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July 6, Marcell Silva Steuernagel and Robert Hunt, professors at SMU Dallas Perkins School of Theology, for a piece outlining the circumstances that led them to collaborate on a class to teach best practices for digitally mediated ministry. Published in Inside Sources: https://bit.ly/2Z4GZlP

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Over a period of five days in March, Dallas-area churches, temples, gurdwaras, synagogues and mosques had an epiphany during a crisis that threatened their fundamental function to assemble.

So, faith leaders pivoted and embraced a new dimension of digital ministry.

The epiphany came from a mix of orders and guidance from community authorities who warned that worshiping in person was too dangerous during the COVID-19 outbreak.

The pivot came as worship communities scrambled to design pandemic-proof services delivered through technology platforms — some with steep learning curves and devoid of the traditional approaches of in-person visit to sanctuaries and close-proximity gatherings of the faithful. . .