Editor’s Word: Examining Digital Ministry

I read a book in the late 1970s called “Future Church.” The author envisioned a time when the church would be a place without any outwardly identifying marks. In his imagination, he saw the future church with no crosses or other symbols Christians have used for hundreds of years.
COVID-19 created a pandemic worldwide, and, for a while, churches began to stream their services while their buildings were closed. Coming out of the pandemic, churches continued to stream their services along with in-person worship. Now that churches are gathering in person again, what happens to the digital skills they developed during the pandemic?