Sermon Shots: Online Small Groups Done Right At Your Church with Zoom Breakout Rooms

I did a guest post on Sermon Shots' blog. I met the founder and CEO at the Tithely conference a few weeks ago. Sermon Shots uses AI to create clips for social media and other uses. Here is a preview of the post.

Online Small Groups Done Right At Your Church

I know many of you did Zoom during Covid. When Zoom comes to your mind, you may get a bad taste in your mouth. Yes, Zoom isn’t the option for everything, but it can be leveraged in strategic areas of your church or a specific ministry. I recently gave a lecture at a Christian university about digital ministry and how technology can be used to accomplish your objectives. I thought the eighteen-year-olds would automatically accept the idea, but to my surprise, many didn’t like using digital technology in the church. 

The reason for the initial hesitancy? They all had done high school on Zoom, and that sour taste lingered. I had to pitch that the goal of using digital technology at your church or a specific ministry isn’t to replace in-person ministry. I don’t think the in-person expression of your church is going anywhere, but not everything you do as a church has to happen in a room. Our churches should focus on producing spiritual fruit and not filling a room. Many students approached me afterward, letting me know they had changed their minds on this topic. By the end of this post, I hope you align with those students and see how digital and technology can accomplish your church’s objectives. Don’t ignore Zoom just because you had a few bad experiences. We can redeem the technology for kingdom goals………