Rei Lemuel Crizaldo is the Coordinator of the World Evangelical Alliance Theological Commission, a member of the Younger Leader Generation (YLG) of the Lausanne Movement, advocacy coordinator for Micah Global’s national expression in the Philippines, and a regional coordinator role for Tearfund’s theology network in East and Southeast Asia. He is a thinker, communicator, and teacher, whose writing and active online engagement brings together people reflecting on contextual theology, holistic ministry, and the impact of digitality.
The hybrid church has been described as the coming together of a church’s online presence and offline/physical gatherings. In fantasy fiction hybrids emerge at a critical point of change and endure longer over time. In a similar way, hybridity has the potential strengthen a churches witness and promote a stronger holistic ministry, increasing gospel impact and a church's longevity. Let's explore this further together.
The coronavirus pandemic of 2019 sent churches, big and small, on a massive online migration. The lockdowns of the pandemic season and the implementation of strict physical distancing measures effectively locked-up the sanctuaries of different faith communities in many nations. For a couple of years or so, it seemed like the age of the digital church had finally arrived. But is that the case?
