The Church Digital Podcast

So we took a little break from the podcast, and now we're back! With a fresh outlook on digital ministry for pastors, planters and practitioners, The Church Digital Podcast is a great opportunity for your church to find innovative ways to use this digital technology for kingdom purposes. With this Season 6 Trailer, we'll be exploring how your church can be the church not just on Sunday morning, but 168 hours a week! Check out the return of The Church Digital Podcast and the launch of Season 6: 168 Church, coming on Monday, January 1, 2024. Find The Church Digital Podcast on Podcast Apps, and YouTube. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thechurchdigital/message

Saddleback has always had an experimental culture. Seeing Saddleback adopt a digital strategy literally a decade+ ago, and then move into decentralized and micro church strategies…Saddleback has learned that failure is not the end of the experiment. Failure is just one step closer to finding success. But, how do you get your church to experiment? With services coming every Sunday, even with the push for “excellence” every week…how do we do something different? These are the questions we're bringing to Jay Kranda, Online Community Pastor at Saddleback. By the way, these are the issues that we're dealing with in our Leadership Network's Digital and Metaverse Learning Communities. Through these Learning Communities, we're helping churches explore how to take next steps in their digital and metaverse ministry…and experimenting plays a huge part! So check out the Digital Learning Community and Metaverse Learning Community and find out how your church can join Leadership Network in what's next. So jump on this podcast with Jeff Reed and Jay Kranda as we are exploring how your church can experiment! Find out, right here, on The Church Digital Podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thechurchdigital/message

In Dave Ferguson we trust! Visionary Leader of Exponential as well as NewThing Network and lead pastor at Community Christian in Chicago, Dave has been a huge supporter of Digital Church! In fact, Dave let us borrow B.L.E.S.S. practices to be the framework for digital missionaries! I'm continually blown away by the love and support he shows to digital ministry and digital planting. (You'll catch a bit of this at the beginning of the podcast.) Now as we're talking how to take your Digital Ministry to the Next Level, Dave and Dr. John Harris (my co-author for Sharing Jesus Online) jump on a podcast to talk about the power of a digital missionary, and the potential to have that missionary reaching into digital community to connect with a digital person. As we explore the potential of taking your digital ministry to the next level, digital missionaries are a big step towards your church reaching people the buildings aren't reaching. Looking to release a team of digital or metaverse missionaries in your church. Jump in a Leadership Network Learning Community and find out how to take your church to the next level. http://leadnet.org/dlc - keyword “Tyler” for $100 off http://leadnet.org/mlc - keyword “Stunami” for $100 off --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thechurchdigital/message

In 2023, many churches are going back to an old mindset of digital ministry. Let's broadcast those church services! But, and maybe I'm talking crazy here, what if your church didn't. Instead, what if your church did something different. This is what we're highlighting here this week with Tyler Sansom, from "First Capital/Church Anywhere." For a medium sized church in the middle of a small, blue collar town, "First Capital" is doing some incredible things digitally. Digital Discipleship, International Ministry, even releasing Christian Long-Form Films… the thing I love about "First Capital" is that they find ways to do some incredible stuff when other churches of their size would never dream of trying. But this really gets to the heart of this podcast. How can your church unleash the next season of ministry? How do you get your attenders to really engage and support creative ministry in and around the church? This is what we asked Tyler, and his answer is somewhat surprising: Discipleship.Lean into this podcast with Tyler, and learn about Leadership Network's Learning Communities, and how your church can learn more about "First Capital's" Discipleship Process, and how it can help take your church to the next level. More information at http://leadnet.org/dlc and use the coupon code “tyler” for $100 off. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thechurchdigital/message

According to Pushpay's "2023 State of Church Tech Report ," 25% of American churches are looking to plant a church in the metaverse. So, doing a learning community on planting a virtual reality church should be a no brainer! So that's what we did. Partnering with Leadership Network, DCN is doing a learning community helping churches like yours explore virtual reality, even helping churches go on mission trips into virtual reality.  For the podcast here we've got Stuart McPherson, metaverse pastor from Lakeland Church, who is co-leading the learning community with Jeff. Come learn about the community we're creating, and see how churches like yours can fit into the metaverse learning community, or the digital learning community. Season 5 of The Church Digital Podcast is well underway. Come dive in and learn how your church can go “to the next level” in 2023. Start here! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thechurchdigital/message

