“During the last three years of the pandemic, Chinese churches have had a 30-year journey with foreign churches,” said a church official who works with the church’s Convergence Media Service.
Due to COVID-19, face-to-face services had to be suspended, making online counseling a must in the church. Many churches have set up WeChat groups, official WeChat accounts and live broadcasting services. However, some churches did not conduct pastoral ministry or online ministry during the epidemic.
The Measures to Manage Online Religious Information Services, which came into force on March 1, 2022, require online services to be conducted with permission.
How a church’s virtual ministry grows depends on how the relevant departments, senior pastors and church staff feel about it. You have to think about follow-up costs, website maintenance and content updates. Some pastors think that even without online ministry, church ministries can be done. And when the epidemic is over, live broadcasts will no longer be needed.
However, one male believer working in this field posed the question, “Will our church disappear from the internet, or should it play a role during this time?”
Churches can function without online ministry. Believers living in a digital age can find all kinds of preaching and devotional resources on the internet. If the Church does not take its place in this area, it will leave the door open for heretical cults to lure its members.
A male Christian who provides online ministry to 200 to 300 churches said, “The church is severely lacking in relevant talent. If you turn to other companies to provide online services, they will charge a high price or you can’t find anyone to check with these tech companies.”
Currently, the Church’s online ministry is mainly conducted through official WeChat accounts, WeChat mini-programs, websites and independent apps.
A small number of churches have created web mini-programs that offer things like live Sunday services, daily devotionals, Bible studies, and discipleship. Most individual churches provide online services through official accounts and websites. During Lent, many churches send out online materials to help Christians ponder Jesus’ death on the cross.
Unlike the above platforms, independent apps like Hangzhou Church and Beijing Church serve city, county and district-level Christian councils instead of individual churches.
The fact that all churches in a region use the same network platform not only makes the work of the bodies responsible for monitoring easier, but also facilitates cooperation and mutual help between the churches. It also integrates church resources to better resist heresy and extremism.
The Hangzhou Church App is the first independent church app, launched in March last year and officially launched in September.
The internet world has evolved from Web 1.0 to AI-based Web 3.0. Hangzhou Church App is the first Web 1.0 version, and its features such as online pastors and live broadcasts for you to interact with are getting better and better with time.
– Translated by Abigail Wu
“疫情三年让中国的教会走了国外教会三十年的路，”在教会融媒体岗位上侍奉的一位教同工如。
疫情 期间 期间 双 双 双 的 上 牧 养成 养成 养成。。。 很多 很多 公众号 礼拜 礼拜 礼拜 直播 直播。 但 一 疫情 期间 几乎 常规性 常规性 网络 网络 事工 事工有进展。
2021 年 12月 日 日 2022 年 1 日 实施 《互联网 服务 服务 管理 （（简称 《办法 办法））） 从 教会 开展 网络 的 的 规定 。。。。。。。。 。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。 。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。））））））.
一 教会 事工 事工 发展 取决于 教会 教会 侍奉 侍奉 侍奉 反应。 网络 事工 教会 教会 考虑 考虑 生产 ， ， ， 平台 需要 考虑 后续 ， 平台 维护 维护 维护。 “
有的牧者认为网络事工就算没有，教会的各样事工也可以开展。而且疫情结束，连直播不有
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“连和技术公司对接的人都没有”。
目前，教会网络事工的呈现方式主要有：公众号、小程序、网站和独立app。
“发送灵修材料，引导信徒默想耶稣的十字架。
与上述平台不同，”杭州教会”“北京教会”等独立上线的app以市县区级别的基督教协会为服务务靕豀务靕
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杭州教会app是首个上线的独立教会app，于去年3月开始筹划，9月正式上线。
我们 生活 生活 互联网 互联网 互联 互联 的 的 演变 演变 为 为 为 为 社交 社交 社交 人工 智能 的 的 的 的 的。 教会 教会 app 目前 的 它 1.0 版本，牧者在线、互动直播等功能也在陆续完善。
互联网时代教会网络事工的探索
“During the last three years of the pandemic, Chinese churches have had a 30-year journey with foreign churches,” said a church official who works with the church’s Convergence Media Service.
Due to COVID-19, face-to-face services had to be suspended, making online counseling a must in the church. Many churches have set up WeChat groups, official WeChat accounts and live broadcasting services. However, some churches did not conduct pastoral ministry or online ministry during the epidemic.
The Measures to Manage Online Religious Information Services, which came into force on March 1, 2022, require online services to be conducted with permission.
How a church’s virtual ministry grows depends on how the relevant departments, senior pastors and church staff feel about it. You have to think about follow-up costs, website maintenance and content updates. Some pastors think that even without online ministry, church ministries can be done. And when the epidemic is over, live broadcasts will no longer be needed.
However, one male believer working in this field posed the question, “Will our church disappear from the internet, or should it play a role during this time?”
Churches can function without online ministry. Believers living in a digital age can find all kinds of preaching and devotional resources on the internet. If the Church does not take its place in this area, it will leave the door open for heretical cults to lure its members.
A male Christian who provides online ministry to 200 to 300 churches said, “The church is severely lacking in relevant talent. If you turn to other companies to provide online services, they will charge a high price or you can’t find anyone to check with these tech companies.”
Currently, the Church’s online ministry is mainly conducted through official WeChat accounts, WeChat mini-programs, websites and independent apps.
A small number of churches have created web mini-programs that offer things like live Sunday services, daily devotionals, Bible studies, and discipleship. Most individual churches provide online services through official accounts and websites. During Lent, many churches send out online materials to help Christians ponder Jesus’ death on the cross.
Unlike the above platforms, independent apps like Hangzhou Church and Beijing Church serve city, county and district-level Christian councils instead of individual churches.
The fact that all churches in a region use the same network platform not only makes the work of the bodies responsible for monitoring easier, but also facilitates cooperation and mutual help between the churches. It also integrates church resources to better resist heresy and extremism.
The Hangzhou Church App is the first independent church app, launched in March last year and officially launched in September.
The internet world has evolved from Web 1.0 to AI-based Web 3.0. Hangzhou Church App is the first Web 1.0 version, and its features such as online pastors and live broadcasts for you to interact with are getting better and better with time.
– Translated by Abigail Wu
Exploring the virtual service in the internet age
