In March 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic forced houses of worship nationwide to shut down, both the ministry and congregants adapted to a new, supposedly temporary reality. Like schools and offices, ...

With the coronavirus still spreading at record numbers in the United States, people have opted to skip attending religious services in person and instead explore virtual services from the safety of ...

Pastor says his metaverse Church and virtual reality sermon allowed him "to see the scriptures in a new way." His virtual church has grown from a handful of believers to a congregation of about 200 ...

Combined with the increased availability of far reaching technologies (the internet, mobile devices etc.) and the reported decline in people attending religious services, the role of the “virtual ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – The pandemic has changed the way people attend church. Online services have become popular, but now some churches are moving past Zoom and turning to virtual reality. It is a ...

It’s Sunday morning at one of today’s most innovative and fastest growing churches. Coffee is served. Ambient music fills the room. A screen displays a countdown clock announcing the service will ...

WASHINGTON (SBG) - When the pandemic hit, Dr. Laverne Wimberly’s home church, the Metropolitan Baptist Church, began holding virtual mass. But even though Dr. Wimberly’s Sunday morning was looking a ...