Its called the “Viral Effect” and its happening again in a major way. A video is sweeping across the internet world and into our hearts. When Susan Boyle, a forty-seven year old woman from Scotland, stepped up to a microphone and began to sing, very few people were prepared for what they heard. The event was an audition for the show “Britain's Got Talent.” Simply looking at Susan’s appearance and hearing her talk, most everyone expected that her performance would be something less than inspirational. But “most” were wrong. When Susan Boyle began to sing, she not only won the hearts of the judges, she has now won the hearts of many all over the world who have watched and listened to her performance on the web. Since it first appeared on the web two weeks ago weeks ago, her performance has been viewed by over fifty million people! This unknown woman from a small village in Scotland is an overnight sensation because of the viral effect.

Our current message series at New Horizon is called “The Viral Effect: The Early Church”. The good news about Jesus’ life, death and resurrection began to be shared person to person and the rapid growth of Christianity has been like a viral effect. AND…it continues! In spite of articles assuming the decline of Christianity, its important to know that the church worldwide is growing at an exponential rate. In his book, Megashift, James Rutz states that if the current rate of growth continues, the entire world will be composed of Christ followers by the year 2032.

Susan Boyle has won the hearts of over 50 million people around the world (at least for the short time it takes to watch a seven minute video). But God, through Jesus Christ, continues to win the world one person at a time. And that is a viral effect that has lasting and eternal significance.

Sign me up! I want to be a part of that! I invite you to join me in praying for the viral effect of Christianity to impact the whole world.