The Digital Sanctuary

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 [...]

Special thanks to Tim Schraeder for his impressions / interpretations of some of the concepts / dialog / challenges our session raised at Story 09.  And thank you to the participants who came to our breakout.  Were you there?  You’ll see some of your comments and input here in Tim’s notes.
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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 we continue our march into the future, Christians are continually challenged by the global reality of the Digital Age.  Online technologies are creating an immersive culture of connectivity.  What was formerly known as back channel communication (and considered a niche stream of information) is now in the forefront of our communication preferences.
As we grapple [...]

You are looking at an image of the logo on the first edition of Inspiren; a monthly newsletter designed by the originators of the Christian Web Conference (formerly GodblogCon).

As the web becomes a bigger part of our lives each day, faith leaders are challenged to engage people where they live.  For example, only a few [...]

LifeChurch.tv has done it again.  They have pioneered a new iteration of convergence by getting the Facebook team to allow LifeChurch.tv to integrate status updates into their online church Easter experiences and into Facebook itself.   You heard me right.   This is what happens when the Digerati Team eats their vegetables.
Here’s a detailed email I [...]

This last weekend London hosted an event billed as CyberChurch and Online Community Symposium.  Hosted by Andrew Jones, aka the Tall Skinny Kiwi, aka Chancellor of the virtual Suddenly Seminary, “an intimate and somewhat casual meeting for some really interesting and qualified people, divided up somewhat equally among thinkers, practitioners and supporters”.  Check out his [...]

Just before I left for Innovation3, I was contacted by my friend, Drew Goodmanson of Monk Development (and elder/pastor at Kaleo Church in San Diego).  Drew is someone I really respect, both as a Christian leader and as a savvy business person.  He was one of the first people I discovered who was using the [...]

LifeChurch.tv has been in active development of a brand new internet campus tool to run their online experiences. Today, they roll out the first live version.  Online Community Pastor, Tony Steward, while testing Google video out with me, reminded me that today, Sunday, November 14th, 1pm Central Time, is the launch.
Since they haven’t gotten a [...]