Changing Church Forms

There are definitely some sweet churches out there that are trying new and different ideas out on how to do Church, and with society changing so fast it is good that there are people out there that are trying new things out to see if they work. Two churches that are doing Church differently are LifeChurch.tv and Epic Church.

LifeChurch.tv is one of those churches that is on the forefront of technology's and the internet. LifeChurch has grown from a small house church to to having several campuses around the U.S. including one in Mesa, AZ, they also started YouVersion which is one of my favorite Web 2.0 Bible utilities out today. But one of their most innovative ventures is that they have a campus set up to run exclusively on the web, not only can you watch regular sermons but at that same time you can interact with other people that are watching at the same time. I would encourage people to look in their local communities for a group of people to connect with but this is a great option as well.

Epic is a church that is doing things just a little bit differently as well, which is something that you can see that second that you step in to its doors. The reason that you realize this instantaneously is because once you step into the church you actually find yourself in the Park Place movie theater. I went to this church the second week that they had been open and didn't know how this would work but after I sat down into the big comfortable chairs of the theater I realized that this is a place that you could do Church quite nicely. The church being located in a movie theater is not the only unconventional part of this church, people are also encouraged to bring their laptops and log on to the Epic web site via the free internet that is provided, once there you can ask questions about the topic that is being spoken on, if you forgot your laptop or you would just feel awkward bringing your desktop to a movie theater you can also do the same thing through text massage. This is an idea that I like a lot, the pastor of Epic, Jake Rasmussen, seems to have a good idea going with this and it has been getting a little bit of buzz around town as well.

If you have the time it is definitely a good idea to check one or both of these place out.