Tech Is A Tool Drawing People Into Community
Incarnate church is the main thing — digital ministry is the distant second. And it should always intentionally draw people into gathering together.
This week on The Shock Absorber, Brayden jumps on the couch with me and Joel McMaster to talk about the practice of Soul Revival Church’s Communications Ministry Team.
So far in this mini-series, we have been looking at the theology of communications and the strategy that we employ.
In this penultimate episode, we kick off with a dive into 90s culture, especially what we experienced coming out of the UK — Oasis, Britpop, Euro ’96, Tony Blair, Spice Girls, and rave culture. Francis Fukuyama’s The End of History and The Last Man explains how this was a moment of optimism that shaped a whole generation. But with the internet now splintering culture and attention, could anything like that happen again?
From there, we turn to what the internet has done to church life. COVID forced churches online, and while it opened opportunities for wider reach, it also highlighted the tension: digital tools often push us toward individualistic, algorithm-driven consumption. Bu…
