Surprise! God is much bigger than America. I’ve observed great leaps in how the church in America has embraced #churchonline or online ministry over the last ten years, but some bigger jumps have happened overseas in places like the Middle East and specifically within Iran.

The internet is a network of networks. It’s virtual but dependent on physical servers around the globe. The internet isn't centralized in one place but decentralized on servers everywhere. Nobody can accidentally unplug the internet.

Does anyone watch online that lives in my city? I get asked this constantly from people part of our online community. I can’t connect everyone. There was some privacy issues with sharing geo data and scalability problems. I needed a strategy to release and not micromanage. 

My seven-year-old son started to watch Fortnite videos on YouTube a few months ago. I didn’t know much about the game. I have an Xbox One, but use it hot and cold. A few things about Fortnite caught my attention.

Doing ministry online or commonly labeled #churchonline is merely decentralizing your church’s strategy. It’s that simple.

It turns out being agnostic isn't always bad. One of the significant factors in the growth of online small groups at my church was not forcing how groups should meet virtually. People have preferences. Look at these stats as of 2018: