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Church Internet Campus in the Blogosphere

There seemed to have been a bubble of posts about internet campus in the blogosphere last week. Tech Tuesday: rethinking internet campuses Internet Church innovation… Can You Do Church Online? An internet campus? You can find a summary post of my thoughts on internet campus here. I watched the last of the test streams before […]

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Online Baptism

While reflecting on the sacraments for an internet campus several weeks ago, I wrote, “I am not willing to suggest that sacraments could be administered online or remotely in any way.” I had thought that this would be a common response for leaders in mainline congregations. I was wrong in at least one case. I […]

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iCampus Summary Post

This is a collection of questions and responses to various questions about internet campus. I invite you to read each post and add any comments on that post or by emailing me directly. Thanks! iCampus – Why start an internet campus? iCampus – What about the sacraments? iCampus – What about the Book of Discipline? […]

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iCampus – What type of format?

This is a series of responses to questions about an internet campus from a previous series of posts. Do you have any other questions? Feel free to leave them in the comments and I will try to respond to each one. Thanks! I received this question from Jim Morrow via Facebook. What kind of format […]

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iCampus – How could we utilize the connection?

This is a series of responses to questions about an internet campus from a previous series of posts. Do you have any other questions? Feel free to leave them in the comments and I will try to respond to each one. Thanks! How could we utilize the connection of The United Methodist Church? I think […]

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iCampus – What about the incarnation?

This is a series of responses to questions about an internet campus from a previous series of posts. Do you have any other questions? Feel free to leave them in the comments and I will try to respond to each one. Thanks! Matt Judkins offered this comment at LifeChurch.tv Internet Campus – Not (3 of […]

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iCampus – What about the Book of Discipline?

This is a series of responses to questions about an internet campus from a previous series of posts. Do you have any other questions? Feel free to leave them in the comments and I will try to respond to each one. Thanks! What about the Book of Discipline? Thanks to Mark Burleson for adding his […]

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iCampus – What about the sacraments?

This is a series of responses to questions about an internet campus from a previous series of posts. Do you have any other questions? Feel free to leave them in the comments and I will try to respond to each one. Thanks! What about the sacraments? This is a serious question and one of the […]

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ministry renewing the church

iCampus – Why start an internet campus?

This is a series of responses to questions about an internet campus from a previous series of posts. Do you have any other questions? Feel free to leave them in the comments and I will try to respond to each one. Thanks! Why start an internet campus? This is a great question and a fundamental […]

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Internet Campus – Conclusion (8 of 8)

This wraps up the series on the benchmarking trip to LifeChurch.tv to look at their internet campus. I want to make sure you know where we have been and where we are going on this series. First, previous posts in this series: Introduction Is Not New Staff Care Live Terry Storch Next week, I am […]

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LifeChurch.tv Internet Campus – Terry Storch (7 of 8)

We were able to spend some dedicated time with Terry Storch while we were at LifeChurch.tv and I wanted to share what amounts to notes from a brain dump / Q and A time with him. Good stuff. Don’t look at spending a lot of time for a final release incorporating all the features Look […]

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LifeChurch.tv Internet Campus – Live (6 of 8)

One of the things that I found to be most fascinating in the trip to LifeChurch.tv was that currently the content used for the internet campus is not live. While the content (video stream) is not live, the worship experience is live. Those who are there to worship together make the experience live, even though […]