The Key to Church Renewal Post-COVID-19

Why increasing the density of disciples even when the overall numbers decrease will lead to renewal

After one year of COVID-19, the anxiety among Christian leaders is palpable. On-site Sunday morning services, discipleship seminars and children’s programs have been shut down or impeded in one way or another by COVID-19. Instead, churches have been gathering on Sunday via Zoom and other broadcast platforms for months, and now interest seems to be waning. Like a rug pulled out from under us, the things pastors and leaders have traditionally looked to for a sense of accomplishment—attendance at services and programs—have all been diminished.

Alternative virtual communities are sprouting up all over the internet drawing interest from our parishioners. And so, with COVID having disrupted the churchgoing habits of parishioners, many of us are wondering: Will there be church after COVID-19? How should we plan for church after COVID-19? Read More

Post-Covid-19? David Fitch needs a reality check. COVID-19 is in all likelihoods going to be around to the end of this century and beyond. Why? Human behavior. Virus mutations, Now his ideas on focusing on density of disciples has merit. But rather than thinking in terms of post-COVID-19, we need to think in terms of the COVID-19 Era.