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Apr 2024
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Understanding Hybrid Worship

ACTON INSTITUTE
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Many Christian congregations now offer hybrid worship services: you can worship in person or online. While these options have become increasingly popular, our understanding of them has not kept pace. Furthermore, emerging technologies like artificial intelligence will only complicate matters further. The contemporary church needs a way to make sense of the d ... Show More
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