In the last 50 years, video has changed the way Americans and the world receive information. With the invention of the television, people suddenly began receiving the majority of their information through a "virtual" person in their living room. We all grew up watching our parents and grandparents huddle around the TV to watch a news anchor bring us the day's stories on the Evening News.
Today, with the advent of the Internet, computers and smart phones, receiving information and content through video is an expected norm. In fact, we prefer it. Video gives us the ability to see angles on things we otherwise couldn't see (think watching a football game from the stands or from your couch...) and be closer to communicators then we otherwise could be.
Of course the logic makes sense as it relates to our TV's or Videos on our computers, but what about the use of video in a church enviornment? The answer is... we've seen it work!
Thankfully, because our world is so video savvy, our minds have become accustomed to receiving from someone on a video screen. Video is simply a medium of communication, just like paper and ink are, or an mp3 is. It's merely a platform for communication, and therefore we've found it to be a non-factor.
Ultimately, the reason we decided to do so much teaching on video is because it allowed us to expand geogropahically. We have multiple services and locations that receive the exact same talk each week and this seemed to be the best way for us to do it.