The New Frontier
Church online is a fairly new thing.
Obviously this is new territory. Not every Church will agree that you can even do Church online. Some will be early adapters to it. Some will adapt years from now. Some will never adapt. The fact is, Church online is here and is not going anywhere whether you like it or not.
Here are a few of the Churches out there with an online campus or in the process of starting one. Flamingo Road, New Hope, Alive Church, NewSpring and Lifechurch.tv.
This is just the tip of the iceberg. I bet each one of these Churches will tell you that their way is not the way everyone should do it, but that the way they do it works best for them.
We will see more and more Churches start to hire Online Community Pastors.
We will see Churches use many different mediums to launch their online campus. They will either use their own that they developed or there are other options out there.
USTREAM and Mogulus are great places to start if you don't have a large budget or the IT/staff to pull it off.
Churches and Pastors will be using Facebook and Twitter more often.
We will see more and more Churches doing online small groups thanks to Tokbox.
The potential for what the Church can do online is astounding and unimaginable. This really is just the beginning.
Please add your input and ideas for making Church online an engaging and fun experience. What are your questions? Does your church have an online campus?