet Evangelism
In 2003, Dr. Bill Bright, founder of Campus Crusade for Christ (now CRU), helped establish what is now JesusOnline Ministries.
Since that time, there have been over 259 million website visits from people around the world who desired to know more about Jesus.
Every day, in 2022, about 172,000 people from 190 countries encountered Jesus on one of JesusOnline’s 21 websites. And, every day, about 5,600 people committed their lives to Jesus — totaling 2,058,712 people deciding to follow Christ.
JesusOnline.com contains numerous evangelistic articles and videos to reach people for Christ. Our highest performing video, “Jesus’ Resurrection and You,” summarizes the evidence for the resurrection of Jesus and then explains how to receive the forgiveness and new life He offers.
By God’s grace, it only takes ONE DOLLAR to share the truth about Jesus with 30 people and see ONE PERSON express saving faith in Christ or rededicate their life to Him.
Persuasive Apologetics
JesusOnline Ministries delivers reasons to believe in Jesus to people all over the world on the internet. But with so many false claims being promoted about Christ, it’s no wonder people are confused or don’t think He is relevant to their lives.
Jesus asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” Today people still have questions and misunderstandings about who Jesus really is. Questions like: “Was Jesus a real person?” — “Is Jesus God?” — “Did Jesus rise from the dead?”
Y-Jesus.com provides persuasive answers to these questions and many others related to the true identity of Christ in 20 different languages.
By freeing people from lies, doubts, and misconceptions—we gently move them toward a clear, more comprehensive understanding of who Jesus is. This way, they can develop a more meaningful relationship with Him and discover His purpose for their lives.
Online Discipleship
When people make a decision to follow Jesus, we offer them the opportunity to go deeper in their relationship with Him. We encourage them to access our JO Discipleship App and join the app community where our discipleship team will help them grow in their faith.
The JO App is full of resources including the full NET bible, devotionals, downloadable books, and a prayer community. There is even a direct messaging feature so that people with questions can reach out to our Discipleship Pastor, Jonathan Kobayashi, and his team of volunteers.
The discipleship team also replies to emails from website visitors with personal responses and a free discipleship e-book, “The Adventure of Living with Jesus.”
Since the launch of the JO App in 2020, more than one million people have accessed the app. (See app.jesusonline.com).
Equipping Pastors and Disciplers
JesusOnline Ministries equips the church globally (individuals, missionaries, and pastors) by providing free, downloadable discipleship materials, online Bibles, and other Christ-centered resources. Thousands of these resources have been provided to seekers, believers, and Christian leaders.
While many resources are available on the JOM websites, the JO Discipleship App contains even more. Pastors and missionaries have expressed how the JO App has helped them in to fuel their ministries.
For example, Pastor Sokoro uses the JO Discipleship App to train hundreds of pastors of churches planted in Southeastern Africa. The app has greatly helped him in his preaching and teaching ministry. He accesses the app almost daily.
Although Pastor Sokoro went to college and has a Diploma in Theology, he finds the app articles to be more practical and engaging for the young pastors that he mentors. He downloads article PDFs, prints them and is even translating some into local languages.
Where we work
Affiliations & memberships
Evangelical Council of Financial Accountability - Member 2012
External reviews
Videos
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of people reached with the Gospel of Jesus Christ
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Internet Evangelism
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Visits from people who clicked on an ad that directed to a gospel article or video. Daily avg. in 2022, was 172,000 ppl. Since 2005, there have been 259M visits to 21 JOM's websites.
Number of new users of the JO App
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Online Discipleship
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
The JO Discipleship App was launched April 2020. It is used by JOM to connect gospel respondents with content that aids spiritual development. It includes a messaging system to disciple users.
Number of people indicating a decision to follow Christ
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Internet Evangelism
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
These #'s are people who indicated a decision to receive Christ for a 1st time or a rededication. Daily avg. in 2022, was 5,640 ppl. Since 2005, we have had more than 5 million ppl. come to Christ.
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
JesusOnline Ministries uses internet technologies to help people around the world discover who Jesus really is, receive Him as Lord and Savior, follow Him through personal online discipleship, and share Him with others.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
JesusOnline Ministries is a global leader in using internet advertising to give people reasons to believe in Jesus.
JesusOnline uses a proven 4-step strategy to reach people for Christ on every continent.
Step 1. We advertise questions people are asking about Jesus.
Step 2. People click the ads that link to compelling gospel articles and videos.
Step 3. They discover answers revealing Jesus’ true identity and the life He offers.
Step 4. We follow up with those who respond and encourage them to join our app community. Then our Discipleship Pastor and his team of volunteers help members cultivate their relationship with Jesus.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
JesusOnline Ministries has hundreds of articles and videos that help people understand who Jesus really is, why it is important to begin a personal relationship with Him, and how to grow spiritually in the Christian Faith. Some of this content has been translated into 19 other languages and made available on separate websites.
With almost two decades of experience, JesusOnline has become highly proficient in the use of online advertising to attract internet users to spiritual content that relates to their interests and needs.
Although JOM only has five employees, many services are performed by outside contractors such as To The New, a global company with 1,200 employees who specialize in providing a wide range of digital services.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Since 2006, JesusOnline Ministries has had more than 250 million visits to 21 websites with more than 5 million indicated decisions to follow Christ from people in 190 countries. To date, there have been more than 500,000 JO Discipleship App users.
During the past several years, the JesusOnline outreach has sky-rocketed, growing from 11.5 million website visits in 2019 to 63 million visits in 2022.
Our vision is to have one billion website visits by 2030, providing persuasive reasons to believe in Jesus. As a result, we hope to see 30 million people decide to become followers of Christ.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We share the feedback we received with the people we serve, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
Financials
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JesusOnline Ministries
Board of directorsas of 10/31/2023
Larry Chapman
Acting Chair, JesusOnline Ministries
Larry Chapman
Chief Editor, Coauthor, Y-Origins and Y-Jesus Magazines
Steven T. Mydynski
Inventor; Business Owner, Medical Products
Brian Ricci
Ministry and Leadership Development Coach
Sid Pfaff
Business Owner, Insurance and Financial Services
John Niemann
Entrepreneur
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
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