June 11th, 2007
Tough Topics
Posted by Church Video Ideas under Churches, Ideas, Media ministry, Preaching, Random ThoughtsThis is not the norm, but my pastor has felt led to tackle some tough subjects lately. He’s been in a series on a number of social issues. Yesterday he preached on what the Bible has to say about abortion. Did you know that 1 out of 3 women has had or been affected by an abortion? That’s just the women - this is an issue that men struggle with and carry guilt for years.
We really saw God move in all 4 of our services yesterday. There were some amazing conversations and times of ministry after each service. Apparently we hit a nerve and the Spirit was able to really set some people free. Next week our pastor is again tackling a tough subject: What the Bible has to say about gay marriage. I look forward to seeing how God uses next week to build, comfort and strengthen our body.
Yesterday we had a woman on our worship staff share her story of her choice for an abortion when she was a senior in high school. We did this live at each service and it was very powerful. This coming week we will have a video testimony from one of our worship team members that used to be in a gay lifestyle.
Do you mix between live and video testimonies at your church? How have you seen God use real life stories in your congregation?
June 11th, 2007 at 7:58 am
We do a mix of live and video testimonies at encounter. If it’s going to be a shorter testimony or a group of people speaking on a topic we usually use video. But during two different times, we’ve done a series where our pastor interviews members of our church and discusses what God is doing with them.
They’ve been our most talked about messages/series as well as our most popular podcasts (look for storm chasers on our podcast page)
June 11th, 2007 at 11:07 am
Greg,
That’s amazing that someone would step up and give a live testimony like she did. That was very brave - and I’m sure that it ministered to many women - and men, as well.
Yesterday at my church we had a videotaped testimony of a woman who was on a DART train, and engaged a man in conversation. The man is in America on a student visa and is now attending a small group at our church. Anyway, he was on the video as well, and ended by saying, “I want to give my life to Christ, but I’m not quite there, but I will get there. It was just great hearing his honesty. The series we’re in is “Just Walk Across the Room”, based on the book by Bill Hybels.
June 16th, 2007 at 9:34 pm
We do mostly video because of us having multiple campuses and venues. We have three campuses and our main campus has three venues. Until we figure out cloning (theological pun and social issue) we will have to stick with video.
Before our two newer campuses opened we did live and video depending on how comfortable the person was with speaking to a large audience.
btw, Highlands Fellowship is where I am on staff @