Planting digital first, Substack and the story of Oikon

How does a church move from a digital or online ministry to an in-person meeting group? What does it look like to plant a church in the midst of a pandemic? And what digital tools set up a new church for growth in the 2020s?

Asking any of these questions? Curious about what that looks like in today’s ministry landscape? Well, we’re talking with Mike Whang of Oikon Church in Houston Texas in this session. And Pastor Mike is going to share with us the story of planting, at first, a digital ministry that has added or implemented in-person gatherings. He’ll share with us some of the tools he’s using to communicate with the congregation of Oikon–and this includes some clever uses for Substack.

Mike Whang is currently the lead and founding pastor of Oikon United Methodist Church in Houston, Texas.

(00:00) Introduction

(01:46) Meet Pastor Mike Whang

(07:09) Starting a digital-first church, Oikon Church

(12:47) Moving from digital-only to hybrid church

(16:39) Experiments in the church

(21:22) Substack for church communications

(27:36) The future of Oikon Church