I wonder how our understanding of what it is to be a Christian and the church in this world changed over this last year. I’m guessing just over a year ago before the pandemic we would have said the biggest challenges facing the church were secularism, a lack of interest in spiritual things among younger generations, competition from so many other things; sports; online games; films; internet and so the list would have gone on. Now the biggest threat has become Covid-19; social distancing; fear of crowds and gatherings; churches can no longer have large gatherings where we invite people to come along. Our traditional understanding of evangelism, worship, family and fellowship has changed and traditionally we in the church have been slow to adapt and change and so the future… well we already know we are fearful.
What does this changing world mean for how we live our lives as Christians?