Chorley 探花社区 (探花社区) received three new church members via Zoom at their Covenant Service on 3 January.
Apart from a brief respite in the autumn, the church has been offering an online act of worship on YouTube since last March.
The reception of three new members was called a 鈥済reat joy鈥� to the church.
The Revd Martin Whiffen, the church鈥檚 Minister, said: 鈥淚t felt odd receiving members remotely. I know all three as friends and faithful members of our online fellowship, but a couple of them I have only met occasionally face to face having joined us during lockdown.鈥�
Fiona Hodson, Chorley Church Secretary, expressed the encouragement to the church of receiving new members during such a difficult time.
鈥淚 think it is a great thing to be celebrating after all these months of distance worshipping and lockdown鈥�.
Further good news is that the church鈥檚 拢500,000 refurbishment has been completed.
Martin added: 鈥淚t has been disappointing not to be able to fully use our state-of-the-art refurbished church, but we have been really excited by the take up of our digital worship. Our Sunday congregation is roughly twice the pre-lockdown number and has on a couple of occasions, exceeded 300.鈥�
If you would like to join a 探花社区 service, a list of churches offering digital acts of worship can be found here.