Comments on: How Ministries Justify Online Engagement When It’s Really Just Fear

By: human3rror

human3rror — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 19:17:06 +0000

this is a good point adam. perhaps just let it roll on over them… sometimes that works as well.

By: Graham Brenna

Graham Brenna — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:08:32 +0000

That's the issue at my church. I've ramped up our online strategies but there is still more to do. The issue is that we A: don't have the manpower at the moment and B: early adoption of new ideas has never really been the church's strong-suite… especially if it's a 50 year old Lutheran church. We'll get there… it'll just take time.

By: Graham Brenna

Graham Brenna — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:05:53 +0000

interesting take… I might agree with that on some level

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:53:01 +0000

The church we attend has really begun to ramp up it's online presence and activities. I'd like to see them do more though, be more interactive with the broader internet community. I think that right now, it's just about priorities, there's only some much time, effort, money, volunteers, etc. We're fairly new to the church, so I'm still finding my way around, but it's something that I'd like to bring up and get involved in there.

By: EpicFaith

EpicFaith — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:38:06 +0000

Fear is not the absence of faith, it is the opposite of faith. We could say it like this. If faith is believing in God, God's word and God's power, fear is not believing God, God's word and God's power. So applying this to online ministry, faith is believing that God can and will move thru "online strategies" and fear is believing that God can't and won't move thru "online strategies."

Last time I checked, God open the mouth of a donkey to speak to Balaam. Why can't God open the "Mouth" of "online strategies?"

By: Adam_S

Adam_S — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:08:33 +0000

Honestly I think sometimes we need to let the fear stop them. If they are afraid and barrel ahead anyway, more than likely they will produce something that is not only inadequate but actually harmful to the cause of Christ. I have seen it before. I agree that we have a role in educating people about ministry, but fear may be part of the work of the Spirit to slow people down before making mistakes.