The Digital Sanctuary

Ed Young gets his rap on…..
By referencing a handful of  well known US pastors in this You Tube video rap experiment, Fellowship Church’s Senior Pastor, Ed Young takes ‘using video clips for ministry purposes’ in an unexpected direction.

Ed names Joel Osteen, Rick Warren, Bill Hybels, Craig Groeschel, John Piper, Andy Stanley, Louie Giglio, TD Jakes, [...]

Worship Leader magazine just emailed me announcing that DJ Chuang will join the company as Network Developer.   Although I forgot to blog it, I got the privilege of writing for Worship Leader last summer  (Cynthia Ware – Worship Leader’s Toolbox) and have been so impressed with their persistent and ongoing focus on the use of [...]

Exciting news to report from the YouVersion Team.  (thanks @tonysteward)
They’ve just launched 20+ Bible reading plans across their website and their mobile applications.
Although there have been lists and plans out there for while, this is the first time they’ve integrated them into a free Bible platform that offers so many different translations/languages and is on [...]

Marketing gurus Phil Cooke and Brad Abare appeared in a livestream chat this morning on Conversant Life.  These guys are two of the most sought-after consultants in the field of church and religious media communications.
Hearing them talk about Christians / media / church / communication / change / effectiveness is amazing because of the way [...]

Since we are still evaluating the reality & potential of church online the question just keeps coming up: “Of course, [virtual church] is possible. But is it biblical?”
The following is a response to me from Douglas Estes, author of SimChurch regarding his reflections on this post by Drew Goodmanson – Is Online Community real community; [...]

I get sent 4 or 5 books a week.  I have form letters both for authors & publishers saying “unfortunately, I cannot review your book because this space is reserved for discussions about the Church & media technologies”.   Sadly, there haven’t been many publications that fit well in this zone.   But recently, Zondervan sent me [...]

As you likely know, I have a particular aversion to just throwing up videos for the sake of “instant” blogging. Yet, for the first time, I’ve done it twice in a row.  Not really sure why.  I guess I’m more observing and absorbing rather than being in a place to provide any [...]

We are just two days away from The Nines, a 100% online, 100% free, conference for church leaders this Wednesday, September 9th, 2009.
Catalyst is partnering with Leadership Network to provide us with this first time ever free event.
Todd Rhoades of Leadership Network &  Monday Morning Insight answered some of our FAQ’s recently on The Show, and [...]

Many consider SXSW to be the best interactive media conference in the world. You learn from minds like Guy Kawasaki and the people at Facebook and Google. Unfortunately, SXSW has had little if any church oriented content in the past.
You can change that.
You can vote for SXSW Interactive to have several church oriented sessions in [...]

New Hope on iPhone from Peter Thourson on Vimeo.
This is the third part of my continuing interview  with Peter Thourson from New Hope……..

Can we move the church out of the church?

Churches are now in the midst of an exciting revolution where technology is now making it possible for churches to take their ministry global on [...]