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The Internet Church Welcomes the “Back Row Sitters”

Posted by John Saddington on Jan 18, 2009
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There are a few blogs out there that offer extremely fresh perspectives that are outside the typical loop that many of us traverse daily.

And I love finding them.

Although Andy’s blog isn’t new to me it may be pretty new to you. He wrote a great article yesterday about whether the local church has seats that are considered the “safest.” It’s worth a good read and it got me thinking:

Is there a “back seat” in the online space?

Certainly. But it doesn’t look like anything we’re familiar with and there’s almost no intrinsic opportunity to hate on them, make them feel bad, or shame them.

Excellent.

See, that’s what’s so brilliant about doing ministry online.

Online community pastors and technoevangelists have the opportunity to engage all types of believers and all types of seekers, without discrimination.

The Internet Church (or rather, Ministry Online) can welcome with open arms the typical “back row sitters”.

How many people in your “network” would you consider “back row online-church-sitters”?

Perhaps, more imporantly, how many are you engaging with?

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John Saddington

John is the Chief Editor @ The 8BIT Network and Senior Blog Junkie here at ChurchCrunch.He enjoys Triple-Tall Americanos, developing Wordpress Themes, and a few other Random Things.

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9 Responses to “The Internet Church Welcomes the “Back Row Sitters””

  1. Ancoti
    Sunday, January 18, 2009 at 1:39 pm

    Can you really know how big your back rows are? I mean, if your blog posts wind up elsewhere (like as a note on Facebook), can you really tell how many people are in your on line church?

    Given that, the actually interface I have with the potential church e-body is quite small.

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    • human3rror
      Sunday, January 18, 2009 at 10:44 pm

      There are some pretty good ways to track where your content is going and it's reach.

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      • Ancoti
        Monday, January 19, 2009 at 12:02 am

        We are going to have to sit down one day. What days are you on campus this semester?

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        • human3rror
          Monday, January 19, 2009 at 12:24 am

          i just got back from dallas a week ago…! doh!

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          • Ancoti
            Monday, January 19, 2009 at 1:45 am

            Next time. Give a shout when you are planning to be in the Big D.

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            • human3rror
              Monday, January 19, 2009 at 1:55 am

              i will. let's hang out.

              :)

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  2. Jim
    Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at 1:02 am

    H3,since you wrote that article about the moron who made a crack about online church in your DTS class…I've been attending online church on Sat nights and now a lifegroup.I'm not a backrower. on sunday we are in gametime mode.hardcore.
    i noticed sat night on lifechurch.tv that there were real people in the chat with real issues.amazing.can't wait for some more interaction tomorrow.
    Thanks for ministering.

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    • human3rror
      Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at 7:17 am

      rock it. preach it. show it. teach it.

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  3. andry
    Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 2:03 pm

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