Comments on: The Church Online

By: Tommy12

Tommy12 — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:36:37 +0000

The best thing is too talk to my wife. She works with developers for that type of material for the web. There is different software you can google up. Online schools use a technology called Black Board that you can get for free. Then you will need quailty video conferencing that can handle alot of veiwers,,,,,,,,,

By: Ben Cotten

Ben Cotten — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:09:29 +0000

Texas Instruments? Tell us more…

By: Ben Cotten

Ben Cotten — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:09:12 +0000

So true, Joseph! The potential is amazing.

By: tommy1

tommy1 — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:20:09 +0000

I think the key is using current technolgy and being on the cutting edge. Almost like face book where something is going on all the time. Texas instruments has great software for that. If you have great software and a cutting edge style too it I think you can run with it,

By: Joseph_Cotten

Joseph_Cotten — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:03:58 +0000

Thanks for getting this going, Ben. You know, Jesus always went to where the people were who needed him, and He didn't demand that they change anything except their hearts. Those people who don't want to come to church, or even be approached by an evangelistically-minded Christian will attend an online church meeting BECAUSE of the anonymity! That's awesome! I think we as the Church should be using this, and not just talking about it. I can totally envision some hacker in his mom's basement finding an online church at 2:00 am after playing World of Warcraft for hours, and deciding to check out the online service because the graphics are cool, and he's bored. Then, BAM – the Holy Spirit convicts him, and he responds! If there's someone online to take his questions, that hacker could get saved right there in front of his computer.

How cool would it be then for him to get connected with a group of young guys in his area that also attend that same online church, and maybe he could even end up simultaneously attending a brick & mortar church in his area.

This would be a great tool for church networks too – the network could start an online church, and give all of it's members connections at member churches in their area. It's something that could facilitate a level of unity in the Body of Christ that would not have been dreamed of five years ago.

By: Ben Cotten

Ben Cotten — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:39:04 +0000

That's awesome. I think what I love about what's happening is that the Church at large is becoming more interconnected and less sectioned off in local silos. These online campuses are allowing small (or any size) local churches to become intimately connected to the global Church. Online, nobody seems to care what denomination, tradition, or church size you belong to.

Thanks for stopping by and giving us some insight “from the trenches”.

By: Ben Cotten

Ben Cotten — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:29:04 +0000

Now you're talking! Even better, you could have multiple speakers doing different sessions from all over the world. No travel time, no hotel stays, no venue booking, etc.