{"id":839438,"date":"2024-11-06T05:00:38","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T11:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/churchanswers.com\/?p=839438"},"modified":"2024-11-05T10:54:25","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T16:54:25","slug":"a-brief-history-of-first-wave-church-bloggers-content-creators-and-influencers-in-the-internet-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/churchanswers.com\/blog\/a-brief-history-of-first-wave-church-bloggers-content-creators-and-influencers-in-the-internet-age\/","title":{"rendered":"A Brief History of First-Wave Church Bloggers, Content Creators, and Influencers in the Internet Age"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Brief History of First-Wave Church Bloggers, Content Creators, and Influencers in the Internet Age\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z7E0jSYTRhQ?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/churchanswers.com\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before streaming videos, podcasting, and social media, there was a time when blogging ruled the Internet. 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