This article points also to another reason for continuing online/hybrid church options. Accessibility is a significant problem for the church as worship is not accessible to individuals for a number of different reasons. If online ministry helps us connect, to make accessible that which has been inaccessible, it is evangelical and gospel ministry. I like what they say here…

“My personal preference will always include in-person engagement with the people I call my church, usually in the building we also call church. I understand other people have their own preferences, and I see no benefit in weighing whose disabilities or circumstances justify each choice. As with other accommodations for disabled people, abled people will benefit as well: Shift workers and single parents and displaced individuals, be it by choice or necessity, can all benefit from worship models including online possibilities.”