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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.d…
Jeff Reed livestreams from his Tesla — AI-driven, hands-free, unfiltered — to announce he's joining Miami's Christ Journey Church as a bi-vocational staff member while keeping theChurch.digital running full throttle. He opens the books ($75K in, $76K out), makes the case for decentralized leadership, and preaches the risk-before-provision gospel through a wild bookstore story. Listeners walk away with a concrete challenge: identify the one thing God is asking you to release — and release it.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro: what we are planning ▶ 7:04 How Tesla’s AI helps me drive with diabetic neuropathy ▶ 9:46 Opening a new Miami campus ▶ 10:46 How Christ Journey is backing digital ministry ▶ 15:58 Remote work efficiency and lacking local community connections ▶ 19:17 Why digital wins but physical meetings still matter ▶ 22:05 Wrestling with the digital-physical divide ▶ 24:12 Wrapping year one as a nonprofit ▶ 28:33 Bi-vocational ministry is rising ▶ 31:21 Obedience comes before provision ▶ 34:33 When God told me to buy a bookstore ▶ 41:17 How to step into your calling ▶ 47:45 Key to theChurch.digital’s global future ▶ 51:13 Believing a 2x budget can unlock 10x impact ▶ 52:15 Most digital missionaries are broke ▶
IN THIS EPISODE
HostJeff Reed
SeriesThe Church Digital Podcast
Runtime55:54
Recorded liveJul 30, 2025
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