This in an interesting article about the growth of the "online" church.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33575348/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/ From the article:
"The move online is forcing Christians to re-examine their idea of church. It's a complex discussion involving theology, tradition and cultural expectations of how Christians should worship and relate. Even developers of Internet church sites disagree over how far they should go. Many, for example, will only conduct baptisms in person.
The staunchest critics say that true Christian community ultimately requires in-person interaction. They deride the sites as religious fast food or Christianity lite.
But advocates consider the Internet just another neighborhood where real relationships can be built. Rob Wegner, a pastor at Granger Community Church of Indiana, which will soon launch its Internet campus, calls the Web the church's "front porch." Pastors who back the sites say they feel a religious duty to harness this new way for reaching the spiritually lost."
Having services more accessible for people to hear the word of God is great but do you think there is a downside in terms of involvement in the activities of the body of Christ? Can all the needs and functions of the church be serviced online or is this just a great outreach to share God's word with people but still requires offline physical actions?
