The Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ is a timeless message but we need timely ways to spread the Good News to our families, friends, neighbours, community and people further afield. That is the lesson we at Tabernacle – along with many other churches – have learned during the Covid-19 crisis.
Face-to-face worship and fellowship, of course, is essential. However, during Lockdown we have introduced and developed an online ministry which we know God wants us to take forward as we seek to introduce new people to Christ – people who would not normally think of setting foot inside a church or chapel!
This includes recorded as well as “live” Sunday services ( when Welsh Government regulations allow), Bible studies and daily devotions on Facebook and a young people’s group who produce weekly “Dancing through Quarantine” video clips. Our Sunday School meets “live” via Zoom with two separate sessions covering the Over 10s and Under 10s age groups. We also have a “live” fellowship evening on Fridays in which up to 18 people take part. For those people who cannot access social media we produce and distribute CDs of the Sunday services and morning devotions. Feedback so far has been very encouraging.
These are not merely “stop-gap” measures to get us over the crisis period but we believe God is shaking us up to face the new challenges of a very different world in which we are now going to live!
Please pray that God will open new doors of opportunity for our churches to use social media wisely and effectively for further spreading the Gospel.
- This article was prepared by Tabernacle and included in the Baptist Union of Wales 2020 Prayer Pack.