Is digital discipleship working? Are we actually making a difference online or just creating noise? Digital missionaries around the world shared what ministry actually looks like right now, where it’s thriving, where it’s stuck, and what still needs to be figured out. Many are discipling 11 or more at a time while navigating loneliness, legitimacy and limited support. The survey results exposed both spiritual momentum and the gap between vision and outcomes like salvation and baptism.
What’s next for digital discipleship and online evangelism? On Tuesday, August 19 at 1pm Eastern, head over to youtube.com/thechurchdigital for a bold and forward-looking livestream conversation hosted by Jeff Reed, founder of theChurch.digital. Jeff will be joined by Aaron Thomson from Jesus Film Project to unpack what’s ahead for NextSteps, one of the most innovative tools available right now for guiding people into deeper relationship with Jesus—right from their phones, laptops, or social feeds.
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Today we’re going live with Pastor D, lead pastor of House of His Glory, visionary developer of The Church Coach App, and a Certified Professional Christian Life Coach. Pastor D has dedicated her life to equipping leaders with practical tools and Spirit-led strategies that help churches thrive both in person and in digital spaces. She doesn’t just talk ministry theory — she lives it, building bridges between technology, discipleship, and real-life transformation.
This livestream is more than a conversation — it’s a strategy session for the future of the Church.
What truly drives your ministry? On Tuesday, August 5 at 1pm Eastern, Jeff Reed will sit down with Dr. Tim Yee to explore this question through the lens of TruCenter— http://trucenter.co - a faith-based, narrative-driven assessment that uncovers the motivations God wired into each of us.Dr. Tim Yee, a seasoned pastor and leadership coach, has a wealth of experience helping individuals and teams discover their unique callings. His work with TruCenter focuses on helping people understand their core motivations, enabling them to serve more effectively in their personal and professional lives.
What if the future of digital missions isn’t about going viral but about going deep? What if ministry could thrive on less money, more risk and bi-vocational calling? Jeff Reed, founder of theChurch.digital, is living that tension.While livestreaming from his Tesla, Jeff shares the raw realities of leading a global digital ministry while stepping back into physical church work. It’s about decentralizing. Moving from being the guy to building the framework. From going solo to inviting a movement.
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What if your church’s website could talk back? Not with static forms or outdated contact pages, but with real-time, intelligent conversations. That’s the future Eric Kidwell is building. As the founder of LiveAI.co, Eric is pioneering conversational AI tools that transform how churches engage online. His mission: to replace passive digital experiences with dynamic, responsive interactions that meet people where they are.
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Could deconstruction be more than trendy rebellion and actually mirror Jesus flipping tables in the temple to clear the way for something true free and life-giving? If your questions ever made you feel like a heretic or left you feeling spiritually homeless this conversation is for you.What if questioning your church model brought you back to the biblical standard and invited you into genuine digital discipleship?
What if your smartphone could become your most powerful evangelism tool? On Tuesday, July 1 at 1pm Eastern, Jeff Reed from theChurch.digital sits down with What if sharing the gospel happened with a tap on your screen? Imagine your next disciple-making conversation happened over a screen share.GodTools equips everyday believers with bite-sized evangelism tools and micro-learning lessons. We’re leaning into the frontiers of digital ministry.
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What if the next revival didn’t come through a pulpit but a podcast, a livestream or a VR headset? What if digital spaces weren’t support tools but used for Kingdom purposes? missionary.digital is launching four summits that will equip and activate. We’re leaning into the wild frontiers of ministry. Where recovery isn’t just healing, it’s leadership formation. Where gaming isn’t escape, it’s mission. Where livestream isn’t broadcast, it’s church. You’ll hear from leaders building gospel-fluent cultures. Recovering addicts turning disciple-makers. Missionaries discipling across continents and platforms. This is where the global Church meets digital scale.Each summit drills into one essential thread: gospel fluency, global multiplication, gaming and discipleship, and recovery as a pathway to mission. Four waves crashing into the same digital sea.
