We hosted a webinar for churches to learn about to setup online streaming
Your parternship is helping us serve the body of Christ in finding new ways to do ministry amongst the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Three weeks ago I mentioned to my colleague that we should pull together a team to serve the churches in Singapore by offering a online seminar (webinar) to help guide those facing cancellations and decreased attendance by livestreaming their services online.
In less than a week, we pulled together a team, spread the word and had over 250 people attend from 130+ churches. We were able to provide practical tips and perspective on what it means to continue to proclaim the gospel during these uncertain times. Participants even joined from as far away as Mongolia and are now training others with the content. We published a guide here.
This week, as the situation worsened in the US and Europe and our teams scrambled to produce a ministry guide of best practices for how to minister at a distance that has been circulated all around the world. It includes some good links to ready-made content to share on the topics of fear and anxiety, whcih are so relevant right now. (You might find it helpful to pass along to your church leadership and pastors or share on social media).
Next week, our team will plan to deliver 4 more webinars, one for each of Asia, Africa, Europe and North America over the next 10 days to help people looking for new ways to minister when it's not possible to meet physically together.
For years, many of our digital teams around the world have wrestled feeling pushed to the sidelines of ministry by those who believed (or acted) as if digital strategies didn't have a place to help in the Great Commission. Suddenly, this past month, demand has been strong and ministry leaders are receptive to new ideas.
As we've begun 2020, we thought we would be attending two key missionary gatherings in Thailand and planning a major Digital Missions Summit in Singapore. Those have been cancelled or put on hold. The Lord has had different plans for how we can best serve his body.
Thank you for continuing to stand with us in leading the next generation of digital missions.
