Worship Goes Big-Screen and Hi-Fi, With Direct-Deposit Tithing
Technology Raises Fears of a Lost Reverence
By Virgil Dickson and Catherine Rampell
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, September 25, 2007; Page A01
At First Baptist Church of Glenarden in Prince George’s County, parishioners who don’t make it to church on time are directed to an overflow room to watch the Sunday service on a huge projection screen. If they can’t make it to church at all, they can catch the service online, anytime.
The Church at Severn Run in Anne Arundel County has a wireless network in its cafe that lets parents work and peruse the Internet while waiting for their children to finish Sunday school. And at McLean Bible Church in Northern Virginia, fancy lighting, rock music and occasional applause spice up spirited sermon.
