Discord
Discord is where The Church Digital's deepest community lives — and where some of the most intentional online church is happening right now. These posts are for churches and missionaries building gospel community in servers.
What Gospel Conversations Look Like in Digital Spaces
What if evangelism didn’t start with a sermon, but with a message? What if the Gospel conversation was already…
Equipping Digital Missionaries: Breaking the Rules to Share the Gospel Online
Are you ready to break the traditional mold and join a digital revolution for Jesus? The world is shifting, and…
What if You Stopped Playing It Safe? A Rebel's Guide to Niche-Casting for Digital Missionaries
What if you stopped trying to reach everyone and focused on reaching someone? Connection in the digital age is about…
25 theChurch.digital Promises for 2025
Was 2024 the year of theChurch.digital? New website. A fresh community launch. A laser focus on digital missionaries.…
The Future of Faith Beyond the Four Walls
Is your understanding of discipleship stuck in a building? In a world that's constantly evolving, digital discipleship…
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…
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…
Building Connections in a Digital World
How do we come to terms with the idea of digital discipleship? Today’s digital world is revolutionizing discipleship.…
Privacy in Digital Ministry: Building Trust in Online Spaces
Question to start Can digital ministry truly protect privacy—every click, every prayer request? The shift to digital…
Social Media Is NOT Digital Community
What social media is perfect at! Don’t hear me wrong. Social media is vital! Social media is good at connecting with…
What Exactly Is a Digital Missionary?
The Potential of a Digital Missionary One of the largest unreached people groups in the world today can be found…
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,…
How to Share Your Church's Mission Through Digital Communications
Digital communication is vitally important in today's world. It gives your church unprecedented opportunities to share…
How to Avoid Burnout as a Digital Minister
Burnout is not something new to ministers. Even before the Covid pandemic happened, ministers burned out at high rates.…
How to Develop Community on Discord
Community is a vital component to churches. It has been since the creation of the first Church in Acts 2. It is through…
Async and Your Church: What Do You Need to Know?
I'm not sure if you knew this, but async is not going anywhere. And YOU need a plan for your church to thrive in this.…
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…
5 Online Ministry Insights from May 2024
Longer daylight, allergies and warmer weather. May really starts to amp up the summer vibes. As summer approaches,…
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…
Embracing Obedience and Taking the Leap
jeff • May 1, 2024 embed In the latest episode of The Hybrid Disciple podcast, Andy and Ashley reflect on the key…
5 Online Ministry Insights from April 2024
Spring is a great time...for allergies! While many people struggle with allergies this month, there has been a lot…
Why Leverage Discord to Build Online Connections
Online ministry has become a powerful way to reach people with the hope and message of Christ. As technology continues…
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…
Unconventional Ministry
jeff • April 17, 2024 embed Another heartwarming episode that you won't want to miss! Season 2, episode 8 is here!…
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…
EP288 - Navigating Asynchronous Community: Gabe DeWalk & The Kingstide Journey
Connecting Faith and Technology: The Kingstide Journey and Its Digital Aspirations The Church Digital Podcast is…
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…
EP283 - Pushpay's Aaron Senneff on AI, Virtual Ministry, and Digital Communities
The Surging Intersection of Tech and Church: A Journey into Hybrid Worship and AI Ethics The Church Digital Podcast is…
4 Reasons Why Fantasy Football is a Perfect Fall Phygital Ministry Opportunity
As summer transitions into fall, a unique opportunity for ministry leaders and believers arrives every year. That is…
Online Numbers that Matter Beyond Sunday Morning Numbers
Tracking numbers is not a new thing for Churches. While it is unknown when number counting started in Churches, it is a…
6 Reasons to Keep Investing in Online Ministry
Over the course of the past few years, since the height of the pandemic has subsided, there has been an interesting…
10 Tips on How to Run an Asynchronous Community
Discord, Slack and Facebook Groups are all asynchronous communities. These are communities are not bound by time.…
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…
Why Churches Should Utilize Personas and Target Audiences on the Digital Mission Field
