I don't want to start a fight here, but I want to add my 2 cents. The ACCA has been using technology to record audio sermons since at least the early 1940's, and that was almost as soon as the technology was available.
Prior to the AC Sermon Streamer in the mid 00's people had to call into a congregation, or wait for a tape or CD to be sent to them. The AC Sermon Streamer gave members that were sick, on vacation, or living in an area with no AC congregation a way to listen to sermons whenever they wanted to.
Now we have ACCentral that allows anyone to listen to or watch the sermons and special events as the happen, or go back and listen to a sermon that touched them, or catch sermons from around the country from congregations they have friends at, or events they do not have the time, or resources to visit.
I have also talked to many elderly members that can not get to church all the time due to mobility issues that have been blessed by being able to see their church family vs. just hearing the audio.
Just my thoughts, but I don't think embracing technology is a new thing for the AC church, or that this website/app is something "Of this age." I do not know of another denomination with a tool like this... If anything, the AC Church is ahead of the curve with this project.
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I don't want to start a fight here, but I want to add my 2 cents. The ACCA has been using technology to record audio sermons since at least the early 1940's, and that was almost as soon as the technology was available.
Prior to the AC Sermon Streamer in the mid 00's people had to call into a congregation, or wait for a tape or CD to be sent to them. The AC Sermon Streamer gave members that were sick, on vacation, or living in an area with no AC congregation a way to listen to sermons whenever they wanted to.
Now we have ACCentral that allows anyone to listen to or watch the sermons and special events as the happen, or go back and listen to a sermon that touched them, or catch sermons from around the country from congregations they have friends at, or events they do not have the time, or resources to visit.
I have also talked to many elderly members that can not get to church all the time due to mobility issues that have been blessed by being able to see their church family vs. just hearing the audio.
Just my thoughts, but I don't think embracing technology is a new thing for the AC church, or that this website/app is something "Of this age." I do not know of another denomination with a tool like this... If anything, the AC Church is ahead of the curve with this project.