The COVID-19 pandemic has thrust some Kansas City metro churches into a technology crisis that they're still working to overcome.
GIVING IS ALSO ON-LINE.THE COVID-19 CRISISTHRUST SOME METROCHURCHES INTO ATECHNOLOGY CRISIS --THEY'RE STILLOVERCOMING41 ACTION NEWS ANCHOR,CYNTHIA NEWSOME HASTHE STORY .READY OR NOT... WHENTHE CORONAVIRUS HITAND SOCIAL DISTANCINGRULES WENT INTOEFFECT...CHURCH LEADERS ... USEDTO PREACHING FROMPULPITS, WERE INSTANTLYFORCED TO MAKE SOMECHANGES..pastor Ray Stewart, Pastor,Graceand Truth Baptist ChurchThere have been manychurches that have live-streamed all along, but weweren't one of them.PASTOR RAY STEWART OFGRACE AND TRUTHBAPTIST CHURCH ININDEPENDENCE... JUMPEDFEET FIRST INTOUNFAMILIAR TERRITORYRay Stewart, PastorI did the first stream in frontofa computer and it was veryclose to it and it came out, theteaching material was good;but the visual material was notso good.alright Pastor Ray how are wedoing today?very good maam, how are youdoing..ENTER ... TECHNOLOGYGURU TO THE CHURCHES...LISANDRO GONZALEZ, ASTAFF PASTOR ATINGLESIA BAUTISTA,LIVING WORD BAPTISTCHURCH IN NORTHEASTKANSAS CITLisandro GonzalezI mean even some pastorswere like, I don't know aboutthis zoom, blah blah, but oncethey start seeing each otherthey were like wow this isgreat and they were able tosee al; their members.A FEW COACHINGSESSIONS LATER ANDPASTOR RAY IS FEELINGLIKE A PRO.Pastor StewartI've learned how to put abeginning on it, put an endingon it, add music to itCynthia: What is that moment likewhen people getLisandro Gonzalez:I think it's exciting.
I thinkthatpeople, one they start realizingthe say, oh, now I can do soand so...ON A TYPICAL SUNDAY 10PEOPLE ATTEND HISCHURCH.PALM SUNDAY HE HADMORE THAN ONE-THOUSAND VIEPastor StewartWe have become soaccustomed to having churcin a building that we assumethat that was the way to do it.But God has opened anentirely new door for us.NOW THIS SOCIAL MEDIALATE-COMER IS A NEWCONVERT -- TOCOMBINING THESPIRITUAL AND VIRTUAL.CYNTHIA NEWSOME 41ACTION NEWS41 ACTION NEWS WILLBROADCAST DIFFERENTRELIGIOUS CEREMONIESON SUNDAY -- SINCE MANYPEOPLE CANNOT ATTENDTHEIR NORMAL SERVICES.ON 41 ACTION NEWS -- WEWILL SHOW THE CHURCHOF RESURRECTIOSERVICE AT 11 SUNDAYMORNING.OTHER SERVICES WILLBROADCAST ON OURSISTER STATION --
Churches in Iowa are given the green light to reopen but it's not a simple process.
