More Good Launches New Site!

More Good Foundation–global venue for member involvement in online missionary work–announces it’s highly-anticipated fresh, new home website: Take some time out today and visit MoreGoodFoundation.org!

The five-plus-year-old non-profit–founded by Dave Neeleman, Ken Woolley and Jim Engebretson, is an enabler of site and content creation that will allow for Mormons to define for themselves who they are, to reclaim the media conversation, actively dispelling misperceptions about us, and utilizing the “Net”–the New Media and Internet–to be fishers of men in our day– and to do so judiciously, safely, and in organized fashion.

The beautiful metaphor of the net, as the Savior shared it in Luke, included a call to be ‘fishers of men.’ In a meaningful moment of reflection, it occurred to MGF staff that this Internet of our day is much like the fishing net of old–it is, in one sense, a new metaphor for the gospel “net.”  It is a tool of the gathering, the way through which the honest in heart can find the truth through anonymous and self-initiated searching and studying.

In visiting the homepage, you’ll find a listing of many of our lay sites, garnered around areas of interest for honest seekers wanting to know about us for various reasons—from simple curiosity to intense longing to know their purpose on earth. For a purview of the many sites created by lay members under the MGF global umbrella, visit the icon that lists many of those sites and allows you, through one-click, to browse respectively Mormon-themed topical sites–from Mormon temples to Mormon beliefs.  Select your own or mission language or the language of a seeker you know, and pull up and sit down and see what’s available for those Googling us, and for your own edification.

Then, to become involved yourself, just click on the icon, Ways to Share.

President Jonathan Johnson has spoken of President Kimball’s prophetic statement in a Regional Representative’s seminar, with great feeling and pointing to its significance for our day:

I believe that the Lord is anxious to put into our hands inventions of which we laymen have hardly had a glimpse…. When we have used the satellite and related discoveries to their greatest potential,…then, and not until then, shall we approach the insistence o our Lord and Master to go unto all the world and preach the gospel to every creature (Kimball 1994).

Now is the time, and More Good Foundation has made it simple to engage, and if you are already engaged, to maximize your influence.  For two of the many ways to contribute, check out SiteAdopt.org and LDSTalks.com. In addition, visit the Share tab mentioned above and see what works for you.

More Good Foundation believes that “ordinary is extraordinary”–that there is power, as Seth Godin illustrated well, in having others hear our story from “us”… You ‘are’ the content the world needs to see–and MGF’s goal is to make that positive content about all of who you are, available and accessible online, in a safe manner.

Below is just one of the many fruits of sharing the gospel online–this one resulting from a contact in Italy from an MGF blog by Giuseppe.

Penso che ieri sia stato il giorno più emozionante della mia vita. Il battesimo è stato…meraviglioso. Sono rimasti molto sorpresi dalla presenza del Presidente di Missione. E’ stato un giorno veramente speciale. L’emozione era quasi palpabile…la potevo leggere nei volti di tutti i membri, in quello del presidente di ramo. Tutti erano così Felici, ed io…sono immensamente grata di questo. Ho trovato una famiglia meravigliosa e delle persone stupende. Non sò se riuscirò mai ad essere grata abbastanza, per questa grande benedizione che ho ricevuto.

Translation:
I think yesterday was the most emotional day of my life. The baptism was…marvelous. It ‘was a very special day. The excitement was almost palpable … I could read it in the faces of all members. Everyone was so happy, … and I am immensely grateful for that. I found a wonderful family and beautiful people. I do not know if I’ll ever be able to express gratitude enough for this great blessing that I received.

To read more stories, click on the Stories icon.

The site also includes updates from the MGF Facebook Page. We welcome all of you to sign up now and join our page, and to tweet about all we are doing.

You can also share all the pages and sites you like by clicking on our Share buttons. Add links to our pages on Facebook, and spread the word.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.You may reach us through any website or through email at moregoodfoundation.org, or by calling us at 801.705.5104.