How the Digital Revolution Is Disrupting the Church and Forcing It out of Buildings

By Leonardo Blair

About a year ago, Andre Anderson started a group on Facebook called Barbecue Assembly of God to build “a church of people who love Barbecue and want to move forward in their faith journey.” The group has since swelled to more than 500 members, and two Sundays ago, Barbecue Church held its “first official service” online.

“You know, our thing is [we] want to help feed people biblically, spiritually and literally,” said Anderson, who announced himself as the lead pastor of Barbecue Church at the start of the service. “We’re going to do that in a bunch of different ways.”

Anderson went on to describe how different his church would be. Along with barbecue, the church would serve up sermons that are “quick, easy, [and] straight to the point.”

“We’ll put up cooking videos, training videos on how to cook different things. We’re just going to have a good time. It’s going to be different. It’s going to be fun. It’s going to be wild,” he said.

The sermon ended approximately 10 minutes after it started.

While he plans to embrace everyone who comes to check out Barbecue Church, Anderson expressed little concern over those who might not like his brand of fellowship.

“If you like it, cool. If you don’t, scroll on,” he said. “We just want the best for you and want you to find your spot. So no matter where you’re at in your faith journey, you can eat with us. We’re here.” Read More

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