The world has gone digital, and the Church must follow. Even better, it should lead the charge. When companies insist on a physical approach in a digital world, they fail. If churches insist on a physical approach in a digital world, they will face an uphill climb as well.
So here’s the shift (and tip of the hat to Tony Morgan for the language): We need to move away from a focus on gathering, and move toward a focus on connecting. We’ve bet the farm on gathering people together in a building. That’s a bet that won’t play out in the days to come. Instead, bet the farm on connecting people in whatever way they are connecting with you. And right now, and for the foreseeable future, that will be done digitally.
And stretch your thinking—this doesn’t mean you don’t gather together; rather it’s rethinking how you gather together. This may not be in a building.
Thousands gathered this past weekend at Meck. We talked to each other, engaged one another, experienced a shared worship and teaching with each other. We gave of our resources and prayed with and for one another. Pastors were pastoring, counselors were counseling. People gave their lives to Christ. It’s just that most of it happened outside of a gathering in a building.
But it still happened.
And it was very, very real.
This article about digital ministry originally appeared here, and is used by permission.
