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Could Virtual Church Enhance Physical Church? Surprising Confirmation from the Pew Research Center

Friday, November 6th, 2009

Part 8 of series: The Challenge and Opportunity of Virtual Church
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The Pew Internet and American Life Project, a project of the Pew Research Center, has just released the results of a fascinating and timely study on the Internet and its effects on American social life. This study, […]

Is Virtual Church Enough? A Theological Response

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

Part 7 of series: The Challenge and Opportunity of Virtual Church
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In my last post in this series I offered an existential response to the question: Is virtual church enough? I suggested that when you take away the physical aspect of church, something essential is missing. I supported […]

Is Virtual Church Enough? An Existential Response, Section 2

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

Part 6 of series: The Challenge and Opportunity of Virtual Church
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In my last post, I suggested that, though virtual church has many benefits, a personal cannot experience everything church is supposed to be without being physically present with other Christians. Thus the potential for church to be […]

Is Virtual Church Enough? An Existential Response, Section 1

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

Part 5 of series: The Challenge and Opportunity of Virtual Church
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In my last post in this series I made what I consider to be the strongest case for virtual church. It is based on the fact that millions of people spend a substantial chunk of their lives […]

A Case for Virtual Church

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

Part 4 of series: The Challenge and Opportunity of Virtual Church
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In my last two posts I explained that virtual church, in my opinion, is “real” in many ways that count. Therefore it’s not crazy to consider the possibility that virtual church is something worth doing, at least […]

Could Virtual Church Be Real Church? Section 2

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

Part 3 of series: The Challenge and Opportunity of Virtual Church
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In my last post I began to respond to those who might think that this whole conversation about the reality of virtual church is just plain ridiculous. “After all,” one might object, “how can ‘church’ that exists […]

Could Virtual Church Be Real Church?

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

Part 2 of series: The Challenge and Opportunity of Virtual Church
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Yesterday I began a blog series focusing on the challenge and opportunity of virtual church. This series will be, in part, a conversation with the book SimChurch: Being the Church in the Virtual World by Douglas Estes. […]

The Challenge of Virtual Church: Introduction

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

Part 1 of series: The Challenge and Opportunity of Virtual Church
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A month ago I did a blog series on the topic: Is Online Church Really Church? Inspired by a conversation at the Christian Web Conference in Southern California, I wrestled with the notion of whether or not […]