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Apr 29 2020

Password-Protected Worship: A Missed Opportunity?

by the Rev. Ken Howard
Password-Protected


This blog post is part of a series on strategies and tools for helping congregations survive and thrive in the face of the COVID crisis.
Click here for the previous post


Zoombombing

“Zoombombing” is when an uninvited person joins a Zoom meeting, usually for the purpose of gaining a few cheap laughs at the expense of the participants. 

Because Zoombombers sometimes use racial slurs, profanity, pornography, and other offensive imagery, faith communities have begun to password protect their online worship services in order to prevent univited Zoombomers from entering. 

I would like to suggest that password-protected online worship services are a huge missed opportunity for evangelism.

Here’s why…

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Written by Ken Howard · Categorized: COVID-19, FaithX Blog, FaithXperimental Spotlight, Posts by Ken Howard · Tagged: burden of care, church growth, church revitalization, Coronavirus, COVID, COVID-19, COVID19, evangelism, faith communities, lock-down, online worship, paradigms, Zoom, Zoombombing

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