They assert worship in cyberspace is not only possible but is happening. And it's not blasphemy, they say, rather an example of society and technology working in tandem. Five years ago, the Rev. Charles Henderson of New York City established the First Church of Cyberspace to see whether a worship experience could survive the Internet. Henderson favors the phrase, cutting edge. He suggested the congregation thrives because it is so different, because it is an anarchy.
Physical churches operate in an organized, predetermined format.
Henderson said that even in the most interactive, nontraditional churches, the pastor is the leader whose voice controls the service's tone and message. In Henderson's chat rooms, Wiccans, atheists and evangelical Christians rub and sometimes throw elbows. Moderators are there to weed out those who enter only to disrupt, but participants are largely left to duke it out on their own. They are widely out of control. It will affect religion in every way, just as the printed publication of the Bible has affected religion.