churches with an Internet campus

As the multi-site church revolution continues to grow and mushroom (cf. the Leadership Network book, Multi-Site Revolution: Being One Church in Many Locations) -- over 1,500 multi-site churches in the United States (2005 stat, per MondayMorningInsight.com) -- not only are churches going to multiple locations geographically into other cities and states, a few are connecting people via Internet campuses! Here's the ones I've found so far [add a comment to keep this list updated]:

• Life Church (Edmond OK) has its Church Online (launched February 2006) and also a campus in Second Life. Live worship experiences on Saturdays @ 6:30pm + 8:00pm, Sundays @ 10:00am (GMT) + 10:00am + 11:30am + 1:00pm (Central), Mondays 8:00pm (GMT) + 8:00pm, Tuesdays @ 12:00pm + 8:00pm (Central).
• Seacoast Church (Charleston SC) has Church Online (launched January 2007) with live worship times on Sundays @ 9:30am + 11:15am (Eastern).
• Flamingo Road Church (Cooper City FL) has its Internet campus with live worship times on Saturdays @ 5:00pm + 6:30pm and Sundays @ 9:30am + 11:00am + 12:30pm + 5:00pm (Eastern).
• McLean Bible Church (metro Washington DC) has its Internet campus with live worship times on Sundays @ 9:00am + 10:45am + 12:30pm + 5:30pm (Eastern).
• New Hope Christian Fellowship's internet campus is called an Online Community. Live worship times are Saturdays @ 5:00pm + 7:00pm and Sundays @ 7:00am, 9:00am, 11:00am (Hawaiian Time).
• The Church Group (Jacksonville FL) calls its internet campus called I-Church, with worship times at Wednesdays @ 7:00pm and Sunday @ 10:30am (Eastern).
• Christ Fellowship (Palm Beach Gardens FL) has an Online Campus, Saturdays @ 6:00p and Sundays @ 9:00am + 11:00am (Eastern), having provided live-streaming of worship services since 2005.
• Richmond Community Church (Virginia) has an Internet Campus called HighImpactChurch.tv live on Sundays @ 11:00am (Eastern).
• Northland, A Church Distributed (Orlando FL) has live online worship on Saturdays @ 5:00pm, Sundays @ 9:00am + 11:00am + 6:00pm, Mondays @ 7:00pm (Eastern).
• Victory Life Family Worship Center (Durant, OK) has a Virtual Church where you can watch Duane Sheriff messages 24/7 and Live on Sundays @ 9:00am + 11:00am, Thursdays @ 7:00pm (Central).
• Gracepoint Church (Wichita, KS) has an Internet Campus with live-streamed videos on Sundays @ 9:30am + 11:00am (Central). [ht: Terry Johnson]
• Brand New Church (Harrison, AR) has an iCampus with worship on Sundays @ 11:00am + 5:00pm and Wednesdays @ 12:00 Noon (Central).
• Central Christian Church (Las Vegas) has an Online Campus with worship times on Sundays @ 4:30am + 7:00am + 9:00am + 10:20am + 11:45am + 4:30pm (Pacific) .
• Mecklenburg Community Church (Charlotte) has its Internet campus experiences on Sundays @ 10:15am (Eastern).
• Pine Ridge Church (Graham NC) has an Internet campus with worship on Sundays @ 10:30am (Eastern).
• Celebration Church (Jacksonville FL) has an Internet campus with worship on Sundays @ 11:30am + Tuesdays @ 9:00pm (Eastern).
• NewSong Church (Irvine CA) has its NewSong Global online worship on Sundays @ 10:30am (Pacific).
• Alive Church (Tucson AZ) has a Web campus with services on Saturdays @ 5:00pm + 6:30pm and Sundays @ 9:30am + 11:00am (Arizona time).
• Liquid Church (Morristown, NJ) launched its internet campus in January 2009, with worship times on Saturdays @ 6:00pm and Sundays @ 11:00am + 6:00pm and Wednesdays 1:00pm (Eastern).
• Voice to the Nations (Griffin GA) launched its internet campus in February 2009, with worship times on Sundays @ 9:00am + 11:15am (Eastern).
• The Ridge Community Church (Oak Ridge TN) has a Ridge iCampus, with worship time on Sundays @ 10:00am (Eastern). Church launch date is April 19th.
• Barefoot Church (Myrtle Beach SC) has its Internet Campus with worship times on Saturdays @ 6:00pm and Sundays @ 9:00am + 11:00am (Eastern).
• Saddleback Church (Lake Forest CA) has an Internet Campus with worship times on Saturdays @ 4:30pm + 6:30 pm and Sundays @ 9:00am + 11:15 am + 4:30pm + 6:30pm  (Pacific).
• Forefront Church (Denver) has an online campus with worship times on Sundays 6:00pm (Mountain).
• Real Life Fellowship (Corpus Christi TX) has a web page to watch live worship with worship time on Sundays 11:30am (Central).
• Manmin Central Church (Seoul, South Korea) has Internet Live Webcasting on Sundays 10:00am + 11:30am + 3:00pm, Wednesdays @ 7:00pm, Fridays @ 11:00pm (GMT+9).
• The Church at South Las Vegas (Las Vegas NV) has an online campus -- live on Saturdays @ 6:00pm and Sundays @ 10:00am + 11:45am (Pacific).
• Church of the Resurrection (Kansas City) launched its internet campus, Resurrection Live, on July 1st, 2009. Worship times on Sundays 10:45am and 5:00pm (Central).
• Faith Promise Church (Knoxville TN) has an iCampus with worship times on Sundays @ 10:00am + 11:45am (Eastern).
• Journey Church (Orange Park FL) has an internet campus with worship times on Saturdays 6:00pm and Sundays 9:30am + 11:15am (Eastern). [live stream with chat room]
• New Covenant Assembly (FL) has an iCampus with worship times on Wednesdays 7:00pm and Sundays 10:00am (Eastern). [live stream with chat room]
• Buckhead Church (Atlanta) has North Point Online (launched on August 16th, 2009.) Worship time is Sundays 6:00pm (Eastern).
• Healing Place Church (Baton Rouge LA) has its Healing Place Church Online with weekly Bible study and weekly prayer gathering. Live video of worship services are online on Saturdays 5:00pm and Sundays 10:00am (Central). Internet campus launches October 4th!
• Southbrook Community Church (Charlotte NC) is working on launching an internet campus soon.
• The Church at Chapel Hill (Douglasville GA) has its Internet Campus on Saturdays 6:00pm and Sundays 10:45am (Eastern).
• Abundant Life Church (Blaine MN) has its Internet Campus on Sundays 9:15am + 11:00am (Central).
• Discovery Church (Orlando FL) has Discovery Live on Saturdays 6:00pm and Sundays 9:00am + 10:45am (Eastern).
• Elevation Church (Matthews NC) has its Elevation Church Live online experience on Sundays 7:00pm (Eastern).
• Table Rock Fellowship (Medford OR) has TRF Live on Saturdays 6:00pm and Sundays 8:00am + 9:45am + 11:30am (Pacific).
• Community Bible Church (Stockbridge GA) has worship at its Community Online Campus on Sundays 9:30am + 11:00am (Eastern).
• Granger Community Church (Fort Bend IN) has its internet campus at idochurchonline.com on Sundays at 6:30pm + 8:30pm (Eastern) (blog; Launched 11/15/09)
• Woodlands Church (The Woodlands TX) has Church Online experiences on Saturdays 6:00pm and Sundays 11:30am and Wednesdays 12:00pm (Central).
• Celebration Covenant Church (Frisco TX) has an Online Experience on Saturdays 6:00pm and Sundays 9:00am + 11:00am and Wednesdays 7:00pm (Central).
• 30minutechurch.com is an entirely online church experience. View on-demand any time. New episodes each week.
• Gateway Church (Austin TX) has an internet campus pastor who is preparing the way for their internet campus, launching January 2010. [blog posts about how the internet campus is being developed]
• Cross Timbers Church (Argyle TX) is launching its internet campus in early 2010.
• Generate at Crossroads Church (Corona CA) has Generate Online, known as a Facebook Campus. Thursdays 3:00pm + 4:30pm + 6:00pm + 7:30pm (Pacific).

