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Pastoral Care

Who Do You Talk To When Digital Ministry Gets Hard?

We asked 65 digital missionaries and leaders who they turn to when ministry is discouraging. 31% said nobody. Here is what we are doing about it.

Jeff Reed · Oct 13, 2026
Who Do You Talk To When Digital Ministry Gets Hard?
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The Prayer Request That Came In at 2am Is Still Waiting 🧠 Ai And Ministry

The Prayer Request That Came In at 2am Is Still Waiting

Online prayer requests pile up faster than one person can read them. AI can sort them so urgent ones reach a human first. It must never pray.

Jeff Reed · Oct 13, 2026
Two of Every Three of Us Are Discipling Someone New 🔥 Digital Discipleship

Two of Every Three of Us Are Discipling Someone New

Nearly two of every three people in our Fall Town Hall survey discipled someone who did not know Jesus in the last six months. That is the win.

Jeff Reed · Oct 12, 2026
A Comment Thread Strips Every Verse of Its Context. Explain Puts It Back. 🎮 Digital Discipleship

A Comment Thread Strips Every Verse of Its Context. Explain Puts It Back.

A comment thread strips every verse of its context. The Explain step of HEAR puts it back, and that's real pastoral work you can do at a distance.

Jeff Reed · Oct 12, 2026
Same Fruit, Different Soil: Two-Thirds of Us Are Making Disciples, Everywhere 📖 Digital Discipleship

Same Fruit, Different Soil: Two-Thirds of Us Are Making Disciples, Everywhere

We compared our survey answers from North America with everyone else. About two-thirds in both are making disciples. Everything around that differs.

Jeff Reed · Oct 9, 2026
A Letter to the Scattered Church ✨ Digital Discipleship

A Letter to the Scattered Church

An open letter to digital missionaries: why theChurch.digital is reading 1 Peter together this fall, wherever you are on the planet, at your own pace.

Jeff Reed · Oct 7, 2026
How Do You Disciple Someone Who Only Watches the Replay? 💬 Digital Discipleship

How Do You Disciple Someone Who Only Watches the Replay?

Someone who only watches the replay is being informed, not formed. Give them one practice before Sunday and a real person to tell when they try it.

Jeff Reed · Oct 7, 2026
Who Is Watching Your Sermon With the Sound Off? 🧭 Ai And Ministry

Who Is Watching Your Sermon With the Sound Off?

Captions used to need a paid service or a volunteer's evening. AI made them nearly free, so one person can open every sermon to people it never reached.

Jeff Reed · Oct 6, 2026
The Verse That Stopped You Is the One to Write Down 🛠️ Digital Discipleship

The Verse That Stopped You Is the One to Write Down

Highlight isn't picking the important verse. It's writing down the one that actually stopped you, not the one you were supposed to notice.

Jeff Reed · Oct 5, 2026
What Do You Do Together When There Is No Table to Sit At? 🙏 Digital Evangelism

What Do You Do Together When There Is No Table to Sit At?

The E in BLESS is shared experiences. Online there is no table, so pick one small thing you do with someone, every week, and keep showing up for it.

Jeff Reed · Oct 1, 2026
Every Question in the HEAR Method, in One Place 🧠 Digital Discipleship

Every Question in the HEAR Method, in One Place

Gallaty's original questions for Highlight, Explain, Apply and Respond, plus the sharper ones other churches use. Keep this open while you write.

Jeff Reed · Sep 30, 2026
Pastor, What Would You Do With Your Tuesday Back? 🔥 Ai And Ministry

Pastor, What Would You Do With Your Tuesday Back?

In a small church the pastor is also the office. AI can take the admin load off one person's week, so the hours go back to people, not more programs.

Jeff Reed · Sep 29, 2026
Someone Asked Your Church a Real Question. Did Anyone Answer It? 🎮 Online Evangelism

Someone Asked Your Church a Real Question. Did Anyone Answer It?

Being findable is half of it. If the answer to a real question at 1am is a contact form and an invitation to Sunday, you were found and it did not matter.

Jeff Reed · Sep 28, 2026
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