The TGCA ‘One-Stop-Shop’ COVID-19 Resource Page

As part of TGCA’s mission to help Christians and Churches during COVID-19, TGCA is launching a ‘one-stop-shop’ COVID-19 Resource Page, with links to a variety of resources (from TGCA and other sources). The COVID-19 Resource Page covers topics such as: Online church guides (i.e. the technical aspects) Taking church structures online Creative evangelism Family and devotional resources Wellness Showing love to the vulnerable Thinking through the issues The Resource Page provides resources for busy pastors and Christians that have been ‘vetted’ for their theological faithfulness and practical usefulness, thanks to the hard work of many students at Moore Theological College,...

Akos Balogh

The Perils, Pitfalls and Pleasures of Online Church

Jenn Phillips

How to Live for Jesus in the COVID-19 Age

Akos Balogh

Preparing for Church Online

Dave McDonald

The Calm Amidst The Storm

Stephanie Jane Judd

Finding God Through COVID-19

Mark Powell

On Sunday, TGCA published a post from Mark Powell on medical staff (and ministers!) rediscovering prayer in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. Here, as a follow-up piece, is a specific example taken from a recent public-radio interview. National Public Radio recently aired a fascinating interview with Dr David Nott. Dr Nott served as a trauma surgeon in some of the world’s most dangerous places, such as: Syria, Afghanistan, Congo, Iraq, Yemen and Sarajevo for nearly two decades. Late last year he also wrote a personal memoir, War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line (Picador, 2019) outlining his experiences. From...

Finding God Through COVID-19

Mark Powell

How COVID-19 is Producing Prayer

Mark Powell

During the current pandemic, something of a spiritual revival may be occurring which the mainstream is starting to acknowledge. A significant number of people are turning to God in prayer. The Wall Street Journal is even calling this, “A Coronavirus Great Awakening?” According to Premier Christian News: As the global coronavirus pandemic continues to worsen, the number of people Googling the word “prayer” has dramatically increased. This is according to Jeanet Bentzen, an economist at the University of Copenhagen, who released a report on her findings, titled: “In Crisis, We Pray: Religiosity and the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Throughout the world, a remarkable thing is taking place. Doctors and...

How COVID-19 is Producing Prayer

Mark Powell

Online Church isn’t the Ideal – Don’t Get Used to it

Adam Ch’ng

In the mad rush to online church, many pastors are asking ourselves: “How can we make online church not just good but great? How can we make the online experience just as good as the personal experience?” Now it’s perfectly understandable why we want to be at our best: we want to continue seeing the sinner saved and saints sanctified. And yet, that impulse to minimise the differences between the online and the personal might be unwise and short-sighted. The impulse to minimise the differences between the online and the personal might be unwise … we may be shooting ourselves...

Online Church isn’t the Ideal – Don’t Get Used to it

Adam Ch’ng

Ministry in a ‘Novel’ Context: Feels Different; Same Basics

Kamal Weerakoon • Eugene Hor

See part 2 here God evidently has a ‘vision 2020’ for his church which is much more challenging, and potentially productive, than any of our church & ministry vision statements could have imagined. Covid19 is providing Christian ministry an excellent opportunity to learn how to minister in a ‘novel’ context. The physical restrictions associated with the novel coronavirus pandemic continue to both tighten and lengthen. This is an opportunity for us all to (1) refocus on what really matters—what in our ministry is essential, and what’s nice but not really necessary; and then (2) learn how to ‘transpose’ our ministry...