Jamaican Churches are Going Global Via Webcasting
Many Jamaicans all over the world now can watch Jamaican worship services on-line!
Kingston, Jamaica (PRWEB) January 12, 2006 -- East Jamaica conference and PraiseCast are working together webcasting sermons of Jamaican Pastors. People and especially Jamaicans all over the world can now watch Jamaican churches’ worship services on-line. East Jamaica Conference has over 100 member churches and every week a different church will be featured.
“With several hundred thousand Jamaicans outside of Jamaica, we are very excited to reach them as well as help them connect to their own churches in Jamaica,” said Pastor Adrian A. Cotterell, Conference president. “In essence, as part of our ‘Tell the World’ campaign, we are inviting the entire world to our churches,” continued Pastor Cotterell.
East Jamaica Conference of Seventh-day Adventists currently has 37 Pastoral districts, 135 congregations and over 59,636 members. Within the territory there are the following Adventist’ institutions: one hospital, three clinics, 2 High schools, six primary schools and a number of basic schools.
“We are living in a Global Village today, where families and friends are widely dispersed all over the world. With this new technology our conference members, as well as other Jamaicans or non-Jamaicans can join in our prayers and worship services,” said Pastor Arlington R. Woodburn, Conference communication’s director.
PraiseCast is the company that provides the webcasting services. “ PraiseCast’s complete and unique approach to church webcasting will enable us to extend our reach and connect with people who are unable to attend in person,” said Pete Saunders, the Conference webmaster. “East Jamaica Conference’s passion to reach people is very exciting. We are pleased to assist the Conference to achieve this goal,” said Vince Imani, President of PraiseCast.
The stream videos can be viewed at any time at www.ejconference.org and are updated weekly. The video streams are also featured at PraiseCast website(www.praisecast.com.)
About East Jamaica Conference:
The conference consists of: 4 Zones contained in the parishes of Kingston and St. Andrew, Portland and St. Thomas, 37 Pastoral districts, 135 congregations and 59,636 members. Within the territory there is also one hospital-Andrews Memorial, free clinics, the Penn Wood clinic, North street clinic and the Trench Town clinics, 2 High schools-Portland High and Kingsway High, six primary schools and a number of basic schools.
About PraiseCast:
PraiseCast’s comprehensive services help religious organizations to use webcasting and podcasting as an effective tool for evangelism and improvement of member services. PraiseCast is a leading provider of live and on-demand Internet broadcasting services to religious organizations. For more information, visit www.praisecast.com.
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