EP380 - Gathered and Scattered: Dr. Stephen Lowe on the Biblical Case for Digital Ministry
Gathered. And scattered.
The objection to digital ministry is usually made on biblical grounds: the church is a gathering, and a gathering needs a room. Dr. Stephen D. Lowe has spent a career answering that on its own ground — in the Old Testament, in Acts, in 1 Peter, and in the ascension, where Christ is bodily absent and present and directing anyway.
On Becoming theChurch.digital, Jeff Reed talks with Dr. Stephen D. Lowe, co-author of Ecologies of Faith in a Digital Age and, with Dr. Mary E. Lowe, of a new book, Biblical Foundations for an Ecology of Digital Ministry, out the day before this conversation.
What we get into: holy place giving way to holy Person; Paul preferring a letter to a visit; whether the objection to digital communion is theological or customary; baptism, which is the harder case; ecology as a better model of spiritual growth than a headcount; and what digital missionaries themselves get wrong.
LIVE Wednesday, October 28 — 2:00 PM ET
Chat is open the whole hour.
Going deeper:
What is a digital missionary? https://thechurch.digital/guides/what-is-a-digital-missionary/
Church online: https://thechurch.digital/guides/church-online/
Hybrid church: https://thechurch.digital/guides/hybrid-church/
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Becoming theChurch.digital is the show for church leaders figuring out digital ministry in public.
This season: The Listening Tour — less broadcasting at digital ministry, more listening to where it actually is.
https://thechurch.digital
@bethechurchdigital
