Is it the end of the Preaching Era?
Information, Content, and Access to the best communicators across the world is available at our fingertips.
What’s not quite as accessible?
Friendship, relationship, and community in the places we live.
Is the emphasis shifting from, ‘listen to this sermon’ to ‘let us help you find community?’
It’s happening online. Information overload is real and people don’t want or need more content from the creators they follow. People want access and to grow in like minded groups.
Is it possible this same transformation is happening inside the church?
Not that preaching is or should ever go away, but more-so the need or emphasis of how the church can best serve people today is?
The busyness-loneliness epidemic that was beginning to surface around 2015 only confirms that people want & need more connection, even more today. If the emphasis is, ‘listen to this preaching’ and does not include, ‘there is support and a group of people for you’ churches could miss opportunity.