The accessibility of programs like Zoom, which grew in popularity due to COVID-19, allowed a ministry in Hickory, N.C., to grow organically to reach and disciple hundreds of Christian pastors in India.
Murphy’s congregation had fallen victim to “Zoombombing” — an attack by online trolls whose targets during the coronavirus outbreak have included churches, mosques and synagogues.
For members of the congregation, the news that their church led 30 people on a mission trip last week to New York City in the middle of the COVID-19 crisis could have seemed a little shocking.