“Quarantine has made church outreach much harder.”
Really?
This is probably the greatest opportunity for the spread of Christianity in the history of mankind. Virtually EVERYONE is on the internet (no pun intended).
I actually discovered him while browsing through TikTok one day. He posts regularly on the platform, and has 833.6K followers as of today. His content is engaging and family-friendly. At the end of every post, he plays an audio clip of himself saying “Amen.” He does something similar for his content on Instagram.
But I eventually lost him in the sea of other TikTok content. Recently, I re-discovered him through a friend who was following an account of his on Instagram called “instachurchlive”. He holds live worship services every Sunday and Wednesday on that platform, and very recently extended these services into Twitch (a video game streaming platform), YouTube Live, Facebook Live, and even TikTok Live.
Alex Wilson is the perfect example of how to properly contextualize Christianity – specifically worship – into new platforms where young people congregate. Not only has he brought the ability to worship to those who just didn’t want to come to a physical building before; now he has made available the ability to worship for people who are at home due to quarantine (EVERYONE).
I highly encourage you to check out his content, and leave him a follow on your platform of choice! And if you can, support him in his mission. He’s accepting donations to keep his services and content creation going. You can do that by clicking here.
Stay safe. Have a great week. Thanks for reading. 🙂
– Caleb
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I agree. This pandemic is a real blessing in some ways, churches are being forced to learn about technology to better communicate with others and they have a better chance at reaching people.
This is pretty awesome. I think it's hard for churches to find the motivation to innovate during a time like this, because it's pretty easy to want to give up in ministry right now. As you've said, though, (and I agree) I think this is a pretty cool time to be creative in the ways that we're reaching people with the Word and Alex Wilson seems to have figured something pretty cool out.
Think this is a great idea. Its readily available for anyone to use. I just always wonder about the listeners engagement and the actual process of growing. I know right now with COVID its hard to feel engaged through a phone. But, always great that that option is out there for those who can't go out or get to church.