Welcome to Season 5 of The Church Digital Podcast, as we're talking about how to take your church's digital and/or metaverse ministry to the next level. And do we have a great conversation for you here, right off the bat! This idea escalated quickly. Not that long ago Ryan Sidhom, Lead Pastor at the Church Plant River City Church approached me with an idea: let's do mission trips into the Metaverse. He even pitched his church as the guinea pig to test the model of an actual “mission trip” in the metaverse, where we take people into Virtual Reality to be on mission. We've built trainings around my books VR & The Metaverse Church as well as Sharing Jesus Online. Evidently, word got out. The test idea exploded. Leadership Network is doing a learning community where we're helping US Churches understand the missional implications of the metaverse. Similarly, GACX is doing a similar learning community with our metaverse mission trip for international mission orgs. Oh, and let's not forget about Relevant Magazine writing about what we're up to.This is what we're diving into with this podcast! We've got Ryan coming in and talking about the mission trip, and how Leadership Network wants to help churches like yours host a metaverse mission trip THIS YEAR! So chuck out the launch of Season 5 on The Church Digital Podcast, and for more information on Leadnet's Learning Community and the Metaverse Mission Trip check out http://leadnet.org/mlc --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thechurchdigital/message

I've had a mutual respect for James Emery White for a while now. His church, Mecklenburg, has gotten some attention in recent years for abandoning their multisite strategy and instead focusing on their digital strategy. So, of course I feel a kindred spirit. Then he says the word phygital…a lot…so of course I love this guy. We had a great conversation here on this podcast. We talked Meck. We talked James' new book "Hybrid Church." We talked what digital can, and cannot, do. On most points I agree with James, but on all points it's a valid conversation around physicality and the changes to community and contextualization. We need more pastors like James Emery White. Grab this podcast url and share it with your lead pastor. Buy the book and pass it around your church. Learn how your church has to really function digitally and physically simultaneously. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thechurchdigital/message

This convo, right here, may be one of my favorite podcasts we've done to date. Years ago “Church 3.0,” a book by Neil Cole, was heavily influential in my life. Understand, Neil didn't write the book in a digital context. When he wrote “Church 3.0,” very few people were doing anything in the digital ministry space. But when I read this book back in the early 2010s, all I could think about is how some of these practices could exist digitally. So, similar to our recent conversation with Leonard Sweet, I loved this opportunity to sit down with Neil Cole and talk to him about Digital Church. Mind you, we're taking Neil's ideas into a whole new realm, but I counted it a pleasure to talk with another pioneer in a unique space. We delved into it in the conversation, but Neil was a decade or two before his time! As many contemporaries today are praised for their work in micro church areas, Neil was criticized for his work in the space (and, to be honest, I can relate to that). We even brought into the convo Jason Morris, who arguably is the smartest man in all of digital ministry, who was also influenced strongly by Neil's book...So, looking for a conversation involving three out-of-the-box thinkers about a micro/digital approach to church, where we also talk about the turmoil of pioneering in church space? Check out this convo with Neil Cole, Jason Morris and myself, right here on The Church Digital Podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thechurchdigital/message

Season 4 of The Church Digital Podcast has been a deep dive, an introspective look into Gaming and Nerd Culture, and how the church is already active in this space. In the concluding episode, Jeff and Season Co-Host Mark Lutz jump in a conversation to discuss the highlights of the season, as well as an overarching theme: what are the opportunities to utilize Gaming Church to reach Gen Z, and even Gen A!  Plus, get a sneak peek of the future of Jesus, Gamers, and Church with a couple special announcements from Jeff & Mark. All here on the newest episode of The Church Digital Podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thechurchdigital/message

As we've been digging into Season 4: Jesus, Gamers, and Church we've explored many different types of gaming church, and we're seeing many different people with different skill sets fit into different roles. Gaming church is a beautiful picture where churches, missionaries, and moderators all come together to create not just a single church, but a fully functioning ministry! Church planters know of this idea (revived in recent years by Alan Hirsch and others) called APEST & the Fivefold Ministry. Modern Church Planters (and arguably all church leaders) should be encouraged to build out their leadership teams representing APEST: Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Shepherds and Teachers. As we dig into each role, we recognize the strengths and weaknesses of each role, but more than that, we see how APEST works together best when these roles are unified, when they work together. How does APEST apply to Gaming Church, and to Gaming Culture? Let's find out when we ask Lux Digital Church's Mark Lutz, as well as Zach Miller from Storyland Studios (and Nerd Culture Ministry Collective) as we explore APEST in Gaming Church. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thechurchdigital/message

