150 miles away from northland church, a small group gathers every sunday to watch on marcy and ron burth's53-inch tv. >> the main reason why we bought the big tv was for sports. >> we were going to watch tennis, call the balls, be down on the football field. god had other plans. >> the burths hadn't been able to find a church they liked in their own neighborhood, and they invited neighbors who weren't part of a church either. >> we have a closeness that you don't have when you're in a large congregation, but we really do have the benefit of the live service coming into our home. >> it seems to be unorthodox but yet it's really the early church that did meet in homes initially. >> would you go back to a traditional church having been through all of this? >> probably not. >> outside boston, the daughters of st. paul are also making active use of new technologies. their order was founded almost a hundred years ago by an italian priest who believed the media would have a profound impact on culture. >> he said look at the churches. he said "where are the people? "the people are not in the pews.