The Future of the Church

Technology brings new challenges to every aspect of life.

Challenges that we must face

Jews and the Synagogues

Is technology good or bad?

How can we utilize technology in a way that we do not do today?

Not allowing ourselves to lag behind

The good part of challenges

allows us to examine what we do

Allows us to look at what might be broken and fix it

makes for more opportunities for younger people to step up and be part of the church

allows for ideas to circulate and to be incorporated into the church

Allows for the sick to be a part of worship

The Difficult part of technology

Keyboard courage

opinions that get int he way of us being the light

ease in worship

Malachi 1:10 ESV

Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of hosts, and I will not accept an offering from your hand.

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Effort in evangelism

Effort in Assembling

Isolation

Calling people and having them wonder why we would call them and not text them

What challenges should challenge us to do

examine ourselves

2 Corinthians 13:5 ESV

Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test!

Have we used technology effectively?

examine our effectiveness as a church

examine the Scriptures