It's Ladies Night with The Church Digital Podcast. During Season Four of The Church Digital Podcast called "Jesus, Gamers and Church" we are doing a deep dive on Gaming and Nerd Culture, and how churches are aggressively reaching this mission field…  As we've talked on the show, there is a lot of opportunities to connect with the gamers on this digital mission field, as there's close to 3.2 billion gamers active in the world. What may be a surprise to some is the growing percentage of women that are in the gaming world...in 2022 48% of US Gamers were women! Yet, Twitch is a heavily-driven male platform, and what few female streamers there are often deal with male chauvinistic trolls in the audience verbally harassing the streamers on many fronts. In this Girl Power episode of The Church Digital Podcast, we talk with GodSquad's Amanda Souza and Asia the Girl, two Twitch Streamers who utilize their influence for the Kingdom. Let's sit down and better understand what it means to be a woman streamer, and what ministry looks like for them on Twitch. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thechurchdigital/message

Through The Church Digital Podcast's Season 4: Jesus, Gamers & Church, we have been exploring how engaging in gaming and nerd culture digitally allows us a huge missional reach. We've talked mostly about Twitch being the avenue that we engage in, which is cool. But, to effectively reach gamers, what if we actually did “church” in video games. Novel concept, but that's exactly what DJ Soto and VR MMO Church are doing. As lead pastor of VR Church, DJ saw a huge opportunity to reach people via virtual reality back in 2016. DJ and VR Church is taking that same pioneering, innovative spirit by planting churches inside video games like “Rust” or “Final Fantasy”! What does church look like inside a video game? Let's talk with DJ, as well as Pastor Koko (who pastors the Final Fantasy campus) and discover what church, and discipleship, look like inside video games! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thechurchdigital/message

The Online Church Blueprint is the BEST “how to” for digital church planters, physical church leaders just starting their online transitions, and everyone in between. Each episode gives practical insight, tips and tricks, and helpful steps to get YOUR digital church expression up and running! So join us as we talk about "what should your online service look like?" --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thechurchdigital/message

Hey friends, Jeff here from The Church Digital Podcast. We've got a great conversation coming up from Flatcap - Twitch's Leighton Seys, digging into how physical pastors are utilizing Twitch! Through TCD Podcast's Season 4: Jesus, Gamers and Church we've been exploring how the church can reach Gaming and Nerd culture. We've explored Digital Churches, eSports, Digital Missionaries… and this week we're digging deep into physical pastors who stream on Twitch. Flatcap leads a network of physical pastors who are streaming on Twitch. Through his network Flatcap provides coaching, care, and community to others. Flatcap is also a huge part of Digital Church Network as our Director of Relationships. I was unavailable for this recording, but Mark Lutz from Lux Digital Church and friends with Flatcap jumped on for the interview. So jump on with Mark and Flatcap, and let's start exploring what pastors are currently doing on Twitch. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thechurchdigital/message

The Exponential 2023 Global Conference wrapped up last week in Orlando. This year, 5000+ Church Planters and Multiplication-friendly people gathered at First Baptist Orlando to pray, seek God, and learn. Leadership Network offered a Digital and a Metaverse track. And, as much fun as teaching hundreds on the power of digital discipleship…as much fun as networking with global organizations talking about the power of a digital church…the most fun I had was seeing Exponential through the eyes of some gamers. I stayed in a low end AirBNB with eight gamers, most of which were new to the idea of Exponential. And seeing their response to the conference, and to the ideology, was invigorating. So why not do a podcast on it? I was so wrapped up doing conference stuff I didn't have time to do this interview, but I've got Mark Lutz from Lux Digital Church doing this interview directly from Expo Orlando. Let's talk about the conference and let's talk about collaboration…and let's find out what's next for the Gamer Church, on this episode of The Church Digital Podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thechurchdigital/message

When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down everything in 2020, JO Saxton turned to Instagram to gather with people online. "Tea Time w/Jo" was born and a community continued to grow. Today, Jo Saxton joins us to talk about the importance of online communities, the difference between tolerating and celebrating people, and how Jo aims to gather, equip, and catalyze women in leadership with her leadership network and the Ezer Collective gatherings. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thechurchdigital/message

