Frontier Media Makes Its Return

by: Doug

July 14, 2010

One of the big changes that came in June was the addition of Kevin to my ‘web’ team. I prefer to call it ‘New Media’ or ‘Digital Media’, but around here we go by ‘Web Team’. Anywho…back to Kevin.

Kevin has been around campus since…well, I’m not sure. Asking and finding out would almost spoil the mystique. I do know he has been around long eough to know just about everyone who has ever worked here and every little factoid about the campus and the organization. He has been part of the old Frontier Media team, then IT, and now is back working behind the camera. We spent June getting him up to speed on the new technology and reorganizing the studio space. Cameras have gone from S-VHS to 1080P HD (tapeless mind you) and the software has seen many version updates and significant changes. He is a great learner and eager to get back up to speed on the latest tools and techniques.

No sooner did Kevin come on board did the need for our expertise become more in demand than ever. The organization wants to video tape meetings so our members around the world can watch (we have more members outside Pasadena than here on campus). The founder of Frontiers (and former USCWM staffer), Greg Livingstone, gave a hour long presentation on working in Muslim nations (Frontiers is in every Muslim nation but one). Sorry, that one likely won’t be made public. A film-maker for OMF was on campus working on a co-production with Perspectives. I was camping with Emily (more on that later) so I missed out on that one. Kevin helped him with everything from location scouting to operating the B roll camera.

This week we are recording an interview with another guest on campus. Maksat is what is often called a “Muslim Background Believer” or MBB for short. MBBs are muslims who follow Jesus. Much like Jews who believe Jesus is the Messiah, MBBs retain their cultural identity, but do so with Jesus as their Lord. I’m sure you probably have many of the same questions I do. I’ll be sure to post a follow up and hopefully some video of that when it is ready.

There are many more ideas we have for using video to help mobilize and train people for missions. I had been wanting to do so many things with video in the last 2 years. Now that Kevin is around we can finally begin to see these happen. Video is one of the most compelling forms of media there is. People can’t get enough of it. Facebook, YouTube, and other technologies have made spreading the word super easy and essentially free. We are exited to be able to produce these and get them out there to further the Kingdom of God. Be sure to follow us on Facebook to find out as soon as these go live.