Digital Church Planting
You can plant a church in a Discord server, a neighborhood, or a game. The frameworks for starting and multiplying churches in digital and hybrid spaces.
Can Church Exist on Twitch?
Can a church really exist, and thrive on Twitch? In a changing world, the idea of a "digital church " is growing in…
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…
Digital Missionaries and the Future of theChurch.digital
This past week, we unveiled the ninth version of theChurch.digital. Since I acquired the domain name in February 2018,…
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…
5 Online Ministry Insights from June 2024
The summer heat is an inferno right now. While the temperatures are hot, there is a lot happening in the digital and…
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…
What's Happening with Ministry in the Metaverse?
Ministry is happening in the Metaverse and VR. But what exactly? Stuart McPherson comes on the podcast to talk about…
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…
Discord Basics for Your Church
jeff • May 9, 2024 embed What is Discord and how can your Church utilize it for ministry purposes? Today, Andy Mage…
EP290 - Jeff Talks New Website, Discord, and a New Online Era
Navigating Digital Transformation: TCD Unveils a New Online Era The Church Digital Podcast is brought to you by…
EP289 - Jeff Talks Beer, Multiplication, and the Digital Church
Navigating Digital Multiplication and Fostering Global Church Leadership The Church Digital Podcast is brought to you…
One Year Since AltspaceVR
On March 10, 2023 Microsoft shutdown their virtual reality platform known as “AltspaceVR.” For most people, this was…
EP287 - Innovating for Impact: Jeff Reed looks at Digital Church Movements
Exploring Tradition and Innovation in Church Movements: TCD's Vision of Digital Discipleship The Church Digital Podcast…
EP284 - Simon Diercks & German Digital Church Planting
TCD EP284: Digital Frontiers - A Conversation with Simon Diercks on German Digital Church Planting The Church Digital…
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 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…
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…
EP272 Stuart McPherson & Planting a Metaverse Church
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EP271 - Season 5: Metaverse Mission Trip, Relevant Magazine, and Next Steps in Metaverse Church
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EP270-James Emery White Talks Hybrid 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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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…
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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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…
EP249 - Jason Shepperd & Volunteer Accountability
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EP246 - Leonard Sweet talks Digital Church
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EP244 - Starting a Barbecue Church
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EP242: Jeff’s Book on Churches in Virtual Reality Launches (and We Talk VRchat)
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EP239: Global Research Surrounding Digital Discipleship
GET THE INSIDE SCOOP What does Digital Discipleship look like? Get the inside scoop on Sprout Digital’s 2022 Digital…
Why Anchor.fm is a Great Podcasting Host for Your Church
Why are some Churches still not using audio blogging or podcasting? The answer to this question varies depending on the…
EP236: Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies, and the Church
ARE DAOS AND NFTS LEGIT? As the Church looks to Blockchain & Crypto, are DAOs and NFTs legit? Are these gimmicks, or is…
EP234 - Michael Beck & The Rural, Digital Church
RURAL CHURCHES HAVE STRUGGLED WITH TECHNOLOGY... Is there an opportunity to do something different? Enter Michael Beck,…
EP233: Patrick O’Connell, Missional Imagination & The Digital Church
DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT WILL HELP US REACH DIFFERENT PEOPLE. Fortunately, God has equipped us with imagination,…
EP231: Tables Turned - Jeff interviewed by Doug Bursch
TABLES ARE TURNED THIS WEEK. Jeff is getting interviewed by Pastor and Author Doug Bursch. Virtually complete…
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…
EP229: Eric Metcalf & Apprenticing in Your Church
THE NEGATIVE TREND CONTINUES IN 2022, AS .... post-COVID churches are closing quicker than we can open them. In this…
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…
EP227: Lucas Pulley & Unique Expressions of Church
It was a quick throwaway line from Lucas Pulley with Metaverse Church NEXT… Wait, what? Dungeons and Dragons Church? Is…
EP226: Ezequiel Fattore & Global Reach of a Hispanic Church
WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE IF YOUR CHURCH ACHIEVED GLOBAL REACH, DIGITALLY? This is what Casa Church Miami is wrestling…
Pulling Over to Pray: A Gaming Pastor’s Raw Battle with Depression and Fear
Turning on the Camera: The Intimacy of Digital Ministry
Episode 2: Pioneering A Digital Church Movement (The Digital Pavement Podcast)
EP370 - Becoming theChurch.digital - The 2026 Preview
theChurch.digital's 2nd Annual 12 Hour Giving Tuesday Livestream
EP365: Jeff & Simon Diercks Celebrate the 2025 European Digital Missionary Summit
EP361: Jeff & JMO Celebrate the 2025 Digital Neighborhoods Summit
EP360: Final Preview - Jeff Talks Digital Neighborhoods
EP352 - Jeff & Pastor D talk Digital Church Planting, Mental Health, Coaching
EP 16 - Why This Pastor Created a Church for the Socially Anxious
EP345 - Talks Digital Missionary Summit(s), Super Secret Projects, 2026
EP341 - Jeff & Lucas Pulley from Tampa Underground talk Data, Reporting
We Started a Gaming Church Plant | Here's What Happened
Reaching Church Refugees Through Online Discipleship Communities
Equipping Digital Missionaries for Every Context and Culture
EP 332 - Questions - Is the Metaverse Dead?
