Comments on: defining virtual church http://willadair.com/2009/12/17/defining-virtual-church/ Saved by Grace. Married to one. Father to two. Future church planter. I'm no superman. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robert Rappold http://willadair.com/2009/12/17/defining-virtual-church/comment-page-1/#comment-711 Robert Rappold Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:40:00 +0000 http://willadair.com/?p=729#comment-711 I think the term 'virtual church' is a bit of a misnomer when applied to some sort of web based life. As if you can raise a dog in real life or raise a 'virtual dog' on the internet and have the same experience. I think a definition is inherently hard to come by because it is out of sorts with Christ's church. The church is a body of people tied together through Christ and with Christ for the purposes of being Christ's hands and feet, being saved by grace to do good works, in other words. It is an entity of people, NOT a me-based web experience. For lack of space, the phrase defined... Virtual Church: A web based pseudo-Christian experience intent on separating believers from other believers for the sole purpose of division in the body of believers. I think the term 'virtual church' is a bit of a misnomer when applied to some sort of web based life. As if you can raise a dog in real life or raise a 'virtual dog' on the internet and have the same experience. I think a definition is inherently hard to come by because it is out of sorts with Christ's church. The church is a body of people tied together through Christ and with Christ for the purposes of being Christ's hands and feet, being saved by grace to do good works, in other words. It is an entity of people, NOT a me-based web experience. For lack of space, the phrase defined… Virtual Church: A web based pseudo-Christian experience intent on separating believers from other believers for the sole purpose of division in the body of believers.

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