Comments on: Kicking Off an In-Depth Conversation About Online Church

By: suman isaac

suman isaac — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 12:17:39 +0000

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Kingdom Strategist looks back at 2009 - Kingdom Strategist — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:27:19 +0000

[...] strong positions on the issue but there doesn’t seem to be much debate. Paul Steinbrueck at OurChurch.com did a great series diving deeper into the issue, but other than that most of what people are say about online church is either why or how. There [...]

By: PaulSteinbrueck

PaulSteinbrueck — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:18:43 +0000

Hey Mark, thanks for your comment. I applaud churches like Granger for taking a leap into the realm of online church even though we don't have all the answers and having figured out all the implications. I would imagine you and others at Granger have discussed a lot of the issues we're going to be discussing in this series and you have a lot of insight on them, so I hope you'll share some of what you've learned from your internal discussions with us here.

By: PaulSteinbrueck

PaulSteinbrueck — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:14:21 +0000

Absolutely! Thanks for stopping by Gabe. Look forward to reading your thoughts on these topics.

By: Mark Meyer

Mark Meyer — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:52:44 +0000

Paul:
Thank you for the invitation to watch/join the conversation regarding online church. The landscape is certainly changing… Church attendance is decreasing, social networking is exploding, and views of Christianity and “the church” are troubling (Unchristian, Barna surveys)… I believe there are millions who are not comfortable taking a step to go to a physical church… that step certainly seems easier online. Overall, my view is Yes and Yes. The physical church and online church can help people take steps toward Christ. And there are real challenges keeping many Online Church leaders awake at night as we wrestle with how to best connect people, encourage people, and disciple people online style. I pray for unity and wisdom for all those facing these issues head on…

By: Gabe Taviano

Gabe Taviano — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:04:56 +0000

Definitely a good discussion to have. There are quite a few things people don’t think of when engaging this topic. Will be interesting to hear what people’s thoughts are as we go through this.

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Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:11:13 +0000

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By: Paul Steinbrueck

Paul Steinbrueck — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:59:30 +0000

Dave, I certainly hope we have participation from those involved in the online church movement. Great idea making personal invitations to those involved in the development or pastoring of online churches. I’ll invite as many as I can. I hope you and others who read this will help spread the word as well.

By: Dave Bourgeois

Dave Bourgeois — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:30:12 +0000

This is a great discussion to have. Can we get participation from some of those involved in the online church movement? Maybe you can specifically invite some of them? I will stay tuned and contribute to the conversation as I have time. My position on online church is summed in my review of SimChurch here.

Dave

By: Neal Locke

Neal Locke — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:12:50 +0000

Ambitious goals and topics, all — but I’m glad you’re taking them on. I’m even more happy to hear this:

“The objective is not to definitively prove whether virtual churches are legitimate churches or not, but to help the church become better by discussing where virtual churches have unique the potential to advance the kingdom of God and where they face challenges to becoming healthy, fully functional churches.”

I hope that spirit holds throughout the conversation — If so, I think it will be a useful and groundbreaking one!