[ count = 48; last updated: 11/22/09; also see edit-able List of Online Churches & Internet Campuses at equipthem.info ]

Granted, a video podcast feed allows people to view a sermon message from the archives on-demand, or you could watch a worship service via streaming live video or Cable TV broadcast, e.g. Tenth Presbyterian Church's live webcast or Bell Shoals Baptist Church's live webcast or watch live service from C3 Church in Sydney, Australia(!).

But an Internet campus is more than having a streamed video -- it's adding live interactive features like lobby chat room, message notes, communication card, raise a hand, say a prayer, and even online giving. Some have on-going ministry during the week with attenders by forming small groups or service projects. I'd imagine more features will be added as these campuses grow and technologies mature. (I've already participated at 2 of the above Internet campuses -- once when I was homebound during a snow storm, and we had family worship at home with my wife and son online!)

These Internet campuses are reaching hundreds and thousands already! One prediction projects that 10% of Americans will rely exclusively on the Internet for their religious experience by 2010.

So, what do you think? What would it take to launch an Internet campus at your church?

[update] Other churches preparing to launch internet campuses:  Liberty Church (Pensacola FL) has what it calls its internet campus using Ustream.TV, and Manna Church (Fayetteville NC) planning to launch one cf. link; The Intersection is a new place with stories & questions & answers launching in January 2010 by Gateway Church.

[nb] There's a church that is entirely online and virtual, called St Pixels Church of the Internet, so that's a church with only an internet campus. St Pixels started in May 2004.

