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SUMMARY:EP383 - Digital-First Church Planting\, with Earl Davis
STATUS:CONFIRMED
URL:https://thechurch.digital/events/2026-11-11-ep383-digital-first-church-
 planting-with-earl-davis/
LOCATION:https://youtu.be/-5tzkWzn_0o
DESCRIPTION:Earl Davis\, an Air Force reservist and former pastor in Tucson
 \, is planting Rest Point Church in the Atlanta area\, and he wants to sta
 rt digital first. He brought Jeff Reed his questions: how do you build a c
 ommitted core team online\, not just followers? What does a core team look
  like at 10\, 25 or 50 people? When is it time to gather physically?\n\nJe
 ff's answers:\n\n1. Build trust before you launch a Sunday. Meet people on
  the platforms they already use\, then move them into an asynchronous comm
 unity like WhatsApp or GroupMe.\n2. Launch as a church of small groups. A 
 big launch Sunday without a trusted core team can fade fast.\n3. Use the 1
 0-10-10 rule of thumb: 1\,000 people connected become 100 in community and
  10 bought-in leaders.\n4. Version one is better than version none. Don't 
 get stuck perfecting content.\n\n"It's not your person. It's God's person.
 "\n\nEarl leaves with a plan for two core teams: a digital one that stays 
 digital\, and a local one for the physical launch.\n\nCHAPTERS\n0:00 Welco
 me: digital-first church planting\n2:04 Meet Earl Davis: Air Force\, Tucso
 n\, now Atlanta\n9:48 Earl's plan: start digital\, plant physical later\n1
 5:55 Inviting people from other churches: it's God's person\n24:03 Account
 ability and micro watch parties\n28:36 Building a core team in an asynchro
 nous community\n36:22 BLESS: earn trust before you preach\n39:47 A core te
 am that grows: the Miami plant and small groups\n47:13 Critical mass\, the
  10-10-10 rule and true hybrid\n52:28 Biggest mistakes: content\, Ai and v
 ersion one\n57:38 Which platforms reach whom\n1:04:44 Questions from the c
 hat\, and what's next for Earl\n\nGoing deeper:\nDigital church planting: 
 https://thechurch.digital/guides/digital-church-planting/\nOnline small gr
 oups: https://thechurch.digital/guides/online-small-groups/\nBLESS: https:
 //thechurch.digital/guides/bless/\nHybrid church: https://thechurch.digita
 l/guides/hybrid-church/\n\nJoin the theChurch.digital WhatsApp community: 
 https://whatsapp.thechurch.digital\n\n---\n\nThis season: Scattered\, one 
 Bible study through 1 Peter for the whole digital church\, at your own pac
 e\, with a short devotional every morning. Optional live sessions Tuesdays
  at 5:00 PM ET on Twitch: https://thechurch.digital/scattered/\n\nBecoming
  theChurch.digital is the show for church leaders figuring out digital min
 istry in public.\n\nhttps://thechurch.digital\n@bethechurchdigital\n\nJoin
 : https://youtu.be/-5tzkWzn_0o\n\nDetails: https://thechurch.digital/event
 s/2026-11-11-ep383-digital-first-church-planting-with-earl-davis/
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