Volunteer Teams
Everything theChurch.digital has on volunteer teams — 75 articles, episodes, and guides on making disciples in digital spaces.
How your church can support digital missionaries
For most of church history, mission work had a clear shape. Missionaries went somewhere—another country, another…
Investing in Apprentices
In ministry, investing in apprentices is so important. See how and why as Christopher Wesley shares. Subscribe to TCD…
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…
Tools and Apps that Help Ministers Stay Productive
As a ministry leader, it can often feel like there are never enough hours in the day to get everything done. Between…
Why Cybersecurity Matters for Churches
Churches are increasingly using technology to connect with people, share resources, and facilitate ministry…
Using Digital Tools for Ministry Leadership Training and Development
As ministers and followers of Christ, one of our primary responsibilities is to guide and lead others to Christ.…
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…
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…
How to Train and Equip Your Online Ministry Volunteers
In the Church there are lots of different ways you can serve. And, with Online Ministry options, there are even more of…
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…
Tech to Check On And/Or Update Before Easter Sunday
Easter Sunday is one of the biggest and most important Church services of the year. That is why you have to make sure…
5 Online Ministry Insights from December 2023
Christmas is a wonderful time of year. The lights, parties, movies, music and celebration of Jesus' birth makes it a…
Last Minute Preparations for Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve services are some of the most well attended Church services every year. That is why Church staffers and…
How Ministers Can Rest this Christmas
It happens every December. It's a most festive time of year and Churches are busy. Ministers and their teams are…
5 Ways to Honor Your Volunteers Over the Holidays
The holidays are a festive time of year.. From the months of November to January, there is lots to be thankful for and…
Make Disciples as a Team
jeff • August 24, 2023 embed Aa follow up from his last video , Jason talks about Matthew 28:19-20. In the Greek text,…
How You Can Use Videos to Train and Disciple Your Church
Jesus called all people to go and make disciples of all nations. But how? How do you go and make disciples? Churches…
Why Outsourcing Is A Great Option for Your Church
jeff • July 6, 2023 embed Ministry is tough work. There are lots to do and not always enough people to carry the load.…
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.…
Creating Digital Processes for Better Communication Amongst Your Team
jeff • May 11, 2023 embed Creating systems and processes is so important for ministry. But, how can you create these…
Volunteer Roles For Your Online Ministry Team
It takes more than one person to run an online ministry. In fact, the Online Ministry Team consists of many different…
How to Effectively Communicate with Families
jeff • March 30, 2023 embed Children's and Youth Ministry has changed a lot over the years. However, one thing that…
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…
EP249 - Jason Shepperd & Volunteer Accountability
SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHURCH DIGITAL PODCAST If you're enjoying this episode , subscribe for free using your favorite…
How to Honor and Appreciate Your Volunteers this Christmas
jeff • December 8, 2022 embed The Christmas season is a special time of year. There are lots of celebrations and…
5 Phygital Thanksgiving Events Your Church Can Still Do
Thanksgiving is right around the corner! It's a great time of year to be with family, friends and eat lots of delicious…
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…
Stop and Make Sure You Enjoy Easter
The two biggest Sundays of the year for Churches and Ministers are Christmas and Easter. They are the two biggest…
5 Easter Preparation Tips for Your Church
jeff • March 31, 2022 embed Considering that Easter is one of the biggest Sundays of the year for Churches, Staffers…
Team Building Your Church Online, Part 2
In part 1, I gave 8 steps to building a team . Ideas are only theory until you act. In today’s blog we will put theory…
Team-Building Your Church Online (Part 1)
When it comes to teams, church online is no different than church in a building. You need to have an effective…
Encouraging Digital Ministry Quotes from the Engage Conference 2022
Last week the ENGAGE Conference 2022 happened. It was another great year of amazing presentations that inspired…
How to Create an Online Ministry Team
jeff • February 10, 2022 embed No ministry can be done by a single person. You need a team of people around you to help…
EP202: Staff Soulcare, Jon Pyle & Better on the Inside Takeover
Confession hour here on The Church Digital Podcast. I say something in this podcast that I've not publicly admitted to…
EP197: Jason Shepperd & Developing a MicroChurch Network
Today we're not going to be talking much about technology. In fact, it doesn't come up at all. Today we're going to be…
Last Minute Christmas Encouragement for Ministers
jeff • December 23, 2021 embed Christmas is just 2 days away and for some of you Christmas services may have already…
Episode 183: Sam Chacko, BiVo/CoVo, and a Not So New Approach to Funding Ministry
Fun stat. 49% of Church Budgets, Pre-COVID, went to salaries. Payroll. Almost 1/2 of every dollar given went to pay an…
BETA35: How Do We Staff This Phygital Church Thing?
What does it look like to staff a church to have a phygital impact? Let’s kick around some staffing concepts to…
BETA07: Experiment - Learn to Fire BBs before Bullets before Bombs
Can you relate to this question by a church volunteer? “I talked my church leadership into trying a live,…
PODCAST 095: Launching & Elevating Church Communication Teams
COVID is teaching us, the church, many lessons. Obviously, there are many lessons about the value of Church Online or…
PODCAST 088: Matt Lombardi - What Do You Mean Your Church Won’t Experiment?
Thank you very much, COVID. That long-term vision? That playbook? Your church’s strategy? It’s all trash. Every church…
Five Lessons I Learned from A Covid-19 Spike at Our Church
In March, April, and May, our church staff braced for a wave of Covid-19 cases to sweep through our church family. It…
PODCAST 082: Stan Rodda, Tyler Sansom & the Different Flavors of Microsites
As reports show COVID-19 is spiking, churches are starting to engage more and more with the idea of micro-locations as…
Helping Your Volunteers to Find Their Worship “Voice”
The Creator made us in His image to worship Him. For far too long, the word ‘worship’ has been attached to a place and…
The Need for Chat
When I was a kid, I was told that talking in church was not allowed. My parents would allow me to draw or put my head…
Help: My Church Wants to Shut Down Church Online
Okay, hopefully your lead pastor hasn't looked you in the eyes and said these words. Church Online has stepped up in a…
10 Questions to Ask Your Congregation Before You Reopen
“When can we reopen our church?” That is the question that keeps getting asked. I want to help you make an informed…
Church Online Chat Host Best Practices
Here are 10 general best practices for chat hosts across all platforms along with 4 particular tips for Facebook and…
Meet the Mods Planting Seeds in Dark Spaces
theChurch.digital's 2nd Annual 12 Hour Giving Tuesday Livestream
Setting the Table for Community in Stream/Game and Discord - Dalton Ruzicka & Andy Mage
Apprenticing in the Wild: Reproducing Leaders for Digital Mission - Bekele Shanko
