A pastor in North China shares how her surburban church relied on the Internet to pastor thousands of believers during the COVID-19 lockdown.

The application and development of network technology have played a positive role in the growth of the church and believers. However, a pastor questiones whether the Internet churches are real churches.

"The management level of enterprises in society has been upgraded several times, while the church is still managed in the most primitive way." Speaking of the original intention of the technology ministry, Brother M, is dedicated to promoting information management in churches.

The attitude of the local authorities, pastors, and church workers basically draws out the big picture of an online ministry.

A church in Shanxi Province, which is in the north of China, will start an online group for Christians who are single.

A brother who is engaged in the convergence media ministry of a church in Zhejiang said, the church should first establish a network ministry, and then someone should be willing to serve the ministry by setting up a team and studying together.

Restrictions have been placed more intensely on the online ministry as China’s new Internet religious regulations took effect on March 1.

Shenzhen Pinghu Church opened a program themed “Friends, I Want to Talk With You” to care for believers and preach the gospel, receiving good feedback from its congregation.

Based on the observations of several pastors, the churches in China are becoming more group-based and family-based, with a reliance on online ministry in the post-pandemic era.

In Nantong City, Jiangsu Province, one church’s offerings increased, while many other churches’ decreased due to the COVID-19 pandemic.