JollyBlogger recently had some thoughts about the validity of a cyber-church concept in which believers would “meet” together as a church in cyberspace and not in physical places.
Let’s just not confuse the cyber-community with real Christian community. We need the incarnational, fleshly, sensual elements to be a real church and a real Christian community.
If JollyBlogger is correct, and I think he is, then what does that say about web evangelism efforts that are not born out of real Christian community? What does that say about web evangelism that does not result in new believers participating in authentic Christian community?
I try to always keep in mind that the ideal (although it’s not always possible, in creative access nations for example) is that people come to Christ through exposure to authentic, face-to-face Christian community and that our web evangelism efforts are most effective when they are introducing unbelievers to that authentic, face-to-face Christian community.
I believe that the internet provides today's church with a historic opportunity .... to tell the old, old story of Jesus and His love in ways which could only have been imagined in times past. The objective of this website is to explore the various ways in which today's technology can be used to spread the gospel around the world.
