Thou shalt love thy neighbor – all 600 million of them? Hosting the first-ever interactive service on Facebook, St. Pixels, an online 3D church, is redefining the way most people worship.

“Love it or hate it, Facebook is where people are in 2011,” said St. Pixels pioneer Mark Howe in a statement. “If the Gospel is for today’s connected culture, it has to find a distinctive but culturally-appropriate place within social networking.”

Behind computer screens and iPhones, worshippers will have the opportunity to listen to Bible readings and a sermon, sing along to hymns and key in prayer requests. They’ll even be given a chance to weigh in with an “amen” or “zzzz” via a real-time feedback meter they can click.

Moving to a new software system and developing a 3D environment, St. Pixels Ltd came into operation in 2009 and was registered in the U.K., with membership worldwide.

Offering Peer to Peer Discipleship groups, real time chat open 24/7, dialogue forums, and occasional real life meets, St. Pixels desires “to create a sacred space and a welcoming and witnessing community on the Internet.” They also hope to make disciples by providing opportunities for theological reflection, discussion and exploration.

“God is revealed to seekers by many different means, including creation, the Bible, the life of Jesus and the Spirit-filled witness of the Church. St. Pixels is one expression of that historical, international and universal Church.”

“We have 600 million ‘neighbors’ on Facebook,” announced Graystone. “St. Pixels on Facebook means 600 million Facebook users now have a church in their pocket. I congratulate St. Pixels on reaching an amazing milestone.”