![]() Meta is positioning itself as the first mover of a new digital universe.īut what exactly is the metaverse? In his primer, Matthew Ball-a managing partner at a venture capital fund investing heavily in the metaverse-writes: The real change, which will truly transform our mental, spiritual, and ecclesial landscapes, is coming soon: the metaverse.įor most people, “metaverse” is a new word, and we’ve only heard it because of Mark Zuckerberg’s recent announcement that Facebook’s parent company is changing its name to Meta. But even as the pace of technological change has felt dizzying and exhausting for churches in recent years, we’ve only seen the tip of the digital iceberg. This wasn’t the first time, and won’t be the last time, technology changed the church. Indeed, churches appealed to our consumerism by offering a menu of ministries so expansive it could make a Cheesecake Factory server blush. We became consumers because we could be consumers. ![]() But before the advent of the personal vehicle, most Christians seeking a church faced a simple denominational decision: do you attend the Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, or Catholic church around the corner? With a vehicle, Christians could suddenly attend whichever church had the best children’s ministry programming, youth activities, and rock ’n’ roll Sunday morning worship-as long as it was within 10 to 30 minutes of driving. ![]() Henry Ford didn’t set out to create megachurches. ![]()
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