[sarge83]

All the local churches who have went virtual or to one service on Sunday morning in my area are dying slow deaths. The members are ignored by the pastor except for performing a funeral service. No calls, no visitations, no Sunday School, no Wednesday or Sunday evening services, no youth programs, no gathering to worship the Lord.

The ones that continue to have services seem to be thriving and the remnant from those churches who saw Covid as an excuse to go virtual or down to one service a week are seeking out those churches that continue to be there for their congregation.

[Tell It Right]

My church is a mega church where about 90% of the time the sermon is streamed in (a local pastor sometimes gives the message in person). But the worship is with a live local band and we really push small groups. We have one Sunday service and once a month have a Wednesday service, and once a month have a Wednesday youth service. But again, most of the meetings are in small groups. This is how the church operated since before covid.

End result: we had to expand to 3 services on Sunday from all the people coming to my local church (campus) alone. In the past year there were 1,126 people coming to Christ for the first time, just at my local campus alone. This is in a majority black area and so many folks are tired of the racist and hedonism messages in too many black churches. In fact, many of the leaders in other black churches have gotten the point and changed their tune. One of them close to me now has a Sav-a-life building for pregnant women to go to if they're teetering on aborting. I thought I'd never see that at a black church.