The Internet Destination Church

Most of church life isn’t conferences or the sort of stuff that makes the highlight reel.

In my late twenties, I was part of what you might call an “internet destination church." The pastor had a popular blog; he wrote plainly, poked at sacred cows, and tackled subjects most others avoided. It drew a decent online following, and whenever we hosted conferences, people would fly or drive in from all over to be there.

For us, those weekends were…