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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…

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.…

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…

5 Ways to Celebrate Freedom in Christ Online

We have freedom in Christ and we are called to celebrate that daily.

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…

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.…

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…

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,…

Key Digital and Online Analytics to Track for Churches

How do you know if you are being effective in your digital and online ministry? As churches seek to engage with and…

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.…

3 Reasons Why Your Church Should Be On YouTube

In today's world, the internet has become an unparalleled platform for sharing about the hope and love of Christ to…

Embracing Creativity in Ministry

jeff • April 24, 2024 embed Well, we made it. Sort of. In the latest episode of Hybrid Disciple, hosts Andy and Ashley…

Unconventional Ministry

jeff • April 17, 2024 embed Another heartwarming episode that you won't want to miss! Season 2, episode 8 is here!…

3 Ways to Overcome the Summer Attendance Slump

jeff • April 11, 2024 embed It happens every year. Right after Easter, attendance, when the weather turns warmer and as…

The Power of Masculine Vulnerability

jeff • April 10, 2024 embed This week, Ashley and Andy sit down with Nate Cottman to discuss all things content…

Speak the TRUTH on Social Media

Going "viral" was such a huge thing for social media managers and content creators. Actually, it may still be a goal…

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…

Exploring Authentic Faith

jeff • April 3, 2024 embed In this week's episode is all about the raw, real, and relatable journey of faith with the…

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…

Dive Deep Into Grace & Authenticity

jeff • March 13, 2024 embed We've got some soul-stirring content fresh out of the oven. Episode 3 of Season 2 is ready…

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…

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.…

5 Online Ministry Insights from February 2024

Love is in the air. While the month of February is a bit colder and chilly, it is also hot as it's the month of love…

How to Get Started with YouTube

As the world becomes increasingly digital, churches have an amazing opportunity to reach people with the hope and love…

Unlocking Anxiety Management: Navigations and Narratives

jeff • January 25, 2024 embed In this enlightening episode of From Text To Testimony, Andy and Megan tackle the…

Why Churches Should Invest in Short-Form Videos

Short-form video is all the rage, not just now, but for a number of years. Whether it is TikTok, Instagram Reels or…

How Your Digital Ministry Can Help Your Community This Winter

As temperatures drop and skies gray, many people naturally experience a drop in attitude as well. Shorter days and…

Is Praying Through Text Real Prayer?

jeff • December 27, 2023 embed Does praying through texting really count as prayer at all? The From Text To Testimony…

Shattering Holiday Myths: Real Talk on Loneliness & Grief

jeff • December 12, 2023 embed Why are the holidays always the hardest to get through? In this heartfelt episode of…

The Art Of Connecting With The Next Generation

jeff • November 7, 2023 embed Are you struggling to bridge the gap and effectively communicate with the next generation…

"Go" Instead of Asking People To "Come"

jeff • October 24, 2023 embed Over the years, Churches have asked people to "come" to their event or Church service. In…

A Time Saving Tool for Your Ministry

jeff • September 28, 2023 embed Ministers can work 24/7 and still never been finished with the work. That is why when a…

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,…

5 Ways to Increase Watch Time on Your Church's YouTube Videos

There are a lot of video platforms your Church can and should use. While TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube are some…

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…

The Powerful Impact of Online Ministry

jeff • July 20, 2023 embed Whether you know it or not, you are making a difference with your online ministry. Today,…

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…

What Online Discipleship Looks Like

Everyday people are connecting in communities. There are in-person communities and online ones. And while the Church…

What's Currently Trending in Online Ministry (June 2023)

jeff • June 22, 2023 embed Online Ministry is always changing. What was effective in reaching people online yesterday,…

Not Your Mother's Mission Field

This article originally appeared on Leadership Network . Digital is not going anywhere. What if we, the Church, viewed…

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…

16 YouTube Videos Your Church Can Do

"What do I even post on YouTube?" That is a common question Churches and ministries ask when they contemplate whether…

What Social Media Platforms Should Churches Be On: Let's Ask AI

EDITOR'S NOTE: ChatGPT is very popular right now as people are experimenting with it in all walks of life. Musicians…

4 YouTube Stats that Matter for Churches

Is your Church or ministry on YouTube yet? If not, now is the perfect place for your Church to start investing time and…

EP370 - Becoming theChurch.digital - The 2026 Preview

theChurch.digital's 2nd Annual 12 Hour Giving Tuesday Livestream

Your Gaming Style Isn't a Problem—It's Your Calling

EP369: Jeff Talks What's Next - Streaming Network & Giving Tuesday

The unexpected way Steph & G Funk met at Reach Conference Part 1

EP368 Live Recording: What's Next? Decentralizing TCD

EP365: Jeff & Simon Diercks Celebrate the 2025 European Digital Missionary Summit

Hands-On Ministry | Why Your Care Might Save a Life

EP364 Final Preview: Jeff Teases the European Digital Missionary Summit

EP363: Jeff & Stacy Celebrate the CTRL+ALT+Recover Summit

EP362: Final Preview - Jeff Talks CTRL+ALT+Recover Summit

EP358 Live Recording: It's Time for You to Move into Your Digital Neighborhood

EP359: Share the Vision: Digital Missionary Summits

EP357: Jeff Talks Digital Missionary Confererence

EP355 Live Recording: Can AI Share Jesus? A Digital Mission Conversation with Apologist.ai

Rob Wood Reveals What Keeps Pastors & Missionaries Going

EP338 - Jeff Teases What's Next

Geeks need Jesus too | here's how to reach them

Reaching the Next Billion Through Heart Language Digital Media

EP333 - Jeff Revisits the Digital Missionary Conference

EP324 - Teaching People to Fish Takes on New Meaning, Digitally

EP322 - How Missionaries can use Digital to Build Their Audience

EP321 - theChurch.digital’s 25 Promises for 2025

EP298 - Tom Pounder & Utilizing YouTube at Your Church

Church on YouTube

How churches should actually use YouTube in 2026 — sermon library vs. podcast video vs. Shorts vs. native creator…

Church Social Media Strategy

The 2026 framework for church social media — what to post, where to post, how to measure, and how to do it without…

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…

What is a Digital Missionary?

A digital missionary makes disciples in connected spaces — Discord, Twitch, VR, podcasts, social media. Definition +…

The EDGE Framework

Evangelism, Discipleship, Generosity, Empowerment — TCD's framework for building hybrid churches that disciple across…

Livestreaming Church

How to livestream church services well in 2026 — production, platforms, audience care, and integration with the rest of…

Online Discipleship

What online discipleship actually is, the discipleship pathway that works in digital spaces, and the metrics that tell…

The TCD Pathway

Connect → Community → Equip → Mobilize. The Church Digital's framework for moving people from initial encounter to…