// guides · 32
The guides_
The definitions, frameworks, and playbooks behind making disciples in digital spaces. Start anywhere — they cross-link.
Guide What is a digital missionary?
A plain-language definition — who they are, what they actually do, and how to tell if you're already becoming one.
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Guide AI for Churches
How churches and ministries should actually use AI in 2026 — tools, theology, ethics, and real workflows. From The Churc…
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Guide Care for Online Pastors
The unique pastoral pressures online pastors face, the burnout patterns we keep seeing, and what sustainability actually…
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Guide Church on Facebook
Why Facebook still matters for churches in 2026, what works (and what doesn't anymore), and how to use the platform with…
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Guide Church on Instagram
How churches should actually use Instagram in 2026 — what works, what doesn't, and how to build a discipleship pathway o…
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Guide Church on Threads
Should your church be on Threads? What we've learned from being early on the platform, what works, and why this might be…
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Guide Church on TikTok
Should your church use TikTok? What works, what doesn't, and how to do digital ministry on the platform without being cr…
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Guide Church on Twitch
Why Twitch is one of the most underrated mission fields for the church, what streaming ministry actually looks like, and…
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Guide Church on YouTube
How churches should actually use YouTube in 2026 — sermon library vs. podcast video vs. Shorts vs. native creator conten…
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Guide Church Online: what it really is, and what it can become
What 'church online' actually means in 2026 — the models, the misconceptions, and how a healthy online ministry actually…
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Guide Church Podcasting
The complete guide to church podcasting from The Church Digital — the team running the longest-running digital-ministry …
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Guide Church Social Media Strategy
The 2026 framework for church social media — what to post, where to post, how to measure, and how to do it without burni…
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Guide Digital Church Planting
The complete framework for planting a digital-first or hybrid church — the planning, the funding, the team, the theology…
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Guide Digital Evangelism
What digital evangelism actually looks like in 2026 — the practices that work, the postures that fail, and how to share …
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Guide Digital Microchurch
The digital microchurch model — how tiny, focused, often lay-led churches are forming in connected spaces, and why this …
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Guide Discord for churches
How churches use Discord for community, discipleship, and digital missions. Setup, structure, moderation, mistakes to av…
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Guide How to Become an Online Pastor
The training pathway for someone called to be an online pastor — theological education, digital ministry experience, ord…
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Guide Livestreaming Church
How to livestream church services well in 2026 — production, platforms, audience care, and integration with the rest of …
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Guide Online Church Membership
What online church membership actually means, how it works in practice, and the theological and pastoral questions it ra…
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Guide Online Discipleship
What online discipleship actually is, the discipleship pathway that works in digital spaces, and the metrics that tell y…
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Guide Online Ministry Analytics
Which online ministry metrics actually matter, how to measure them, and how to know if your digital ministry is working.…
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Guide Online Ministry Mistakes
The most common mistakes churches make in online ministry, and how to avoid them. From The Church Digital, where we've w…
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Guide Online Pastor
What an online pastor actually does, how the role works, what the job description looks like, and how to become one. Fro…
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Guide Online Pastor Job Description
The complete hiring guide for churches recruiting an online pastor — sample job description, required qualifications, sa…
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Guide Online Pastor Salary
What online pastors actually earn in 2026 — compensation ranges, geographic considerations, bivocational vs. full-time, …
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Guide Online Small Groups
How online small groups actually work — and how they break. The Church Digital's playbook from five years of running and…
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Guide The BLESS Framework
BLESS — a 5-step lifestyle framework for digital evangelism: Begin with Prayer, Listen, Shared Experiences, Serve, Share…
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Guide The EDGE Framework
Evangelism, Discipleship, Generosity, Empowerment — TCD's framework for building hybrid churches that disciple across di…
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Guide The Pathway
Connect → Community → Equip → Mobilize. The Church Digital's framework for moving people from initial encounter to deplo…
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Guide The Theology of Digital Church
The ecclesiology behind 'church online' — what makes something actually church, how to think about sacraments digitally,…
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Guide VR ministry — the guide
VR ministry is church and discipleship inside virtual-reality platforms — VR Chat, Rec Room, Horizon Worlds. Who's doing…
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Guide What is a hybrid church?
A hybrid church — one community discipling across physical + digital spaces, not just livestream. Definition, framework,…
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