Global Reach of Technology
Many of you have heard of Church Online by now. If you haven’t you must check out LifeChurch.TV’s internet campus which now has over 30 experience times. America had always been the country with the most people on Church Online, but in recent months India actually had more people attending than any other country.
One could say that’s not a very big deal, I mean, it is a country with over a billion people. So of course a lot of people will check out Church Online, but the reach of technology goes so far beyond that. Here is one specific instance just to give you an idea.
I heard about a great number of people from Rajasthan being involved in Church Online. The stats I got said they were estimating about 300 people, and that is a low estimation. Rajasthan is a state in norther Indian with a border shared by Pakistan. 89 percent of people in Rahasthan are Hindu and 8 percent are Muslim, Jains Sikhs each make up less than 2 percent of the population. Now you do the math…How many Christians could there possibly be in this state of 54 million people?
More importantly, places like Rajasthan are extremely closed off to the gospel. My friend, Sujith Jacob, was quick to point out that you would never be able to gather 300 people in this place to tell them about Christ. However, Church Online is clearly reaching into the darkest places with the light and love of Christ.
I’m writing this post today, because I had a conversation recently about how foolish the idea of Church Online is, and that we have gone too far in trying to be cool that we are making a mockery of the church. My response….I think avenues like Church Online are allowing us to be the church in this century like never before.
And don’t forget to pray for all those places where the light can now invade and cast out the darkness.
I think Church Online is a great option for people who don’t fully know about Christ and haven’t been educated in the gospel. I have a friend from Bangladesh, who is a Buddhist, and yes she believes in God but I don’t hear her say anything about Jesus. So we tended to have quite a few debates because I don’t understand the Buddhist traditions and she doesn’t understand Christianity. Alot of her friends are Muslim also, so she tries to explain that to me and I don’t understand that either. We don’t necessarily debate about it anymore because religion can be a touchy topic. I would love for her to accept Christ but you can’t make someone do something that is really not apart of their regular lives. I think Church Online can open that door for the people in India as well as the people here who don’t have a relationship with Jesus. Some just don’t understand that without Jesus there is no way for them to get to Heaven.