What does an IT guy with a local cable company do after hours? Video Games and Streaming on Twitch of course. Destiny 2 seems to be the game of choice if you're curious. But AKI doesn't stop there. He involves his wife and kids in the stream, making it a family event! AKI and Peach open up their family time to Twitch and Discord, allowing the audience to be part of a healthy, non-toxic family environment. Many of AKI's audience don't have a healthy environment. They've never seen it. AKI's streams on Twitch are literally the only exposure some have to a healthy family environment. As a result, AKI deals with many difficult issues: suicidal, depression, addictions, pornography… helping be the light of Christ in the dark areas of Twitch. This is just the beginning of life as a Digital Missionary. So, jump on this podcast as AKI and Jeff talk about the life of a digital missionary on Twitch! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thechurchdigital/message

Today my conversation is with Dr. Josh Packard, Executive Director of the Springtide Research Institute. Through their extensive research (perhaps the largest data set on the planet) on the spiritual lives of young folks, Springtide and Dr. Packard discovered some mind-blowing things. You might think you know about the spirituality of the next generation (13-25 year olds), but you're probably wrong. The "decline narrative" is way too simplistic. Yes, you might see less young people attending church...but that doesn't mean they're out on Jesus. And it doesn't mean they're going to come to us for help. Since the next generation is less likely to seek out traditional church attendance (they don't trust institutions or institutional leaders), it's important we go to them. Let's look beyond the assumptions and meet them where they are. But they don't need more Fun Uncles...Reddit is better for that. It means shifting our models from Knowledge Transfer to Relational Authority. From the Sage on the Stage to the Question Consultant. Subscribe: https://anchor.fm/betterontheinside --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thechurchdigital/message

CATCH THE CHURCH DIGITAL PODCAST LIVE, THURSDAYS 3PM ON TWITCH. HTTP://TWITCH.TV/DIGITALCHURCHNETWORK As we examine gaming culture, we see more and more lack of institutional trust. This is many reasons why the church has historically struggled to connect with gamers. But Jate Earhart and others, are working to overcome this tension, essentially operating as a vocational missionary in gaming space. Utilizing Twitch and Discord, Jate's goal is to disciple a million video gamers. How's he doing? What does discipleship look like in video games? Let's talk with Jate and get the scoop from someone who's working full-time as a digital missionary. In the broadcast we talked about supporting Jate's ministry. If you're interested in getting connected to Jate, let Jeff know. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thechurchdigital/message

Today we Deep Dive into the platform known as BigScreen, and as usual, we will address the goods and bads of what this VR platform has to offer for churches looking to dive into VR ministry. Email us at metaversechurchpodcast@gmail.com Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/mWKBEqZ4gJ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thechurchdigital/message

CATCH THE CHURCH DIGITAL PODCAST SEASON FOUR STREAMS LIVE ON TWITCH. THURSDAYS, 3PM EASTERN. http://twitch.tv/digitalchurchnetwork How can churches minister to the Esports industry? That was the question we ask Johno, Director of Esports for Oklahoma Wesleyan University. Johno has deep understanding of the Esports industry, as well as a vision for what ministry looks like in that space. How do we reach people in the Esports arena? How do we utilize Esports influence to reach and disciple others? What can your church do to help start and support Esports movements? These are just some of the questions we asked Johno in the interview. And oh, btw, we talked about how to get your kids connected into Esports too! So dig into the podcast, and come hang out with us on the next podcast interview we're doing live! http://twitch.tv/digitalchurchnetwork --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thechurchdigital/message

Why does Google Search matter and why should your Church or ministry pay attention to it? Find out in this conversation with Mark MacDonald. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thechurchdigital/message

CATCH THE CHURCH DIGITAL PODCAST RECORDING LIVE ON TWITCH! WE'RE DOING OUR INTERVIEWS LIVE ON TWITCH, THURSDAY'S AT 3PM EASTERN. http://twitch.tv/digitalchurchnetwork Nerd Culture is growing by leaps and bounds, and we, THECHURCH.DIGITAL, are digging into Nerd Culture, and how best to reach them. To that end, we're bringing into the conversation Bubba Stallcup, founder of Love Thy Nerd, to find out. Whether you're a digital church, or a physical church doing digital ministry, or even a physical church, there are opportunities for you to better learn how to connect with the nerds in your church! Take a listen to this podcast and find out one simple way your church can connect with the nerds. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thechurchdigital/message

