Michael Huerter (PhD, Baylor University), a pastor at Holmeswood Church in Kansas City, Missouri, shares on addressing the online and in-person church in a hybrid church model.

Book: The Hybrid Congregation: A Practical Theology of Worship for an Online Era

Pastor Michael Huerter’s Church

• Exploring the church's relationship with the internet
• Engaging the in-person and online communities in the worship service
• Benefitting from social platforms

Michael Huerter (PhD, Baylor University) is a pastor at Holmeswood Church in Kansas City, Missouri, where he leads worship and works to build community and connection. As a lifelong church musician and digital native, he is interested in engaging with and contributing to scholarship that bridges the gap between research and practical ministry.

• Pastor Michael Huerter’s Church
• The Hybrid Congregation: A Practical Theology of Worship for an Online Era

00:38 - Introducing Pastor Michael Huerter

02:30 - Exploring the church's relationship with the internet

06:07 - Important considerations for live-streaming

07:59 - ..the church of the future may look different than what we are accustomed to

08:16 - ...the vast majority of churches do not have the resources to create a live broadcast every week

09:50 - ...the community is made of people in-person and online

13:58 - Engaging the in-person and online communities in the worship service

15:07 - ...involving people who join online in worship leadership

17:20 - ...creating interactive moments in the worship service to invite conversation or reflection

21:10 - Benefitting from Social Platforms

21:25 - ...Focus on people, remember the hybrid nature of our world

22:16 - ...How can we best minister to the people already connected with our community?

24:18 - How can we connect with and serve our surrounding community?

25:02 - Are there people who cannot or will not engage in your church building?

26:30 - Paying Attention as a spiritual discipline

30:41 - ...finding ways to deeper attention and connection

31:30 - ...be discerning in using technology; there's good and bad

32:36 - The internet: our greatest affliction and greatest hope

34:04 - Turning affliction to hope

36:19 - Placing our cultural moment in historical context

38:38 - Book on InterVarsity Press Academic and Amazon / Email Michael Huerter: michael.huerter@holmeswood.org

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