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Reshaping Evangelism in the 21st Century

What if evangelism could happen with a single swipe? Imagine a world where reaching out to the unreached has no…

What Volunteering Looks Like in VR

jeff • May 8, 2024 embed Online Ministry creates lots of new opportunities for people to hear about Christ but also for…

EP279: Evan Connelly, Intercom.com, and Chat 2.0 for Churches

Leveraging Live Chat for Enhanced Church Connection Creating Community Through Digital Ministry The recent episode of…

An Example of How Phygital Ministry Still Works Today

The word "phygitial" was a fairly popular term in ministry circles when the pandemic started. However, it is not used…

EP260: Aki & Family Streaming

SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHURCH DIGITAL PODCAST If you're enjoying this episode , subscribe for free using your favorite…

MEGAZORD: The Story of Unity

There are roughly 3.09 billion gamers in the world. There are roughly 2.20 billion Christians on the planet. This…

EP244 - Starting a Barbecue Church

SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHURCH DIGITAL PODCAST If you're enjoying this episode , subscribe for free using your favorite…

EP240: Jonathan Song & Churchome’s Pastor Chat

PASTOR OVER TEXT? There are plenty of ways to pastor someone digitally, through Zoom or even through Avatars in virtual…

How Hybrid Student Ministry Works in a Post-Covid World

jeff • September 29, 2022 embed Taylor Terpstra has been doing Online Youth Ministry for the past 2 years. In fact, he…

EP230: Seacoast's Secret Project

Seacoast gets it. Seacoast gets it. To reach different people you have to do something different, and Seacoast is doing…

EP228: Anne Bosarge & A Digital Church Discipling Africans

HAVE YOU EVER GOTTEN ONE OF THOSE EMAILS WHERE .. . the prince of Nigeria is looking for some money in order to restore…

EP220: Brianna Heida, Overcoming Medical Issues, and the Strength of Weakness

DIGITAL CHURCHES ARE REACHING PEOPLE WITH HEALTH ISSUES We talk about how Digital Churches reach different types of…

How One Church Planter Successfully Launched his Church During Covid

jeff • April 7, 2022 embed Church planting is hard work. It takes years of planning and praying. However, when a global…

What We Can Learn From Our Very First Online Only Easter Service

On April 12, 2020 many Churches across the world experienced Easter Online. In fact, online was the only Easter…

One Way to Minister to Gamers

jeff • March 24, 2022 embed Just like in any Church, there are lots of different types of people who are online and…

EP205: Andy Mage, Gamer Culture, and the Breaking the Fifth Wall Takeover

A people group unto themselves, gaming culture is taking over. From video game consoles, to computer games, mobile…

What Online Only Student Ministry Looks Like

jeff • February 24, 2022 embed Churches have been doing student ministry for decades. Over that time, what student…

BETA24: Kids Church Online - Won’t Someone Please Think of the Children

2016 we were doing Kids Church Online at Christ Fellowship Miami. What a crazy idea! Well, the idea was certainly…

Does Facebook Prayer Count?

Barna recently released data that suggests the opportunity to pray with someone at your church is a highly attractive…

Why Your City Needs More Than One Type of Church

Why does your city need more than one type of church? We’re passionate about starting churches for the next generation…

BETA18: Defining a Digital-Only, Location-Independent Church (Clubhouse Edition)

Can a church exist without a building? Sure. Hear stories how God is moving through digital-only, location-independent…

PODCAST 111: Futurist Churches & The Virtual Reality Multisite Campus

Stadia has group of churches we call the “Futurists”. These churches are focused on experimenting phygitally.…

PODCAST 107: Jate Earhart, Twitch, & Reaching a Different Type of Person

For most Online Ministry people, Twitch is probably not on your radar. For Jate Earhart, broadcasting has become a…

PODCAST 103: Jason Poling & The Virtual Reality Multisite Campus

I love talking with people who get it. People that you don’t have to convince of a good idea. People that are usually…

The Church In Your Neighborhood

At North Circle, we’ve said this phrase long before Pop-Up Church became a thing for us. And to clarify, we don’t mean…

How do you get 1500 Students On-Mission During COVID Season? Summer Camp, Phygital Edition!

