Mission Statement

The Global Christian Internet Alliance is an international network of Christian ministries using the Internet to help fulfill the Great Commission. GCIA's mission is to provide convenient access to quality Christian Internet resources in all the major languages of the world.

History

The Global Christian Internet Alliance grew out of an international gathering convened by Christianity Today International in May 2001. Participants included ministries representing eight major languages: Chinese, Dutch, English (UK and USA), German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), and Spanish (Chile). Most were leading Christian publishers or broadcasters seeking effective ways to extend their evangelism and discipleship ministries through the Internet.

Following this first conference in Chicago, alliance partners developed an international channel on their own sites with multi-lingual links to other affiliates. In June 2002 a second conference was hosted near Amsterdam by our Dutch partner, Evangelische Omroep (www.eo.nl).

Several new partners joined the alliance at the Amsterdam conference, including French, English (Australia and Canada), Spanish (Costa Rica), and a second German partner.

The third annual conference was hosted near Toronto in August 2003 by our Canadian partner, the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (www.christianity.ca). New partners added to alliance included Italian, Norwegian, and English partners from India and South Africa. GCIA's fourth annual conference was held in June 2005 in Paris, hosted by our French partner, TopChretien.com. New partners included Arabic, Russian, Swedish, and a second Portuguese partner from Brazil. GCIA's 2006 conference is scheduled for June, hosted in Seoul by our Korean partner, the Christian Broadcasting System (www.cbs.co.kr).

This growing network currently includes 22 ministries representing 14 major languages. Together these languages represent over 85% of Internet users, and new partners are being added to the alliance as more and more languages get connected to the World Wide Web.

Contact Us

Send e-mail to GCIA@christianitytoday.com