Join Jeff Reed (theChurch.Digital), Jesse Carbo (Digital Missions Project), and missiologist Alan Hirsch (5Q/5G) for a groundbreaking live stream conversation that reimagines incarnational ministry for the digital age. In a world where people grieve on Facebook, wrestle with doubt in Reddit threads, and seek prayer in Instagram DMs, this trio unpacks what it means to “move into the neighborhood” online. They challenge the Church to stop treating platforms like pulpits and start treating them like porches—spaces where relational ministry, not just content, becomes the heartbeat of mission.
What if your data didn’t just measure ministry but multiplied it? What if your app wasn’t a feature for convenience but a map for mission?It’s time to stop reading reports like accountants. Start interpreting them like missionaries. When we treat platforms like places and data like discipleship trails, we stop counting people and start commissioning them.
What if 4,000 GenZ and GenA students encountered Jesus—every single day?That’s not a dream. That’s the digital reality EveryStudent is living into.This isn’t just a website. It’s a multilingual, global movement. 40+ languages. 4,000 Gospel encounters daily. Powered by a bold vision inside the CRU family and spearheaded by Marilyn Adamson, EveryStudent is proof that the digital mission field is active and ripe.And now it’s your turn.
What if your reporting system wasn’t just tracking numbers, but unleashing missionaries? What if the key to multiplying disciples wasn’t more budget, but more clarity?Tampa Underground didn’t mimic megachurch models. They built their own path. A network of sister churches linked by shared mission, supported by a custom-built, no-code tool tracking disciple-makers, leaders and networks across cities and continents. For free.
Lucas Pulley unpacks how their grassroots system turns raw data into real fuel for movement. No bloated CRM. No dev team. Just spiritual conviction translated into tech that multiplies.
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What if digital missionaries could learn from monks? What if the quiet revolution for online discipleship was already happening in places you least expect, like the Vatican?Catholic digital missionaries aren’t just posting content. They’re building discipleship ecosystems. They’re forming community at scale, embedding ancient rhythms into digital habits and showing up online with spiritual consistency most Protestant creators never touch.
Digital missionaries from across the world showed up. Pakistan. Germany. New Zealand. Nigeria. Even someone claiming Antarctica. Not a metaphor. What surfaced was fire: calls for deeper equipping, more contextualization, faster training and support for missionaries burning out while carrying too much, too alone.Here’s what we rolled out at the town hall:- Four digital missionary conferences this fall.- A shortened Equipping Digital Missionaries (EDM) course.- A growing equipping library- Translated and localized training content- Recovery groups
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Can digital discipleship actually work in every culture? Or are we turning digital missions into digital colonization, leading missions with our methods instead of their cultural realities?When local leaders reshape the delivery, the message finally lands. That’s not failure. That’s the future.
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Is content enough to reach people in digital missions? Or does digital ministry demand more than just clicks and views? Content may connect, but without community, it doesn’t disciple. And that disconnect is the silent killer of digital ministry.This isn’t about scaling sermons or mastering reels. It’s about building trust at the speed of relationships.
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Is the digital mission field breaking digital missionaries? What if soul care was the key to sustaining digital ministry, not a side note? Digital missionaries are pioneering in isolated spaces, often without support, facing grief, burnout and trauma no one sees.
It’s not about sermons or strategy. It’s about presence. From Discord prayer threads to trauma healing groups in the metaverse, this is about showing up in the mess, not fixing it. Listening over preaching. Connection over content.
The digital mission field is exploding, and The Church Digital is leading the way. In this episode, Jeff Reed shares a personal update before diving into new community breakthroughs on Discord, Twitch, and more. Virtual ministry is not just growing, it is transforming, and you are invited to be part of the movement.Get ready for big news: multiple focused fall conferences, a European digital missions partnership, and the launch of the Digital Missions Ambassador initiative. Fifty leaders rising up through prayer, fasting, and generosity to fuel the future. This is not church as usual. This is a digital revolution. Stick around for a preview of next week’s episode and check the show notes to jump in!
What happens when an 84-year-old hijacks your digital missionary conference and it turns out to be one of the best moments of the week? In episode 334 of theChurch.digital podcast, Jeff Reed unpacks the Digital Missionary Conference chaos. Bootlegged streams. VR prayer circles. Unexpected partnerships. And a surprise metaverse legend named Mr. Pete.
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