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In the past two months, God has brought us a new and wonderful opportunity of outreach that expands our ministry well beyond our local region. We have wanted for some time to enable “live streaming” of our Sunday worship services over the Internet so that people who can’t attend can feel like they are present with us. With the connection, equipment and software in place, on May 1, we began utilizing this exceptional opportunity to impact an even greater number of people for Christ. At or before the time of our three Sunday worship services (9 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.) you simply enter lmbc.tv into your web browser and you are able to view our services as they are happening. How cool is that?
This isn’t something new in other parts of the country, but it is new to us and it is already garnering a lot of “praise” from people who have to miss our services occasionally, are living where they can’t find a church home, or have health issues that prevent them from attending at all. Recently, one of our men who is unable to be at church due to providential matters told me that it made him feel as if he is still connected to the daily activity of our fellowship. And, we have already heard from people watching the services who are as far away as Poland, as well as from many in the states and in our own local community. I never knew just how big this ministry could be, but I’m now convinced that we can reach a significant part of the world right from the sanctuary of LMBC.
I once heard a speaker say that “someone is going to preach to more than a million people every Sunday … by way of the Internet.” At first I thought this was only fanciful thinking, but now I see how it can happen. Wouldn’t it be great if there were more than a million people tuning into our services live each Sunday? With our new Internet streaming it is no longer just a fantasy; it is now a distinct possibility! The potential for touching thousands (if not hundreds of thousands) has never been greater than it is right now. In fact, our recent statistics show that an average of 300 people already are watching our services on a regular basis.
For many years, we have broadcast our edited services on local TV (WCHS) and people have repeatedly told me they are tuning in each Sunday. But, I have never been as pleased as I am by the the positive responses we are hearing from this new ministry. I suppose that people know that the TV broadcast is an edited version of a past worship service (at least one month behind), and somehow they feel more connected to our church when they can see and hear the whole service live from beginning to end.
Just for clarification, this opportunity should never be a substitute for participating in person with a local church where you are serving and sharing God’s love on a weekly basis. However, there are many people who don’t have the privilege of attending a church like ours, who physically can’t attend church, or are in a church whose service times are different to our own worship services. These and many others would love to have our church come to them. That is what I’m being told by those presently utilizing lmbc.tv and if you’ll help me spread the word about this opportunity, I’m sure there will be many more who will respond favorably, as well.
One additional note, if you use an iPhone, iPod or iPad, you can now download a special web browser called “Skyfire” from the iTunes store that will enable you to watch the services on those devices, also. I tried this when I was away recently and it was wonderful to sit in a state far away from my home and participate in the services as they were happening.
What we need for you to do is to send invitations to your friends and family to inform them about this Internet streaming service so they can watch our services, too. It is free to watch and I believe could potentially be life-changing for many. Join me in praying that God will enable us to enlarge our viewing audience through this new medium of outreach to the far reaches of the earth. The Internet is bringing the world closer to us and us closer to the world so that we may give them the glorious message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
This isn’t something new in other parts of the country, but it is new to us and it is already garnering a lot of “praise” from people who have to miss our services occasionally, are living where they can’t find a church home, or have health issues that prevent them from attending at all. Recently, one of our men who is unable to be at church due to providential matters told me that it made him feel as if he is still connected to the daily activity of our fellowship. And, we have already heard from people watching the services who are as far away as Poland, as well as from many in the states and in our own local community. I never knew just how big this ministry could be, but I’m now convinced that we can reach a significant part of the world right from the sanctuary of LMBC.
I once heard a speaker say that “someone is going to preach to more than a million people every Sunday … by way of the Internet.” At first I thought this was only fanciful thinking, but now I see how it can happen. Wouldn’t it be great if there were more than a million people tuning into our services live each Sunday? With our new Internet streaming it is no longer just a fantasy; it is now a distinct possibility! The potential for touching thousands (if not hundreds of thousands) has never been greater than it is right now. In fact, our recent statistics show that an average of 300 people already are watching our services on a regular basis.
For many years, we have broadcast our edited services on local TV (WCHS) and people have repeatedly told me they are tuning in each Sunday. But, I have never been as pleased as I am by the the positive responses we are hearing from this new ministry. I suppose that people know that the TV broadcast is an edited version of a past worship service (at least one month behind), and somehow they feel more connected to our church when they can see and hear the whole service live from beginning to end.
Just for clarification, this opportunity should never be a substitute for participating in person with a local church where you are serving and sharing God’s love on a weekly basis. However, there are many people who don’t have the privilege of attending a church like ours, who physically can’t attend church, or are in a church whose service times are different to our own worship services. These and many others would love to have our church come to them. That is what I’m being told by those presently utilizing lmbc.tv and if you’ll help me spread the word about this opportunity, I’m sure there will be many more who will respond favorably, as well.
One additional note, if you use an iPhone, iPod or iPad, you can now download a special web browser called “Skyfire” from the iTunes store that will enable you to watch the services on those devices, also. I tried this when I was away recently and it was wonderful to sit in a state far away from my home and participate in the services as they were happening.
What we need for you to do is to send invitations to your friends and family to inform them about this Internet streaming service so they can watch our services, too. It is free to watch and I believe could potentially be life-changing for many. Join me in praying that God will enable us to enlarge our viewing audience through this new medium of outreach to the far reaches of the earth. The Internet is bringing the world closer to us and us closer to the world so that we may give them the glorious message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
