I got to visit Drew Goodmanson's church, Kaleo, at Mission Valley in the heart of San Diego recently when traveling. I have vivid memories of the area having spent my freshman year at UCSD. It was a blast to be at a friend's church. When you've been in ministry for a couple of decades, it's easy to forget what a privilege it is when you are able to visit another congregation.
I was lucky enough to have Drew introduce me to his mom which was a good thing because I was hoping not to stick out as a boomer in the middle of the Generation Y crowd. Although I had to leave a bit early, the whole thing was a great experience. Kaleo Church is growing and multiplying, no small feat for a pioneer work. Want to know how they do it?
I and another pastor on our staff had dinner with Drew a few months back and he explained to us what an innovative approach Kaleo Church is using to plant and grow congregations. They use the Internet as a primary planting tool. Using their hardcore web-savvyness, Drew's team focuses on reaching the next generation by implementing smart SEO techniques. In fact, you could say that have a very concise, targeted church planting strategy using web-focused missiology to reach the generation who, as Don Tapscott puts it, is bathed in bits.
The church has grown to hundreds in a couple of years. No doubt it will become a model for other web-driven ministry experiments. Just another brilliant idea for using technology to serve the Kingdom of God.
If you want to know more, you can visit any of these related sites: Drew Goodmanson, Ekklesia 360, Monk CMS, Church Planting Resources, Sermon Cloud and ChurchBIT.
Additionally, like myself, Drew is one of the authors with a chapter in the Wikiklesia Project which launched yesterday.
I'm not sure why the Acts 29 links aren't hot but when I get back from this week's travels, I'll reload.
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