Tapestry53:52How COVID rewired religion

Pastor Bill Willenbrock starts his church service like many others: with an introduction and a prayer. But take a look around, and things might seem a little unusual.

He hosts his services in Night Church, a map that lives in the virtual reality program VR Chat, which anyone can also download for free. 

Willenbrock himself is styled as a buff wizard. Text with his digital alter-ego name, PastorBrock, floats slightly above his head.

“I kind of consider myself a virtual evangelist or missionary,” he told Tapestry’s Arman Aghbali.

“It was just very fascinating to see what kind of conversations people would have