RNS Opening Budget — Friday, March 27, 2020

Over the last couple weeks, more than 15,000 new churches have signed up for the Church Online Platform, a livestreaming service for churches. Many others have turned to livestreaming features available on social media platforms like Facebook and YouTube. With […]

NEWS STORY
RNS-Church-Fails: Clergy laugh off bloopers as the coronavirus forces churches online
(RNS) — Over the last couple weeks, more than 15,000 new churches have signed up for the Church Online Platform, a livestreaming service for churches. Many others have turned to livestreaming features available on social media platforms like Facebook and YouTube. With so many using those tools for the first time, and the internet’s inability to forget, some hilarity was bound to follow. Here are a few online church fails that have gone viral. By Emily McFarlan Miller. 1,000 words. (category: a)

COMMENTARY
RNS-Smith-Oped: COVID-19 could end church as we know it. And I feel fine.
(RNS) — With the restrictions forced on faith communities, which technological tools can best help us understand and reshape our identity and mission? By C. Christopher Smith. 850 words. (category: k)