Do not become a content producer; the local church is irreplaceable
Ben (addressed by name on-air) argues the wrong marker for churches right now is feeling like a content producer competing with the best preachers online - if it were only about who preaches best, he would just point people at Matt Chandler. What remains unique is the local gathering: your teachers, your worship musicians, your community. His house church streamed a low-rent wide shot from a living room for shut-ins and people watched because it was them, with live commenting about sock colors. He warns against turning it into a content war while still insisting local churches do a good job, capped by the group's joke about inflating 400 views into 2,462 in attendance.
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