According to a MinistryToday article written in 2009:
“On Feb. 1 youth groups around the world will be going on a two-week missions trip—from the comfort of their homes.”
A new ministry called ‘Online Missions Trip’ is encouraging young people to evangelize via social networking Web sites like Facebook, MySpace, and World of Warcraft. Tim Schmoyer, pastor of student ministries at Evangelical Covenant Church of Alexandria in Alexandria, Minn. talks about the new online missions ministry for youth:
