In 2019, God started speaking to Shane and Lana about doing something more than what they were already doing at Evangel Temple as Production Directors. He started to change their hearts and began to show them a new way in working with online services. They began to see the fruit of online ministry and became confident that the Lord intended to use it for even greater ways.
So, they started to ask the question, “why can’t the church exist online?” The church really doesn’t need a building because we are all called to be the CHURCH. The church does not need to be at a location-centric; I mean God did say to go into all the world and preach the gospel! Today that is easier than ever through online platforms. As Shane and Lana were talking about this together, they started to question what God was trying to speak to them. They started to see a pattern in the way God was wanting to use the online space and felt that He was asking us to do something about it.

He started to show them that this next Generation, Gen Z, is the most connected generation to date. That many of them are not wanting to follow Christ because of the issues that they perceive in the church today. They grew in the conviction that this generation is different than those before it, and that it would take something different to reach them. Out of that conviction they believe the Lord birthed a vision; to plant a church online.
As they brainstormed and dreamed about how this vision could even work, something totally unexpected happened. COVID. COVID came in and forced all churches to go online. Through that time of innovation and experimentation, God showed that we now have the proof of concept that it can work and will work. Now, post pandemic 78% of people said that they would be open to attending services online rather than going to a church building.
We now feel that this is the moment to pursue what God has guided Shane and Lana to do.