Connecting with Teenagers During the Coronavirus Lockdown
In some ways, teenagers have been preparing for the coronavirus lockdown all their lives. Building community online is not new to them. Using everything from text messages to Internet-based video gaming, they talk and laugh with each other electronically all the time. We can discuss the value of online community for young people later. The […]
Connecting Members to Members (and Beyond) in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Online education is not simply watching a video and church shouldn’t be either. Our members need engagement with biblical content and interaction with the church leadership, but they also need one another. The third component of our online education framework, “The Community of Inquiry,” is connecting members to other members, neighbors, friends, and the lost. […]
Connecting Members to Leaders In the COVID-19 Pandemic
As we consider how online education theory can inform ways to create a healthy community at a distance, the next component in our “Community of Inquiry” framework is to facilitate ways for the church leadership to interact with members. Sometimes we forget how important a quick phone call, text, or written note directly from the […]