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SUMMARY:EP379 - The Third Invitation: XtianNinja on Caring for Digital Miss
 ionaries
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URL:https://thechurch.digital/events/2026-10-14-ep379-the-third-invitation-
 xtianninja-on-caring-for-digital-missionaries/
LOCATION:https://youtu.be/yfi_I5OBnt4
DESCRIPTION:Who cares for the people doing digital ministry?\n\nXtianNinja\
 , who pastors on Twitch\, was a preacher for 16 years before he started st
 reaming full time five years ago. On Becoming theChurch.digital he tells J
 eff Reed how other Christian streamers kept stumbling into his stream with
  no support and sometimes no church\, and how that led to the two roles he
  holds now: content creator and digital community maker with Power to Chan
 ge Canada\, and director of missionary care for Hope Digital Missions.\n\n
 They talk about what counts as a digital missionary\, why the people doing
  it are hard to find and rarely funded or connected to a local church\, th
 e steps between an online ad and a mentor that most strategies skip\, why 
 churches keep saying no\, and whether missionary care can scale. XtianNinj
 a reads the great banquet in Luke 14 as the job: the third invitation goes
  to the highways and hedges\, to people who did not know there was an invi
 tation. And he offers some hope from how churches once treated sports on a
  Sunday.\n\nIn XtianNinja's words: "We as digital missionaries are reachin
 g people nobody else can reach."\n\nCHAPTERS\n0:00 Welcome\, and the Scatt
 ered devotionals start Monday\n4:10 Why the ninja: Matthew 6\n7:03 From pr
 eacher to Twitch\, full time\n13:37 Pastoring the Christian streamers\n20:
 30 Where digital missionaries really are\n32:10 What counts as a digital m
 issionary\n35:59 The steps between an ad and a mentor\n38:37 When churches
  say no\n40:45 Can missionary care scale?\n49:08 The highways and hedges\n
 54:41 Some hope from sports ministry\n1:00:22 Where to find XtianNinja\, a
 nd closing thoughts\n\nXtianNinja's site: https://xtian.ninja\n\nGoing dee
 per:\nWhat is a digital missionary? https://thechurch.digital/guides/what-
 is-a-digital-missionary/\nChurch on Twitch: https://thechurch.digital/guid
 es/church-on-twitch/\nDigital missions in gaming: https://thechurch.digita
 l/guides/digital-missions-in-gaming/\n\n---\n\nThis season: Scattered\, on
 e Bible study through 1 Peter for the whole digital church\, at your own p
 ace\, with a short devotional every morning. Optional live sessions Tuesda
 ys at 5:00 PM ET on Twitch: https://thechurch.digital/scattered/\n\nBecomi
 ng theChurch.digital is the show for church leaders figuring out digital m
 inistry in public.\n\nhttps://thechurch.digital\n@bethechurchdigital\n\nIf
  you're struggling with thoughts of suicide\, you're not alone. In the US 
 and Canada\, call or text 988. Anywhere else\, find a free helpline at htt
 ps://findahelpline.com/\n\nJoin: https://youtu.be/yfi_I5OBnt4\n\nDetails: 
 https://thechurch.digital/events/2026-10-14-ep379-the-third-invitation-xti
 anninja-on-caring-for-digital-missionaries/
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