EPISODE
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?
Jeff Reed pulls back the curtain on what's coming for The Church Digital — from a frank confession about a failed Africa EDM cohort (zero completions) to the cultural breakthrough that followed when Yatope ditched the flipped-classroom model entirely. Jeff teases an upcoming conversation with a Catholic digital missionary leader working at the Vatican level, previews a new 'Empowering Tools' podcast season launching June 3rd, and invites the community into a live town-hall poll. Bottom line: contextualization isn't optional — it's the whole game.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Setting the stage for global digital discipleship ▶ 5:21 Digital imperialism in global digital ministry ▶ 9:45 Contextualizing content without compromising ▶ 12:32 How to adapt for engagement ▶ 14:30 Future collab for the conference ▶ 20:11 Catholics doing digital missions? ▶ 24:07 Global poll opens to guide future direction of theChurch.digital ▶ 29:59 Rethinking how we explain and invite people ▶ 30:27 What should theChurch.digital do next? You get to decide ▶ 34:08 How town hall feedback shaped the shift toward digital missionaries ▶ 38:25 New summer podcast series ▶
IN THIS EPISODE
HostJeff Reed
SeriesThe Church Digital Podcast
Runtime43:54
Recorded liveMay 14, 2025
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