September 29th, 2008
SPOTLIGHT: Internet Campuses #1
Posted by Greg Atkinson under Church 2.0, Church Media, Church video, Churches, Communication, Greg's Favorites, Internet Links, Media ministry, Multi-site, Preaching, Spotlight, Web 2.0Yesterday I (and my family) were home sick. I had already watched LifeChurch.tv’s Saturday night service online, but ended up worshipping with 3 other internet campuses while home sick. I actually saw a 4th internet campus, but was not happy with it and decided not to call them out. In the next 2 blog posts, I’ll share with you the 4 churches that blessed me this weekend:
I think the “Mix & Mingle” Lobby Chat is fascinating and am amazed to see how God uses it. 2 weeks ago, over 50 people prayed to receive Christ through LifeChurch.tv’s internet campuses - that’s more than most churches see in a year.
No, that’s not Craig Groeschel. They had an awesome guest speaker. Of notice in this picture is their “Give Online” area of the screen. At the botton left, you can follow the message notes. Great experience. Most people think of LifeChurch.tv when they think of an internet campus.
Above, LifeChurch.tv always let’s you choose between 2 different worship leaders. This is cool, but I have an issue. What happened to Stephen Cole?? Stephen Cole is my favorite worship leader at LC and I’m thinking about starting a petition to bring him back as an option. He rocks!
Above is LifeChurch’s Internet Campus Pastor Brandon Donaldson. I need to get to know that dude.
Above was a screenshot taken after one of their morning services. The red dots show you who was watching around the world!
Flamingo was having a baptism that day (they had a great video announcment about it - very cool). Want to participate in baptism? Just text the word: BAPTISM. Folks, we are literally watching the face of Church change before our eyes.
The thing that impressed me the most about my south Florida friends is that they know how to make church fun. This is a screen shot of beach balls being tossed around the auditorium. You’d have to be there to understand.
Above is Flamingo’s Lead Pastor, Troy. Flamingo was truly the highlight of my morning and a wonderful surprise. There is talk of the Church 2.0 Local Forum in Miami being held at Flamingo Road Church - shhhh!
Above is Flamingo’s Internet Campus Pastor, Brian Vasil. I was introduced virtually to Brian through my friend, Tony Steward via last week’s LifeShare. I was introduced to Flamingo Road’s Internet Campus through my friend, DJ Chuang.
More to come about these and other internet campuses this week on this blog! So… what are your thoughts? Does the thought of over 50 people praying to receive Christ via the internet freak you out? Do you praise God? Both? Is your church considering an internet campus? Are you philosophically opposed to one? Let me hear ya.
September 29th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Hi Greg!
Thanks for stopping by this weekend! Hope everybody is feeling better at your house…
We are always learning and growing through what you write on this site and I appreciate the effort that it takes each week…
Great to meet you at LifeShare…see you online!
Brian Vasil
September 29th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Hi Greg!
Thanks for your visit to our Campus, is encouraging to see comments like yours and that is challenging us to grow as Campus and continue the journey of reaching our potential.
I’ll meet you at LifeShare!.
Arturo De la Mora
FRC R&D
September 29th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Stephen Cole (from the Oklahoma City campus) and Brian Bruss (from the Phoenix campus) switched campuses. It’s not likely that you’ll see Cole on a regular basis. My wife & I are partial to Trent Austin.
We have church in our motorhome (where we live full-time) and we view the Internet Campus by connecting our computer to the TV.
October 2nd, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Stephen Cole is my favorite too. I enjoyed listening to him when I went back home.
October 4th, 2008 at 8:43 am
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October 7th, 2008 at 11:48 am
Greg, we do need to get to know each other. Your name is always popping up! Love that you are digging into all of this, so we can figure it out together.