Tim at e-church wrote about the question of cyberchurch and whether it is right to attend only online.  A similar question: can online church can “be Church” by itself.  I think part of a full response to this is that “by itself” is not truly possible for online Church,  since it depends on the idea that we are attempting to “grow” and “tranform” as we begin to live in a new context.  And it returns us to the question that Tim ponders in his reponse to the discussion.

From Tim’s article: Spencer at TheOoze askes, “Is it ok to only attend Church in cyber space?” It is an amazing discussion with 109 posts (as of this entry). Here is my (Tim’s) take on the question:

I just printed the whole discussion board on this topic — 46 pages. As one late to the discussion, here is my two cents. I think the most important word in the question Spenser asked is ‘only’. As I read through this thread and think about my own experiences in the real world, I think I that a healthy Christian is one who has multiple memberships in communities of faith, not one who ‘only’ attends the church in one form….

Important aspect of the online community;  that it enables us to extend our tradtional notions of church and touch many aspects of the wider Christian community than was previously achievable. I wrote an article responding to this: “Multiple Membership”.