Today’s Buzz: YouTube & iTunes Ministry; Tammy Faye’s Eternal Damnation, & a Buildingless Church

Orginally published on Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 7:28 AM
by Todd Rhoades

Today... YouTube gives the church a great tool (for free!); LifeWay increases its use of iTunes; a new podcast from Leadership Network for churches with three or more campuses; a church that never, ever wants a building; Tammy Faye was not a Christian?; and more...

YouTube Ministry
Bobby Gruenewald shared recently about YouTube’s new offering:  “a couple of days ago, YouTube started to offer the ability to customize its player. Now you can select from multiple color schemes, choose from two different layouts, and customize the title of the player. Additionally, you can choose your own playlist of videos to be displayed in the custom player.  This last feature is the most significant from my perspective because it provides a “free” platform for people (or churches of course) to deliver/share a series of videos. Your viewers can place one custom piece of code on their website/blog and you can update the playlist they are watching without having to change any of the code.” Sounds like a great addition for many ministry websites.  And you can’t beat the price!

LifeWay Increasing Their Use of iTunes
LifeWay Christian Resources, part of the Southern Baptist Convention, is placing more and more audio files on Apple’s iTunes Web site.  Today, LifeWay offers more than 500 tracks on the popular audio repository, and that list is ever-growing.  This fall, for instance, choir directors and choir members will even find rehearsal tracks from LifeWay’s music area on iTunes, which already houses several Christmas choral releases.  To access LifeWay’s diverse content on iTunes, search for the title or author of the materials at http://www.apple.com/itunes/download or visit LifeWay.com for more information. More here.

New Podcast from Leadership Network:  Rapid Growth to Three Satellite Campuses
Celebration Church, Jacksonville, Florida, experienced rapid growth from the launch of three satellite campuses within three months which was a huge challenge in and of itself but it has made a huge impact on the community.  You will be inspired as you hear Executive Pastor David Branker and Campus Pastor Darren Sullivan share what Celebration learned and the growth they have experienced.  You can access the attached podcast in Leadership Network’s online library.

The Verdict is In:  Tammy Faye Was NOT a Christian
“It’s little wonder that the world was pouring out kudos to Tammy Faye. Her brand of religion is something the world loves. No repentance required. But if we are to be faithful to Jesus, we cannot fail to articulate the whole Gospel, as the Apostles once did.  I am sorry for Tammy Faye. I do not understand how someone who at one time was presented the Gospel could reject its core message. Jesus said that narrow is the way, and few there be who find it. That narrow way will never be popular, but it is the only path to the Celestial City.” More here. (thanks… but I don’t think that’s our call) UPDATE!  This link has been removed!  “Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn’t here.” This is the second time this month that something has been posted at Slice then removed without a trace; no correction; no apology; no explanation at all.  It still exists in feedreaders everywhere.  I’ve got a copy of the full post.  Wonder why this one was pulled? 

Church Says ‘We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Building’
“There’s nothing wrong with a building...churches with big buildings reach a certain number of people,” Pastor Steve McCoy of 360 Church says. But “God called us to reach people that others may not be reaching—in other ways.  Elder Don Gangnagel agrees: “We don’t want a permanent structure ever.  It’s what I refer to as my ‘castle doctrine.’ Once you build a really nice church, everything becomes about the church, and it’s easy to stay focused on that… At 360, “We don’t have to put energy into building and maintaining a building,” as elder Cathy Loeppke sees it. “We get together in homes and work on things...It’s very relational. People are working on serving together.” Read more here.

Human Waste Only, Please...
And Finally… I thought this sign was a little strange.  I found it in the men’s room at a large Christian bookstore.  Of course, I’m thinking that this just isn’t true.  I would think that you could put a whole bunch of things down that toilet that wouldn’t cost the management $500.  How about paper clips?  dollar bills?  mentos?  probably even my cell phone.  My mind wonders:  ok… what did some idot decide to try to flush down the toilet that spurred the owners of this Christian bookstore to post such a sign?  (and who is their plumber?  I think I could get a bad toilet fixed for less than half a grand).  I have my own theory:  I think someone tried to flush all the Chick tracts down the toilet that were sitting on top of it.  That would clog it up for sure!

Have a great day!

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