ALEXANDRIA – Using current technology available to pastors and church leaders through an Internet connection, the LBC Communications team hosted its first Webinar Oct. 26.
This is a technology that brings some of the very best experts in a particular field into the office/home of a group of interactive participants via the Internet usually at a very low or no cost.
Michael Stewart, LBC Cooperative Program/Stewardship strategist, facilitated the inaugural Webinar. The expert was Ben Stroup, a nationally-recognized leader among younger pastors in equipping today’s church with biblical stewardship methods. There were a total of 24 who signed up for this pilot session.
Stewart has plans for the Webinar to become a series of discussions with participants. As a result, he titled the first event a Webinar Series – The Fully Funded Church: Topic No. 1: How to talk about money in the church.
“This is a first for us. However, we hope this kind of production will gain traction,” said John Yeats, LBC Communications team leader. “In a day when there is so much discussion about being effective and efficient with church strategies, the timeliness of engaging this method for equipping pastors and interested church leaders is perfectly suited for our day. With the crunch of the economy hitting all sectors, many of our small church and mega-sized churches could benefit from these discussions.”
Danny Nation, LBC media production strategist, and John Ammons, LBC digital media strategist, used their expertise in the production of the Webinar.
They said they too are convinced that church leaders could benefit from this low-cost and time-efficient method for equipping church leaders in an array of subjects vital for today’s church.
Roger Tarver, pastor of FBC Crowley, invited the staff and the church’s financial secretary into his office to view the Webinar.
“We thought the Webinar was informational and well done. Thank you. Will there be other segments?” Information for becoming a participant with the next Webinar is given at www.lbc.org.
Waylon Bailey, pastor FBC Covington, had some technical challenges with logging in to ask a question, yet he said, “I enjoyed it. Very clear audio and video. Thanks for doing this.”