On this episode, Jason Morris and Joey Santos will chat with Mindy Caliguire from SoulCare.com. Today an increasing number of people are looking for communities using digital platforms, and Digital Pastors are on the frontlines meeting and connecting with people from all walks of life. We must pay attention to the health of our souls before going out to help others. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thechurchdigital/message

CATCH THE JESUS, GAMERS AND CHURCH INTERVIEWS ON TWITCH. THURSDAYS 3pm EASTERN ON http://twitch.tv/digitalchurchnetwork — How do we reach the estimated 3 billion video gamers for Christ? Great question, which sets up the focus of Season 4 of The Church Digital Podcast: “Jesus, Gamers, and Church.” In Season 4, we're deep diving into Gamer Culture, into Nerd Culture, and a better understanding of how they think and how we can take Jesus, and the Church, into that culture. The challenge is not to force gamers to think like the church. The challenge will be to contextualize the church for gamers. This is why, for our season opener, we're bringing in Mark Lutz from Lux Digital Church into the conversation. For the past year, Mark has been the lead pastor of Lux, a church that aims to reach Gamers for Christ. Through Twitch Church Services and discipleship via the Discord platform, Mark is a pioneer in reaching different types of people via different methods of discipleship in different environments. So jump on this podcast and look for more from The Church Digital Podcast as we explore Jesus, Gamers, and Church. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thechurchdigital/message

Can we deconstruct the church and not God? Can we challenge the bride of Christ in America without questioning our faith? This is a quandary I live in. This is just one of the questions we dug into in the podcast. As we explore digital ministry and digital church, we are challenging perceived norms, and I may in the few, but I will own this statement: when done right, I believe that a digital expression of church is actually closer to the biblical model proposed. Brad Brisco is one of my favorite twitter follows. While most of Twitter has seemingly become a giant shout-fest turning grown adults into petty children, Brad utilizes the platform so well to challenge his people to his way of thinking, sure, but he does it respectfully. And as someone who works with co-vocational pastors and priesthood of all believes ideology (challenging the clergy/laity divide) Brad is one of these in the church-space who may not understand a digital ecclesiology, but through his work is giving permission to digital to reimagine it's ecclesiology. So jump on the show as Brad Brisco from the North American Mission Board unpacks Digital Ecclesiology & Deconstructing Church. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thechurchdigital/message

EP250 - Dr John Harris in Book Launch, Sharing Jesus Online Jeff and Dr John wrote a new book, and we're celebrating right here on this podcast! Download the PDF or buy the softcover on Amazon. Check out http://SharingJesusOnline.com for more info Here on The Church Digital Podcast we are celebrating our next book launch, Sharing Jesus Online. Written by Dr John Harris and Jeff Reed, Sharing Jesus Online is a simple, reproducible framework helping people effectively share their faith online. With the idea of creating digital and metaverse missionaries, Sharing Jesus Online takes a popular evangelism framework “B.L.E.S.S.” and maps it out over digital and metaverse spaces. So jump on the Sharing Jesus Online Release Party. Get the behind the scenes scoop on the book, and learn how this resource can revolutionize your church! Check out this podcast, and don't forget to get the book from http://SharingJesusOnline.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thechurchdigital/message

Microchurches are fascinating to me. You have volunteers with an extremely high level of commitment, serving as a church. These are not fairweather volunteers by any stretch. These are people that open up their homes weekly, prepping sermons, relationally engaging week-by-week, day-by-day. How do you grow that level of commitment? How does discipleship help foster healthy accountability? As we look at the future of digital and metaverse churches, the decentralized model of digital will continue to influence a healthy approach. Is it possible to get volunteer commitment of a digital/metaverse church at the same level as a microchurch owner would? These are some of the questions we dig in with Jason Shepperd, Leader of Church Project. With incredible understanding of the megachurch model, as well as the microchurch model, Jason Shepperd is in a great position to give us advice heading into our exploration of digital and metaverse churches. So lean in with Jason and Jeff as we talk volunteer accountability. Disclaimer: Due to a unforeseen issue, we had to reschedule schedule podcasts. This podcast was supposed to be EP250, which was celebrated on the podcast. Unfortunately, things change. EP250 will be next week, but for today enjoy EP249. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thechurchdigital/message

