One wisdom issue facing many local churches today is whether and how to use video teaching in discipleship. It used to be that churches would use, for example, videos from a prominent women’s teacher until a particular woman from the church could be raised up to teach and lead its women’s ministry.
In this and other areas, video teaching was a supplement until local church leaders could be properly trained and equipped.
But today, many churches adopt a discipleship model that involves recording their own leaders, producing podcast or video content in-house, and then distributing it to smaller groups (e.g., Sunday school classes, home groups) to watch or listen and discuss. From my conversations with ministry leaders, it seems the motivations behind this shift are mixed.
How would you think through this issue? Should your local church offer its next discipleship or membership class as a series of YouTube videos? Is this wise and best? Here are three questions to help you navigate this foggy question with wisdom.
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