DEPARTURES · DIGITAL MISSIONARY CONFERENCE
SENDING BOARD · ALL GATES

Digital Missionary Conference — a global online summit for digital missionaries

A global online conference for digital missionaries — 35 sessions across the main stage and four themed summits (Digital Neighborhoods, the Gaming Summit, the European Summit, and CTRL+ALT+Recover). 95+ countries, six continents, one commission. Curated by Jeff Reed.

A series of global online conferences, summits, and workshops — 6 gates, 35 departures, every session a sending into the places people already are. 95+ countries. 6 continents. One commission.

95+
Countries
6
Continents
35
Sessions
25
Speakers
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Gates (Conferences)

6 GATES (CONFERENCES) · ALL ON DEMAND
GATE G1 NOW BOARDING
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Main Stage

The flagship sessions — vision, theology, and the heart of the movement.

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GATE A1 NOW BOARDING
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European Summit

Mission across a post-Christian continent.

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GATE B2 NOW BOARDING
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Gaming Summit

Ministry in lobbies, servers, and streams.

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GATE C3 NOW BOARDING
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Digital Neighborhoods

Platforms as the places people live.

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GATE D4 NOW BOARDING
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CTRL+ALT+Recover

Recovery and restoration online.

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GATE E5 NOW BOARDING
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Gaming Workshop 2026

One day on Discord — parable, play, and the ethics of the spaces gamers live in.

View the conference → 7 sessions

Departures (All Sessions)

35 SESSIONS DEPARTING
TIME · GATE
DESTINATION
SPEAKER
STATUS
09:00
GATE G1
Preaching and Discipleship in the Metaverse and Gaming Spaces
Main Stage · 44 min
LS
Leighton Seys
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09:45
GATE G1
Trauma, Time, and True Hope: Missionary Work in VRChat
Main Stage · 25 min
SF
Stewart Freeman
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10:30
GATE G1
Meta Crusade: Planting the Gospel Flag in the Metaverse
Main Stage · 34 min
DL
Dominic Laureano
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11:15
GATE G1
Reaching Web3's Degenerate Culture With Regenerate Faith
Main Stage · 24 min
JN
Jasmine Ng
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13:00
GATE G1
Reaching Church Refugees Through Online Discipleship Communities
Main Stage · 3 min
DJ
Dr. John Harris
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13:45
GATE G1
Reaching the Dechurched Through Listening
Main Stage · 25 min
JP
Josh Packard
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14:30
GATE G1
Reaching the Next Billion Through Heart Language Digital Media
Main Stage · 32 min
ME
Miheret Eshete
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15:15
GATE G1
Know the World So God Can Be Known: Global Trends for Digital Missionaries
Main Stage · 33 min
MN
Matthew Niermann
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16:00
GATE G1
Equipping Digital Missionaries for Every Context and Culture
🇺🇸 United States · Main Stage · 29 min
JR
Jeff Reed
REPLAY
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16:45
GATE G1
Reaching the World With Overlooked Digital Platforms
Main Stage · 30 min
JK
Jay Kranda
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17:30
GATE G1
Multiplying Disciples to the Ends of the Earth
Main Stage · 23 min
DN
David Nelms
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18:15
GATE A1
European Digital Missionary Summit 2025
European Summit · 73 min
T
TCD
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19:00
GATE A1
European Digital Missionary Summit 2025
European Summit · 45 min
SD
Simon Diercks
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19:45
GATE A1
European Digital Missionary Summit 2025
European Summit · 62 min
T
TCD
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20:30
GATE A1
European Digital Missionary Summit 2025
European Summit · 46 min
SD
Simon Diercks
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21:15
GATE B2
One Quest One Focus: Zeroing in on the One You Need to Reach
Gaming Summit · 35 min
LS
Leighton Seys
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22:00
GATE B2
How Will You Reach Them? Are You Reaching Them?
Gaming Summit · 50 min
CT
Chris Thompson
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22:45
GATE B2
Setting the Table for Community in Stream/Game and Discord
Gaming Summit · 42 min
DR
Dalton Ruzicka
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23:30
GATE B2
Experimenting and Improvement
Gaming Summit · 48 min
JE
Jate Earhart
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24:15
GATE C3
Platforms as Places: Rethinking the Digital Map
Digital Neighborhoods · 75 min
JM
Jason Morris
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25:00
GATE C3
Fluent Faith: Speaking the Gospel Into Everyday Digital Life
🇺🇸 United States · Digital Neighborhoods · 56 min
JV
Jeff Vanderstelt
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25:45
GATE C3
Audience Mapping: Tracking Spiritual Thresholds Online
Digital Neighborhoods · 55 min
CB
Cheryl Boyd
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26:30
GATE C3
Apprenticing in the Wild: Reproducing Leaders for Digital Mission
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Digital Neighborhoods · 74 min
BS
Bekele Shanko
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27:15
GATE D4
A Story of Ministry after Recovery
🇿🇦 South Africa · CTRL+ALT+Recover · 74 min
TM
Tshepi Mofokeng
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28:00
GATE D4
Recovery Rewired: Breaking the Myths, Reclaiming the Mission
CTRL+ALT+Recover · 69 min
CC
Conrad Cooper
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28:45
GATE D4
Beyond The Building: What Churches Need To Understand About Recovery
CTRL+ALT+Recover · 61 min
NG
Nate Graybill
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29:30
GATE D4
Light Check: Before You Shine Out, Shine In
🇨🇦 Canada · CTRL+ALT+Recover · 67 min
LH
Laura Howe
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30:15
GATE D4
Unfiltered & Free: Why Every Digital Missionary Needs Recovery
🇺🇸 United States · CTRL+ALT+Recover · 42 min
JR
Jeff Reed
REPLAY
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31:00
GATE E5
Gaming as Parable
Gaming Workshop 2026 · 47 min
DS
Dr. Steven Kelso
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31:45
GATE E5
Gaming as Parable
Gaming Workshop 2026 · 25 min
DS
Dr. Steven Kelso
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32:30
GATE E5
A Theology of Fun
Gaming Workshop 2026 · 42 min
LS
Leighton Seys
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33:15
GATE E5
A Theology of Fun
Gaming Workshop 2026 · 9 min
LS
Leighton Seys
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34:00
GATE E5
Digital Ethics & AI
Gaming Workshop 2026 · 52 min
NW
Nathan Webb
REPLAY
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34:45
GATE E5
Digital Ethics & AI
Gaming Workshop 2026 · 12 min
NW
Nathan Webb
REPLAY
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35:30
GATE E5
Is Digital Ministry Real?
Gaming Workshop 2026 · 29 min
T
TCD
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THE OPERATING SYSTEM

The Digital Missionary Flywheel

Four motions, one turning wheel. Each one feeds the next — and every full turn sends people back out, so the next turn spins faster. Momentum, not effort, carries the movement.

01
Connect

Meet people where they already are — feeds, comments, DMs, game lobbies.

02
Community

Turn a like into a conversation, and a conversation into belonging.

04
Mobilize

Send them back out. Every person reached becomes a sender who spins the wheel again.

03
Equip

Disciple and train — hand them the tools and confidence to follow Jesus online.

FLY
WHEEL
ABOUT

Curated by Jeff Reed

Each year Jeff curates the gates and the departures — the speakers and stories that map where the church is being sent next. The Sending Board is the timetable of that movement.

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