Ministry Tech Leaders

To use social media or to not use social media. It is not a small choice as recent research is showing there are significant downsides to being on social media.

We ought to love one another and to use the church as a place of healing. Church communicators can do all of the above—we can make a space for honest conversation, healing, and love by using our digital platforms.

Many have also relearned the value of some non-digital tools of the past that along with these new tools will most likely last longer than the pandemic. For me and for many others one non-digital tool is postcards.

The pandemic has deeply modified how we are connecting with people. The irony is that technology has made a difficult situation easier . . . in some ways. I’ve been reading accounts of the Spanish Flu pandemic in 1918 and the correlations to the current Covid-19 pandemic are startling.

AVL (Audio/Video/Lighting) systems used by church tech teams elevate the worship experience utilize heavy resources. These systems need protection.

Economies have been shaken, social structures have been re-arranged, and worship gatherings have all been impacted deeply. The pandemic has changed church.

Due to the instantaneous nature of text messaging, there’s been a significant increase in the number of text messages churches are sending in an effort to stay connected.

The fastest-growing churches have already begun live-streaming their services as a way to grow, connecting with an audience that was not be able to physically attend due to distance, age, or disability, and that includes video with captioning.