Digital Missionary

The First Thing Peter Tells People at a Distance Is That They're Chosen

Online ministry carries a quiet suspicion that faith at a distance is lesser. Peter's first two verses answer it. Run…

The Last Step of HEAR Is the One Nobody Posts

Respond is the HEAR step with no metrics and no audience. It's where Bible study online turns into prayer, or quietly…

Your Next Team Member Is Already Answering Questions in Your Chat

Someone is already answering questions in your chat or comments. They are your first team member. Here is how to find…

Online Bible Study Dies Between the Insight and Wednesday

Insight is cheap online and obedience isn't. Apply, the heart of HEAR, closes that gap with a few written lines about…

You Told Us We're Too American. You're Right.

We asked if what we teach is shaped too much by American assumptions. 56% said sometimes or absolutely, including some…

The Risks Digital Missionaries Carry That Most of Us Never See

We asked about the riskiest thing in your ministry. The most common answer was persecution and physical safety. The…

A Team Tied With Money. That Surprised Me.

When we asked what would most move your ministry forward, a team tied with funding for first. Here is why that…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

I Was Chasing the Perfect Lesson. It Helped Nobody in the Room.

I prepared lessons that answered questions nobody had asked. HEAR is four written steps, and the one I feared turned…

Someone Found Your Church in a Language You Do Not Speak

Reaching someone in their own language once depended on a bilingual volunteer being around. Machine translation removed…

You Gave Them the Password. You Didn't Give Them the Ministry.

Most churches hand a volunteer the login and call it empowerment. Three things actually transfer a ministry, and almost…

Your Ministry's Ceiling Is Your Calendar. That's What AI Actually Moves.

AI's real value to a church is not that it writes faster. It is that most digital ministry is capped by one person's…

Your Church's Website Might Be Blocking AI. Mine Was.

I spent an evening building a dashboard to prove AI was reading my site. It wasn't. Cloudflare was turning every AI…

The lie I believed about digital ministry almost burned me out

I need to say something I didn’t realize I believed until it almost took me out.

How your church can support digital missionaries

For most of church history, mission work had a clear shape. Missionaries went somewhere—another country, another…

What Gospel Conversations Look Like in Digital Spaces

What if evangelism didn’t start with a sermon, but with a message? What if the Gospel conversation was already…

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…

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…

25 theChurch.digital Promises for 2025

Was 2024 the year of theChurch.digital? New website. A fresh community launch. A laser focus on digital missionaries.…

The Future of Faith Beyond the Four Walls

Is your understanding of discipleship stuck in a building? In a world that's constantly evolving, digital discipleship…

Reshaping Evangelism in the 21st Century

What if evangelism could happen with a single swipe? Imagine a world where reaching out to the unreached has no…

Can Church Exist on Twitch?

Can a church really exist, and thrive on Twitch? In a changing world, the idea of a "digital church " is growing in…

Digital Discipleship: Bridging the Gap Between Faith and Technology

Is digital discipleship as real as in-person discipleship? The answer is a resounding yes! As long as we’re connecting…

How Digital Missionaries Handle Privacy and Personal Concerns

In digital ministry, the role of a digital missionary has never been more crucial. These trailblazers don’t just spread…

Do Digital Missionaries Need to Be Tech Savvy?

Do digital missionaries need to be tech-savvy to succeed in today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape? Well every…

The Future of Faith

What is digital discipleship in an age of online connection? In today’s ever-evolving and complex digital landscape,…

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.…

Discipleship in Digital Spaces

Have you noticed how much life happens online? Digital spaces are where people connect, learn, and live—making digital…

Beyond Boundaries: Embracing the Digital Mission Field

What if the mission field that matters most today has no walls? In a world that’s moving fast, digital missionaries are…

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,…

5 Online Ministry Insights from August 2024

Summer is over and school has started for almost every school-aged child. As families have been busy getting ready for…

Tools Needed to be a Digital Minister

No matter what ministry you are involved in, there are tools that can help you make your ministry more effective. The…

Caring for Others Online

Caring for others is a great ministry opportunity for all ministry leaders. These are ministry opportunities in-person…

5 Online Ministry Insights from July 2024

The summer is almost over and school is getting ready to get started. That means last minute travel plans, back to…

The Power of Authenticity

One thing that came out of the Covid pandemic was that people became more transparent, honest and authentic. That…

How to Avoid Burnout as a Digital Minister

Burnout is not something new to ministers. Even before the Covid pandemic happened, ministers burned out at high rates.…

5 Ways to Celebrate Freedom in Christ Online

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

How to Reach the Nones in Your Community

How are you reaching the "nones" in your community? The "nones" are those who do not attend Church, nor do they have…

What's Happening with Ministry in the Metaverse?

Ministry is happening in the Metaverse and VR. But what exactly? Stuart McPherson comes on the podcast to talk about…

EP381 - Gathered and Scattered: Drs. Stephen and Mary Lowe on the Biblical Case for Digital Ministry

"Don't Let Me Go": The Desperate Prayer That Healed My Wife and Changed Everything

Session 3: Living stones, chosen and scattered

Session 2: Be holy, because the word endures

EP380 - The Power of Negativity: How It Clouds Our Thoughts and Keeps Us From God

From the Streets to the Harvest: How God Redeems Our Hardest Mistakes

EP379 - The Third Invitation: XtianNinja on Caring for Digital Missionaries

From Hurricane Devastation to Hope: How One Streamer Found Mission in the Chaos

Session 1: A living hope

EP378 - TCD Fall Town Hall 2026

Finding Faith on Twitch: How an Australian Band Built a Living Online Christian Community

EP377 - A Global View of Platforms as Places with Jason Morris

EP376 - The Stream Ends. Then What? Arno Pretorius on Church That Keeps Going

The Church Misdiagnosed the Problem: It Was Never the Internet

EP375 - Platforms as Nations: Dr. Sam Hayes on Digital Missiology

EP374 - The Listening Tour Begins: Platforms Are Places

EP373 - GTA 6, Dating AI, and the Loneliest Job in Ministry

EP372 - Jeff is Not Dead Yet!

Digital Ethics & AI

Gaming as Parable

Gaming as Parable — Q&A

Is Digital Ministry Real? — Open Q&A

A Theology of Fun

A Theology of Fun — Q&A

Community

Join The Fam on Discord and WhatsApp — daily community for digital missionaries. Cohorts, peer support, and prayer for…

CTRL + ALT + Recover Summit 2025

Five sessions on recovery ministry in digital spaces — trauma-informed digital ministry, addiction recovery in online…

Digital Neighborhoods Summit 2025

Four sessions on reaching the community next door — digitally. How physical neighborhoods now also live in specific…

European Digital Missionary Summit 2025

Four sessions on digital missions in post-Christian Europe. The European chapter of the digital missions movement,…

Digital Missionary Gaming Summit 2025

Four sessions on gospel work in gaming spaces — Twitch streams, Discord communities, the mission field of people who…