Evangelizing The Net Through 'Godcasting'

Over the past few years, one of the growing trends with blog-style sites has been the Podcast. Basically, the podcast is like a radio show that is shared over the internet and can be played at almost any time. In the case of the church, the podcast can be a sermon recorded and made available on the church website.

Now, some people may worry that making their sermons available through podcasting may lead to a replacement for attending church. While this may happen in a few cases, most of the time the podcast can be used to give visitors to your church website a "sneak preview" as to what your church is like. Through the podcast, visitors can check out your pastor's or pastors' preaching style and approach. It's almost a small kind of advertisement as to what your church is all about.

Secondly, the podcast can be very useful for keeping your church family together. For those with jobs who require them to miss the occasional service, they can keep up with sermon series or even announcements at your church. Even for those who are bound to their homes, such as the elderly, the podcast can be used to bring them the weekly sermon, either through the technology available to them in their homes or the sermons can be put on tape or CD and brought to them by anyone with access to the podcast.

As you can already see, the podcast can be a very powerful tool for your church website. For more information on podcasting, I encourage your to check out the following:

• Podcasting: helping the church move at the speed of technology
• Podcasting Your Church