Preaching to an empty room

Item

Title

Preaching to an empty room

Description

Our church usually sends a video feed of the worship service into other rooms so that people who cannot easily sit in the sanctuary can still see and hear the preaching. The technology we use to make this possible has been pressed into service for broadcasting a live-streamed service to members' homes.

Our pastors are having to learn how to speak to a camera at the back of an empty room. The goal is to seem as "normal" as possible, but the usual attentive faces are no longer present and their feedback cannot sustain the preacher's energy.

Date Created

April 19, 2020

Community

Jefferson Park Baptist Church

Denomination

Southern Baptist

State

Virginia

Place

Charlottesville

Creator

Jefferson Park Baptist Church

Subject

Southern Baptist

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