Virtual Worship and Spiritual Growth in Digital Church Era

Abstract

These days, the church is forced to enter the digital world deeply. This caused churches to be more digitalized in their ministry, including the Sunday service we saw on social media platforms on church days. Sunday service is one of the spiritual development platforms for believers, which needs attention. This paper aims to explain virtual worship and its relation to spiritual growth, which is impacted by the ministry through the digital world, with a qualitative approach. This paper found that: 1) virtual worship significantly affects spiritual growth; 2) Virtual Worship needs development in the fellowship aspect; 3) give many advantages in virtual fellowship and develop talent in digital gift in the new generation in the digital church era.