“Two hundred fifty years ago, leaders like John Wesley led a revolution by taking the church outside its walls to where the people are,” said Osborne. “We’re doing the same thing. It just happens that the internet is now where people are.”  Rev. Jamie Osborne is senior pastor of City Church, a “blended model” church that will have local pastors in some 100 cities nationwide but will meet online, starting on October 10.  From Religion Press Release Service:

The group’s research indicated that the flexibility, convenience and non-threatening nature of the internet appealed to the un-churched or under-churched segment, but that people still wanted to have some sort of human connection.

“We figured we could spend the rest of our lives building campuses to facilitate this face-to-face interaction or find another way,” Osborne said. “We decided to find another way.”