A video can't say “yes, this is normal.” A cohort can.
Most digital missionary training is built on the wrong model — self-paced video courses with quizzes. Knowledge transfer without the relational layer the actual work requires.
Digital missionary work is lonely, contextual, and full of moments where you need someone who's been there. That's why every formal TCD training is delivered as a cohort: a small group moving through formation together, in real time, with each other's mission fields known and prayed for.
The same architecture, whatever the content.
Small, fixed group
Capped at 12–20 people. Small enough that everyone knows everyone by week 3 — with a diverse platform-mix in the room.
Live sessions, not just recordings
Each week has a live ~90-minute cohort session — discussion, peer case studies, live Q&A. Recordings exist for time-zone catch-up, but the cohort lives in the live moments.
Applied to YOUR platform
Not “what should churches do on TikTok?” but “what should YOU do on the platform you're actually called to?” The cohort holds you accountable to that translation.
Peers that outlast the cohort
After 6 weeks you have 12–20 people who know your context, pray for your work, and will still be there 3 years from now. That's the point.
Open cohorts
Equipping Digital Missionaries (EDM)
6 weeks, fully online. Digital missiology, platform strategy, evangelistic conversation patterns, online discipleship pathways, pastoral self-care, and integration with the local church. Quarterly cohorts.
Platform-specific cohorts
Deep dives for digital missionaries already specialized in Twitch, gaming, VR, podcasting, or YouTube.
Online pastor cohort
For staff in formal online-pastor roles — the specific pastoral pressures and growth path of that role.
Outpost-planter cohort
For digital missionaries ready to plant a microchurch on their platform.
Pipeline updates are announced first in the Fam on Discord.
For practitioners, not spectators.
Pastors going hybrid
Launching online ministries and needing a plan plus peers, not a video library.
Creators + moderators
Content creators and Discord mods sensing pastoral calling who want spiritual depth in the work.
Sent ones
Lay leaders and church staff stepping into digital roles who'd rather not do it solo.
How to enter a cohort.
The shortest path is the 5-minute Digital Missionary Assessment. It helps you (and us) figure out where you are — and whether the EDM cohort is your right next step, or whether to start somewhere else first.
