Coronavirus: The post-COVID-19 church

Converge church planting leaders Lee Stephenson and Danny Parmelee share their thoughts on what the post-COVID-19 church will look like.

1:45 Danny thinks even if a vaccine comes out tomorrow, it will take a minimum of one to two years for people’s psyche to calm down and get back to normal, if ever.

3:38 Danny and Lee talk about how services – in person and online – will be different in the future.

5:35 Lee says churches have an opportunity to raise up a whole new group of leaders. How do we equip them to carry out neighborhood ministry at the level we need to so it’s not so dependent on just hired staff?

6:37 Danny says the church has a huge opportunity to scale at a very large level and even go into other communities at a low cost.

8:38 Lee addresses the challenge of creating community and doing discipleship when everyone is battling screen fatigue.

10:46 Lee says a benefit of the COVID-19 pandemic is it is forcing Christians not to isolate themselves just among other Christians. Use this as an opportunity to teach your people what it means to love people compassionately and be kind and loving to their neighbors.

12:29 Danny thinks multiple types of communicators will be needed in the post-COVID-19 church.

13:59 Lee talks about how his church plant is trying to figure out how to hire social media people and video editors.

14:44 Lee reminds us that the church’s mission hasn’t changed. Our methodology may change, and that’s OK. God is still God, and he’s still in control of everything.