How and Why We Worship Is No Longer Confined to Churches

Minister Paul J Bern
7 min readMar 5, 2023

Why Technology Is Reinventing Church As We Know It

by Rev. Paul J. Bern

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The celebration of the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible was back in 2011, and Bible publishers are still ostentatiously commemorating that landmark by producing an abundance of gorgeous hand-bound versions complete with illustrations — for a premium price, of course. The hoopla is entirely justified, since the King James Bible revolutionized Bible reading, bringing Scripture into a common vernacular for the first time for the English-speaking world. Although I personally use other versions (NIV, NLT, & Amplified), it is not too much to say that the King James Bible — mass produced as it was — democratized religion by taking it out of the hands of the clerical few and giving it to the many, thanks to a cutting edge technology from back then known as the printing press.

Using Technology to Spread the Gospel

Today, another much bigger revolution in church as we have known it is underway. Today’s technology goes a giant step further, making…

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Minister Paul J Bern

Rev. Paul J. Bern is a Web pastor and blogger on The Social Gospel Blog on Medium and Substack. Longtime Atlanta Ga. resident; stroke survivor; piano player