My name is Youwan Kang and I am the Pastor of Intersect (English Ministry of Mountain View Chinese Christian Church). I am currently a Doctor of Missiology student at Fuller Theological Seminary and I am researching Christian Spiritual Formation in a Networked Society.
The two things that I am very passionate about is ministry and technology. I am interested in finding places in which these two things intersect. I am also interested in equipping my church members to thrive in our rapidly changing culture. It is imperative to exercise discernment when it comes to technology, specifically social media networks and connected devices, but it is also important to engage our culture and to transform it for the Gospel (For a more in-depth perspective on how Christians can engage culture, I highly recommend Richard Niebuhr's "Christ and Culture").
In the beginning of my studies, I was introduced to the notion of the "flipped" classroom. Here is a helpful graphic from www.knewton.com that describes how the "flipped" classroom is different than a traditional one.
In the traditional model, lecture is given in class and homework is taken home. In the "flipped" model, the lecture is viewed at home and homework is done together in class. This would not have been possible even a few years ago but the prevalence of social media networks and connected devices allows this to be a reality.
My mind instantly thought of all the possible ways to incorporate this into everyday ministry. How would this change the way we did ministry in the church? What would small groups look like if content was consumed online and actually face to face time was spend in discussing application and praying for each other? What would a church service look like if the sermon was viewed online and group gatherings were dedicated to corporate application of the message? The possibilities are endless.
I welcome you to join me, as well as the members of my church, as we venture out into this new territory together. I hope to share various articles pertaining to this topic as well as samples of what our church is doing to incorporate elements of the "flipped" classroom into our church.
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