I’ve touched base with a number of pastors and church leaders over the last while.
One of the questions they are asking is: Who is my church?
For the leaders, this is a question of the span of ministry – you can only stretch so far when the world is virtually open to you (and if there is no one who is following you – your stretch is atrophied).
For the lone individual, this is a question of the options to receive ministry. Through technology, it seems we can be gifted with “church” at any time, anywhere, with anyone leading the “church”.
One writer on future church talks of the organized (institutional) church coexisting with the spiritual (heartfelt) church. Rules and release trying to find a way forward.
Not a new phenomenon, but very relevant today!