Churches with live-stream worship services:

• Discovery Church (Voorhees NJ) offers Discovery LIVE for live-stream video. 
• C3 Church (Clayton NC) has a live feed on Sundays 9:30am & 11:30am Eastern.
• New Hope Family Church has live-streamed video of its worship service. 
• Church of the Redeemer (Gaithersburg MD) has live webcast of its services in English and Spanish. 
• The River (Little Rock AR) has live webcast
• First Baptist Church (Houston) has live streaming webcast on Sundays 9:30am + 11:00am + 6:30pm Central.
• Fellowship Church (Holden MA) has a livestream FCTV.
• Watermark Church (Grand Haven MI) is livestreaming on Sundays 9:15am + 11:00am.
• Grace Church (Lititz PA) has a live webcast on Sundays 10:00am.
• Northshore Christian Church (Everett WA) has a live webcast.
• St. Simons Community Church (GA) has a livestream.
• Dream Center (Los Angeles) has live video at dreamcenterlive.com on Sundays 9:00am + 11:00am and Thursdays 7:00pm (Pacific).

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Footnotes: Living Hope Church closed its internet campus in December 2008(?). Zyxter Church (Parker CO) used to have a web page to watch online. [formerly known as Afterlife.tv with its Cyberchurch.] NewSpring Church (Anderson SC) launched its Web Campus in February 2009 and closed on March 2010, replacing it with a live stream.

Comments

[Kurt Ervin]

Hey Central Christian Church in Las Vegas is getting ready for a big year. We will be opening our second and third video venue campuses, as well as launching our internet campus. That will give us a total of five campuses by the end of 2008, up from the 2 we currently have.

[Chris Dillingham]

Another that should be added to the list -

Northland church : http://www.northlandchurch.net/webstream_worship/index.html

[Tim Simms]

What technology are people using to create the Internet campuses? I see mention of lobby chats, online giving, prayer, connection tools, etc., but looking for an online turn-key service to provide the environment.

[Stacey Sneed]

Brand New Church has also started an internet campus. Check it out at www.brandnewchurch.com, ICampus. It's awesome!

[Scott Rohlwing]

I see there is a growing number of churches moving towards internet campuses? Are there any churches that have considered online learning to complement their Christian Education departments?

[djchuang]

Scott, I do hear of more churches launching internet campuses, and the list above is updated regularly as soon as I hear of more. The count is now at 18 (October 2008), up from 8 when this list was first created in October 2007.

There's one church I know of, Seacoast Church, that uses online learning for personal and leadership development at http://www.mynextsteps.org/ -- I'd think there are more; I just don't know yet.

Readers: if you know of other internet campuses or church-based online learning, please add a comment.

[Alex Tran]

Just wanted to let you know we launched an Internet Campus in early September.

http://www.celebration.org/campuses/internet/

[Michael Gray]

AliveChurch.com in Tucson Arizona has 5 services each Saturday & Sunday.
http://alivechurch.com/cgi-bin/streaming.pl?churchid=church1

Hosted by StreamingChurch.tv

[Pastor Alec Tate]

Hey! We are also launching our internet campus on Feb. 1st at Voice to the Nations Worship Center. Check us out at www.vttn.org. We are trying our hardest to get the live service broadcasted via mogulus with some minor technical difficulties.

[Rod Cadenhead]

Pinelake Church has just opened its third campus in Clinton, MS.

[Dr. A. Dale Climie]

Welcome to the revolution! Set Free Ministries at www.apostle.org has been webcasting our Saturday evening services for 2 1/2 years. Although we've experienced some technical problems with out chat rooms, our web-stats show that we are reaching 900+ faithful followers every week. Not bad considering that we are primarily a church planting organization!

[Daniel Berman]

Here are three more:

The Ridge Community Church::I-Campus http://www.ridgechurchonline.com/media/internet-campus/

Mecklenburg Community Church:: http://icampus.mecklenburg.org/

St. Pixels::http://www.stpixels.com/

[Billigflug]

Church online is a good idea for people who have problems to go to church on their own, but I hope it will never replace going to church. There are so many things that you can't copy into the net.
I was surprised to find out, that the post is already 1,5 years old. Till now I've never heard of an online church. I know services from radio or TV (on special holidays), but never thought about the internet, even though it's the logical consequence.

[Kyle]

Some cool stories of lives that have been impacted through Faith Promise's Internet Campus:
http://blog.faithpromiseweb.com/2009/07/the-impact-of-church-online/

Leveraging the Internet Campus to reach new groups of people:
http://blog.faithpromiseweb.com/2009/07/worship-for-the-deaf-community/

[Lee Hsia]

Please add Houston's First Baptist Church. http://houstonsfirst.org/webcast We have a live streaming webcast 9:10AM, 10:45AM, and 6:00PM Sundays, as well as 7:30PM Thursdays for our MetroLIVE city-wide singles Bible Study. Listening Guides (Study Guides) and Worship Guides (bulletins) are also available, as well as a form for contacting us, and links for prayer requests and giving. More features that are live and interactive will be added soon.

[Nick Charalambous]

NewSpring has 3 web services at 11:15, 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. EST. Could you correct the record please?

[Nick Charalambous]

Things move fast around here: We've just added two services on Tuesdays at 11:45 a.m. and 8 p.m. EST. Thanks!

[Amanda Sims]

LifeChurch.tv now has 35 experiences per week. You can see the schedule at http://internet.lifechurch.tv/times