In order to solve the shepherding problem during the period of suspension of onsite gatherings, a church in Zhejiang adopts the method of providing online live stream services and conducting face-to-face gatherings in groups at home to feed its flock.
In the first week after the church in lockdown, Juexi Church, Xiangshan Country, Ningbo City immediately started online and in-person ministry synchronously, and many staff from the multimedia group of the church devoted themselves to serving, according to the website of Juexi Church.
Because a large number of elderly believers in the church do not know how to use smartphones, middle-aged believers are easily distracted by things, and young believers lack awe and tend to be lazy, Juexi Church has started a new way of shepherding. When it’s time for the Sunday service, the group members of the church get together at a believer’s family house nearby, where they can attend the live stream Sunday Service through TV projection.
Adopting this mode, believers expressed their satisfaction saying that it was similar to the face-to-face gatherings, especially watching the live stream Sunday services with a larger size TV.
This kind of shepherding is inseparable from the support of the live-streaming platform. The church obtained the certificate of "Internet Religious Information Service License" on June 27.
The church says it also organizes Christians to join online daily devotionals, and the pastoral staff is thinking about how to carry out online discipleship courses to improve pastoral ministry.
- Translated by Livingstones
为了解决双暂停的牧养问题，浙江一教会采用线上直播礼拜与线下家庭小组聚会并行的方式牧羊信徒。
按下暂停键的第一周，宁波象山爵溪教会马上开始线上、线下双拼聚会，教会众多媒体同工全心投入在服侍当中，据象山爵溪教会网站。
考虑到教会中许多老年信徒不会使用智能手机，中年信徒事物缠累易分心及青年信徒缺少敬畏之心易懒散，爵溪教会开始了一条牧养新路：按照礼拜天的聚会时间，小组相聚在本组开放家庭里，一同以电视投屏参与直播礼拜。
自此模式开展以来，信徒说这样的模式和现场礼拜差不多，特别是电视尺寸大的直播现场，信徒都表示非常满意。
这样的牧养方式，离不开网络直播平台的支持。教会于2022年06月27日获得“互联网宗教信息服务许可证”的证书。
爵溪教会继续开展了线上每日灵修。目前，教牧同工也在继续思考如何开展线上门训课程，完善线上牧养。
后疫情时代，浙江教会转向线上线下双拼牧养模式
In order to solve the shepherding problem during the period of suspension of onsite gatherings, a church in Zhejiang adopts the method of providing online live stream services and conducting face-to-face gatherings in groups at home to feed its flock.
In the first week after the church in lockdown, Juexi Church, Xiangshan Country, Ningbo City immediately started online and in-person ministry synchronously, and many staff from the multimedia group of the church devoted themselves to serving, according to the website of Juexi Church.
Because a large number of elderly believers in the church do not know how to use smartphones, middle-aged believers are easily distracted by things, and young believers lack awe and tend to be lazy, Juexi Church has started a new way of shepherding. When it’s time for the Sunday service, the group members of the church get together at a believer’s family house nearby, where they can attend the live stream Sunday Service through TV projection.
Adopting this mode, believers expressed their satisfaction saying that it was similar to the face-to-face gatherings, especially watching the live stream Sunday services with a larger size TV.
This kind of shepherding is inseparable from the support of the live-streaming platform. The church obtained the certificate of "Internet Religious Information Service License" on June 27.
The church says it also organizes Christians to join online daily devotionals, and the pastoral staff is thinking about how to carry out online discipleship courses to improve pastoral ministry.
- Translated by Livingstones
Zhejiang Believers Join in 'Hybrid' Worship Services