If you have ever served in student ministry like I have, you know the importance of a good camp experience. The fun,…

PODCAST 087: Stories & Strategy of a Digital-Only Expression of Church

Thanks to COVID, lots of churches are operating digitally. They’re broadcasting their services online. Trying to start…

PODCAST 080: Angela Craig & Planting a Digital-Only Church on Facebook

The idea of a Digital-Only Church was quite controversial pre-COVID. Truthfully, it's still controversial today. What…

From the Wayback Machine: Spotlight on Four of the First Church Online(s)

A note from Jeff: Recently on The Church Digital Podcast , we've been featuring some of the OG guys of Church Online.…

Beginning the Journey to Planting a Digital Church

My family and I are planting City Center Church in Berkeley, CA. We have been called by God to help the city of…

On Mission Stories: Reaching The Neighborhood While Socially Distant

At heart I’m a church planter, so when the coronavirus forced everyone to shelter in place, my mind began to swim in…

Creating an Online Prayer Community

I work for a college ministry at a private school that I used to attend. Our core group of students is not large but…

When a Digital Memorial Saves the Day

You know when work is going crazy and you get a call that makes you pause? Yeah, I had one of those a couple of weeks…

Church Live Video Streams Weekend Service from Remote Location

With the reductions and restrictions of large gatherings over the past week, churches all over the world have been…

Streaming Instagram Live Church Services

As we take services online, it seems apparent that social media platforms will continue to thrive as a platform for…

Grasping the Idea of Church Anywhere

If you are reading this blog post, you probably know that Church isn’t about four walls. But sometimes, I think we have…

Are your online church members giving? If not, here is why!

I’ve been involved with online church for almost eight years now, and in the early days I learned that people wanted to…

One Easy Step to Virtual Classes

Three years ago, Jeff Reed dared me to try an experiment. We were on staff at the same church. He was the online guy…

Storybrand for Small Church Pastors

You are a small church pastor, minister, staff member, or volunteer. You want to make a difference. You want your…

PODCAST 045: Church In A Bar & Other Innovations

Sometimes innovation is overly complicated and very costly. Sometimes innovation is just looking at what you have…

PODCAST 040: Daniel Herron & The Robloxian Christians, or doing Gen Z Church in a Video Game

I (Jeff) used to consider myself innovative. Then I met Daniel. While most kids were running away from church, Daniel…

PODCAST 035: Brandon Catoe & Pop-Up Church

I’ve been hearing whispers of this new concept in church. Jeff, you got to talk to these guys. They’re doing Pop-Up…

Six Things Your Church Needs to Know About TikTok

The TikTok Revolution is here! Church, in case you haven't heard, the 1 Downloaded iOS App is TikTok. Never heard of…

PODCAST 030: Andy Mage & The TikTok Revolution

I love a church that takes a risk. That’s what Bay Hope Church has done. Evidently, there’s this thing called TikTok.…

PODCAST 017: Stories from Church Anywhere

Church Online needs to grow up. While thousands of our churches are broadcasting our services online… very few are…

PODCAST 013: Jate Earhart & Creating Disciples While Playing Video Games

Love video games? Love discipleship? Sharing your faith? Thinking outside the box? This is your episode. Until Jate…

PODCAST 003: Jay Kranda and Creating Healthy Biblical Community

INTRODUCTION Can Biblical Community exist in Church Online? We sit down with Jay Kranda, Online Pastor at Saddleback,…

PODCAST 004: Tyler Sansom and Church Anywhere (Small Church, Microsites and Church Online)

Introduction I first heard of Church Anywhere about a year ago, meeting Tyler on Facebook. I immediately fell in love…

Turning on the Camera: The Intimacy of Digital Ministry

The Entryway to God is Love: A Heart-Wrenching Mod Takeover

More Than a Move: Finding God on the Dance Floor

Gaming Wasn't His Purpose Until This Happened

🌍 Ever wondered how to build a community that truly reflects who you are?

Why Toxic Gaming Communities Need This Right Now

Embracing Faith in the Digital Realm: The Journey of @NYTxSABER a Christian Streamer on Twitch

She Thought Nobody Would Watch Her Bake. She Was Wrong.

Your biggest problem might be that nobody knows about it

Building Safe Spaces When People Are Hurting

The Real Reason She Started Streaming (It's Not What You Think)

EP350 - Jeff & The Holy Aces Talk Ministry in VRChat

When You're Broken, You Can Help Others

Questions Led to Community: Here's What Happened

We Started a Gaming Church Plant | Here's What Happened

CTRL + ALT + Recover Summit 2025

Five sessions on recovery ministry in digital spaces — trauma-informed digital ministry, addiction recovery in online…

European Digital Missionary Summit 2025

Four sessions on digital missions in post-Christian Europe. The European chapter of the digital missions movement,…

Digital Missionary Gaming Summit 2025

Four sessions on gospel work in gaming spaces — Twitch streams, Discord communities, the mission field of people who…