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I got a chance to hang out with one of my new great friends Cynthia Ware this last Friday. Since we both are very excited about all that God is doing with his church online we got to talking about the movement of churches taking their worship experiences online - and the interesting situation of how and where they need to look for the pastors to lead the campus as well as the online community it will create.

Here are my thoughts in a bullet list so it looks organized but doesn’t have to be in my head

• Worship Leaders will make the best transition to Internet Campus Pastors. They are used to facilitating a group of people and pointing to God. They are great at creating the experience a community needs to unite, and act. They are not trying to be “the man”, but are charismatic enough to be a part of why people are coming back! Basically they know, better than any other pastoral position, on how to create value, direct people and get out of the way.
• Women will make some of the best Internet Campus Pastors. They are the better sex  in regards to social skills hands down, especially when it comes to community, conversation and caring. Just look at the mommy blog networks and social networks focused on women and this becomes a no brain-er.
• Pastor first, Tech second. An internet campus is more about translating your ministry processes online than about what technology you use to get it there. The ability for them to get online and use what is there is essential, but not more important than knowing how to pastor people from unbeliever to disciple (however your church has chosen to do that!)
• Good on Video (Communicator). Writing, Commenting, Audio and Video are all the ways that people build relationship on the internet. This person needs to be able to defuse an angry commenter, post a video update through Facebook, record a volunteer news podcast and do the video intro for each weekend. It is more about communicating than running the camera (tech), but knowing something about the tech doesn’t hurt.

Those are my thoughts - what do you think? What people are will be more natural in transitioning to a ministry postion like internet campus pastor?

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