Below are a number of articles posted online mostly from August 2020 – January 2021. I neither agree nor disagree with any particular prediction. I’m simply trying to chronicle what is being said in recent months.

About Christian Missions and Ministry

• Our Daily Bread: https://ourdailybread.org/the-post-covid-19-landscape-for-missions/
• Converge: https://converge.org/heartland/article/post-pandemic-church-ministry
• Institute for Youth Ministry: http://iym.ptsem.edu/resources/youth-ministry-in-pandemic/the-new-normal/
• Church Executive: https://churchexecutive.com/archives/church-design-and-construction-in-a-post-pandemic-world
• Religion News: https://religionnews.com/2020/10/13/how-will-the-post-pandemic-church-pay-the-bills/
• Pew Research: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/08/17/will-the-coronavirus-permanently-convert-in-person-worshippers-to-online-streamers-they-dont-think-so/
• Tithe.ly: https://get.tithe.ly/blog/church-after-covid
• Church Design: https://church.design/cover_stories/a-post-pandemic-world-brings-changes-to-church-design/
• Christianity Today: https://www.christianitytoday.com/edstetzer/2020/august/10-leadership-qualities-of-post-covid-19-church.html

About Other Topics

• The International Monetary Fund: https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2020/06/how-will-the-world-be-different-after-COVID-19.htm
• The Harvard Gazette: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/11/our-post-pandemic-world-and-whats-likely-to-hang-round/
• Science News: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/covid-19-coronavirus-life-after-pandemic-ends-predictions
• Northeastern University: https://news.northeastern.edu/2020/11/06/what-will-the-world-be-like-after-the-covid-19-pandemic-these-researchers-are-using-game-design-to-find-out/
• Bill Gates: https://www.gatesnotes.com/Podcast/What-will-the-world-look-like-after-COVID-19
• The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/29/life-after-covid-will-our-world-ever-be-the-same
• BBC: https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20201109-coronavirus-how-cities-travel-and-family-life-will-change
• Mark Cuban: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/03/mark-cuban-on-how-america-will-change-post-covid-19-pandemic.html
• Brookings: https://www.brookings.edu/multi-chapter-report/reimagining-the-global-economy-building-back-better-in-a-post-covid-19-world/
• National Geographic: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2020/11/how-our-post-pandemic-world-will-be-different-feature/
• Oecd: http://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/policy-responses/the-territorial-impact-of-covid-19-managing-the-crisis-across-levels-of-government-d3e314e1/
• Devex: https://www.devex.com/news/after-the-pandemic-how-will-covid-19-transform-global-health-and-development-96936

by Daniel L. Sonnenberg

Categories: Articles, COVID-19

Tags: Christian ministry, COVID-19, Missions