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Everything theChurch.digital has on church planter — 154 articles, episodes, and guides on making disciples in digital spaces.
Beyond Boundaries: Embracing the Digital Mission Field
What if the mission field that matters most today has no walls? In a world that’s moving fast, digital missionaries are…
Overcoming the Scrutiny of Digital/Meta Churches: Let's Multiply Disciples
Planting a digital-only/metaverse church is a controversial proposition. We've all had those conversations. Frustrating…
Achieving Movement: The Heart of theChurch.digital
We personally started theChurch.digital because of a simple idea: We wanted to see the idea of digital church & digital…
The Case for Digital and Meta Churches
We're launching something different. The first of its kind, theChurch.digital will champion digital and meta church…
How You Can Learn in Community
2024 for The Church Digital has been incredible. When I started The Church Digital in 2018, the goal was to help the…
3 Reasons Why Online Groups are Great for Your Church
Whether they have been called Life Groups, Small Groups, Community Groups, Discipleship Groups or something else, these…
The Importance of VR World Building in Ministry
jeff • April 4, 2024 embed Virtual reality (VR) world building refers to the process of creating and designing…
One Year Since AltspaceVR
On March 10, 2023 Microsoft shutdown their virtual reality platform known as “AltspaceVR.” For most people, this was…
Dive Into Digital Discipleship
jeff • March 20, 2024 embed We've just dropped Season 2, Episode 4, and it's no ordinary chat. Join Ashley and Andy as…
Prepare for Online Discipleship After Easter
Christmas and Easter are two of the biggest Church services that happen each year. They draw Christians and…
The Power and Potential of an Online Good Friday Service
Easter services, events and activities are all the focus each spring for Churches. The reality is though, that while…
How VR Evangelism Can Have IRL Impact
jeff • March 7, 2024 embed . In this episode of the Metaverse Church Podcast, Stunami engages in a profound…
The Challenges of Innovating in Church Culture
jeff • March 5, 2024 embed In the latest chat with Jeff Reed's Live Stream, we're diving deep into the heart of where…
Discover New Depths in Discipleship
jeff • February 28, 2024 embed We're SO back, and boy, do we have some soul-stirring conversations lined up for you.…
EP284 - Simon Diercks & German Digital Church Planting
TCD EP284: Digital Frontiers - A Conversation with Simon Diercks on German Digital Church Planting The Church Digital…
Who Should Lead A VR Ministry?
I have been asked many times now, “Who is the right person to lead a VR ministry for our church?” And I get where the…
Why The Church Shouldn’t Abandon VR Technology
For nearly 3 years I have been pastoring a Church in Virtual Reality, and in that time there have been many wins for…
A Warning for the Future of Large Sunday Gatherings
Dr. John Harris a long-time friend and contributor to The Church Digital. He co-wrote " Sharing Jesus Online" with Jeff…
How to Encourage End-of-the-Year Giving at Your Church
The holiday season is upon us, which means the end of the year is fast approaching. For many churches, this is one of…
How to Get Started in Metaverse Ministry
jeff • November 9, 2023 embed While VR and the Metaverse has been around for a while now, doing ministry in those areas…
How Your Church Can Digitally Connect With People Throughout the Week
Churches have changed a lot over the years. No longer are we meeting exclusively in stone cathedrals and singing…
The Importance of Having an Online Giving Platform for Your Church
Before Covid hit, there were still plenty of Churches that did not have an online giving platform or option for their…
5 Ways Churches Can Use the Metaverse Beyond Outreach
There has been a lot of talk about the Metaverse over the past few years. The Church has even explored many ways to use…
Common Reasons Why Churches Aren't Online and How to Overcome Them
Before the pandemic, there were a lot of Churches that were not online. It was more abnormal for a Church to be online…
Think Ministry Opportuntiy Not Church Attendance
For the longest time, Church attendance and the offering plate were the ultimate predictors of how your Church is…
Confessions of a Digital Church Pastor
I have now funded, planted, and pastored a fully digital church for the past two years. I started structuring Lux…
5 Online Ministry Insights from May 2023
Pools are opening, birds are chirping, schools are getting out and it's getting warmer. We are in May and while summer…
EP271 - Season 5: Metaverse Mission Trip, Relevant Magazine, and Next Steps in Metaverse Church
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EP269 - Neil Cole & Applying Church 3.0 to Digital Churches
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EP268: Gen Z, Gen A, and the Benefits of Gamer Church
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3 Reasons Why the Church Needs to Be in Virtual Reality
This article originally appeared on Stuart's blog . This is going to be a crazy statement, but I have been a Virtual…
EP267: Gaming Church, APEST, and Biblical Collaboration
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EP265: DJ Soto and Churches Inside Video Games
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EP262: Exponential and the Gaming Church
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What is Metaverse Ministry?
Now, over a year and a half later, there still seems to be some confusion over what the Metaverse is. In fact, Tim…
Where to Start on Social Media as a Church Planter
Planting a Church takes a lot of work. There are people to meet, a team to recruit and train, and other really…
Here are the Digital & Metaverse Tracks for Exponential Orlando 2023
Coming to the Exponential Orlando Conference in March? We've got some incredible Digital and Metaverse Courses lined up…
Can the Church Exist Without a Building?
EDITOR'S NOTE: ChatGPT is very popular right now as people are experimenting with it in all walks of life. Musicians…
Is Your Church Reaching Today's Culture?
What you’re thinking about Church is probably more cultural than it is Biblical This past Christmas my wife bought a…
Does Virtual Reality Church Compete with Physical Church
This article originally appeared on Leadership Network . There’s a misconception that virtual churches compete with…
Helping You Achieve Movement: The "Why" of Digital Church Network
In 2020, We Created Digital Church Network so that One Day We Could Write This Blog Announcement We started Digital…
EP252: Mark Lutz, Season 4: Jesus, Gamers, & Church
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How AI Wants to Help the Church
EDITOR'S NOTE: ChatGPT is very popular right now as people are experimenting with it in all walks of life. Musicians…
EP251 - Brad Brisco, Digital Ecclesiology & Deconstructing Church
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AltspaceVR is Closing: Why Should the Church Care?
For the most part, it came unexpectedly on Friday. I had heard rumors for a month or so that it was coming, but it was…
How Online Ministry Can Save Your Church This Winter
Almost every year there is a major snowstorm during the winter. When that happens, businesses, stories and Churches…
Shared Experiences: The Key to Understanding Digital and Metaverse Discipleship
This article originally appeared on Leadership Network . As COVID restrictions continue to relax, most churches have…
Be Open to the Online Expression of Church
In Revelation 7:9-10 the Apostle John details a vision of the collective future of the Church: 9 After this I looked,…
Turning on the Camera: The Intimacy of Digital Ministry
EP357: Jeff Talks Digital Missionary Confererence
EP341 - Jeff & Lucas Pulley from Tampa Underground talk Data, Reporting
We Started a Gaming Church Plant | Here's What Happened
Church Online
What 'church online' actually means in 2026 — the models, the misconceptions, and how a healthy online ministry…
Digital Church Planting
The complete framework for planting a digital-first or hybrid church — the planning, the funding, the team, the…
Digital Microchurch
The digital microchurch model — how tiny, focused, often lay-led churches are forming in connected spaces, and why this…