This article originally appeared on Leadership Network . Pastor, are you tired of thinking It’s not working! when…
EP268: Gen Z, Gen A, and the Benefits of Gamer Church
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EP267: Gaming Church, APEST, and Biblical Collaboration
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EP266 - Women Streamers, Trolls, and the Struggle of Female Content Creators
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EP262: Exponential and the Gaming Church
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EP260: Aki & Family Streaming
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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…
EP258: Jate the Gaming Digital Missionary
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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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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…
How Meta's Discord-Clone Impacts Your Church
Meta just recently announced that Messenger and Facebook Groups were going to highlight "community chats". This would…
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…
5 Online Communities Digital Ministers Should Be Part Of
Community groups are great for any and all types of people. They can be a great place to be encouraged, inspired and…
Pulling Over to Pray: A Gaming Pastor’s Raw Battle with Depression and Fear
Turning on the Camera: The Intimacy of Digital Ministry
The Power of the Prompt: Why One Little Step Changes Everything
Breaking the Churchy Barrier: Faith Without the Formality
Meet the Mods Planting Seeds in Dark Spaces
More Than a Move: Finding God on the Dance Floor
Forget the Perfect Pastor | Here's What Actually Grows Communities
🌍 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
Ctr+l Alt+ Redeem: Reaching People Churches Can't
EP370 - Becoming theChurch.digital - The 2026 Preview
theChurch.digital's 2nd Annual 12 Hour Giving Tuesday Livestream
EP369: Jeff Talks What's Next - Streaming Network & Giving Tuesday
The Real Reason She Started Streaming (It's Not What You Think)
EP366: Final Preview - Jeff Teases the Digital Missionary Gaming Summit
Setting the Table for Community in Stream/Game and Discord - Dalton Ruzicka & Andy Mage
EP339 - TCD's Summer Town Hall Meeting
EP337 - What's the Role of Media in Digital Missions?
EP336 - The Challenge of Mental Health in Digital Missions
EP335 - Jeff Talks Fall Conference(s), Ambassadors & Matthew 6
EP 328 - Questions - Laura Howe answers "How am I emotionally present for people, digitally?"
EP 326 - TOWN HALL MEETING 2025 - Why Do I Need theChurch.digital?
EP324 - Teaching People to Fish Takes on New Meaning, Digitally
The BLESS Framework for Digital Evangelism
BLESS — a 5-step lifestyle framework for digital evangelism: Begin with Prayer, Listen, Shared Experiences, Serve,…
Church on Twitch
Why Twitch is one of the most underrated mission fields for the church, what streaming ministry actually looks like,…
Church Online
What 'church online' actually means in 2026 — the models, the misconceptions, and how a healthy online ministry…
Community
Join The Fam on Discord and WhatsApp — daily community for digital missionaries. Cohorts, peer support, and prayer for…
CTRL + ALT + Recover Summit 2025
Five sessions on recovery ministry in digital spaces — trauma-informed digital ministry, addiction recovery in online…
Digital Neighborhoods Summit 2025
Four sessions on reaching the community next door — digitally. How physical neighborhoods now also live in specific…
Digital Missionary Gaming Summit 2025
Four sessions on gospel work in gaming spaces — Twitch streams, Discord communities, the mission field of people who…
Digital Church Planting
The complete framework for planting a digital-first or hybrid church — the planning, the funding, the team, the…
Digital Evangelism
What digital evangelism actually looks like in 2026 — the practices that work, the postures that fail, and how to share…
Digital Microchurch
The digital microchurch model — how tiny, focused, often lay-led churches are forming in connected spaces, and why this…
What is a Digital Missionary?
A digital missionary makes disciples in connected spaces — Discord, Twitch, VR, podcasts, social media. Definition +…
Discord for Churches — A Practical Guide
How churches use Discord for community, discipleship, and digital missions. Setup, structure, moderation, mistakes to…
The EDGE Framework
Evangelism, Discipleship, Generosity, Empowerment — TCD's framework for building hybrid churches that disciple across…
What is a Hybrid Church?
A hybrid church — one community discipling across physical + digital spaces, not just livestream. Definition,…
Online Discipleship
What online discipleship actually is, the discipleship pathway that works in digital spaces, and the metrics that tell…
Online Pastor
What an online pastor actually does, how the role works, what the job description looks like, and how to become one.…
