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When pastors swap the pulpit for the webcam

By Celeste Biever

14 February 2007

It is Saturday night and I am waiting for a church service to begin. People are already gathering in the lobby to chat, but with one big difference. The worshippers are spread all over the world – from Oklahoma to Korea – and are ready to attend a service broadcast over the internet via .

“I love the online campus. I can attend an experience with friends from everywhere,” says one worshipper, Elizabeth C, a 48-year-old mother from Oklahoma City.

Many churches webcast their services, but Life Church, also based in Oklahoma City, is the first to set up an online…

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