You see, I thought I was walking into a conversation about creating and utilizing podcasts in discipleship. Instead, I walk into a conversation about empowering people digitally, and mobilizing people in the pew to start a movement. Incredible conversation. Patrick Miller was a stranger to me. We haven't really met before this podcast. I bumped into him on Twitter, and was curious about some of his tweets. Recent author, as well as a constant contributor to The Gospel Coalition, Patrick is well versed in digital ministry, and shares some unique perspectives on how your church can empower people to reach the people they need to reach. Your church sermon podcast may be dead, but church podcasts are far from it. Listen to Patrick Miller to find out why. Patrick's Book: Truth Over Tribe: Pledging Allegiance to the Lamb, Not the Donkey or the Elephant - https://www.amazon.com/Truth-Over-Tribe-Pledging-Allegiance/dp/0830784780/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1673235742&sr=8-1 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thechurchdigital/message

2023 is upon us, and THECHURCH.DIGITAL & Digital Church Network are working hard to help pastors, planters and practitioners with their digital ministry. 2022 brought us massive opportunities; join Jeff as we celebrate 2022 and tease what's to come in 2023. He Gets Us may be the best evangelism opportunity the American church has this year. Open Office on He Gets Us - http//thechurch.digital/openoffice // signup He Gets Us - http://thechurch.digital/hegetsus Jeff's next book, with Dr John Harris: Sharing Jesus Online - Helping Everyday Believers Become Digital & Metaverse Missionaries, releases Monday, January 16. Exponential Conference is coming up on March 6-9. We'll have 12 digital/metaverse sessions happening. Come to the conference and get a hug from Jeff - http://exponential.org The Church Digital Podcast was incredible in 2022 with Leonard Sweet wrapping up, and then in 2023 with Brad Brisco from North American Mission Board, Jason Shepperd from Church Project, and don't sleep on TCD Podcast Season 4: Gamer Church, coming in February. Digital Church Network is looking for leadership to step in and help us take ministry to the next level. Opportunities in Hospitality, Content, Prayer, Discipleship, and Community... check out some onboarding events at http://digitalchurch.network/events and find ways to connect. One more thing... you gotta watch the video to find this one out. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thechurchdigital/message

SO HERE'S THE DEAL... Almost 25 years ago, as a college student, I read Leonard Sweet's book SoulTsunami, and to say that it changed my life would be an understatement. In 1999, Leonard's book gave me permission to digital ministry even though everyone else thought I was crazy. 20+ years later, people still think I'm crazy, but that doesn't mean I'm wrong. HERE'S AN IDEA! Let's get Leonard Sweet on a podcast, and talk with the Church Futurist about the future of the tmchurch. We'll hit digital and metaverse church. We'll talks politics and theology. We'll talk content with the author of 70+ books. To be honest we cover a lot of topics, all the while having some fun too. So jump on the podcast with myself, and Leonard Sweet, talking digital church. ON THE SHOW Host: Jeff Reed THECHURCH.DIGITAL & DigitalChurch.Network Twitter // Facebook // Instagram // LinkedIn // YouTube Guest: Leonard Sweet SpiritVenture Ministries Facebook // Instagram // Website LEONARD'S BOOKS: SoulTsunami - https://www.amazon.com/Soultsunami-Sink-Swim-Millennium-Culture/dp/0310227623/ref=sr_1_1?crid=17WE63C0SMXWU&keywords=SoulTsunami&qid=1670806474&sprefix=soultsunami%2Caps%2C86&sr=8-1 Gospel According to Starbucks - https://www.amazon.com/Gospel-According-Starbucks-Living-Passion/dp/1578566495/ref=sr_1_1?crid=YWW4HJC331CV&keywords=Gospel+According+to+Starbucks&qid=1670806492&sprefix=gospel+according+to+starbucks%2Caps%2C89&sr=8-1 Postmodern Pilgrims - https://www.amazon.com/Post-Modern-Pilgrims-First-Century-Passion/dp/0805421378/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2Z2UM254HK27E&keywords=Postmodern+Pilgrims&qid=1670806507&sprefix=postmodern+pilgrims%2Caps%2C114&sr=8-2 Telos - https://www.amazon.com/Telos-Heaven-Today-Leonard-Sweet/dp/1953495389/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1RLRNXLIKRJKU&keywords=Telos+Leonard+sweet&qid=1670806537&sprefix=telos+leonard+sweet%2Caps%2C100&sr=8-1 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thechurchdigital/message

Faith without works is dead! How many times have you heard that challenge towards the idea of digital churches and digital ministry? James 2 isn't wrong, of course. But it doesn't have to apply to Digital Churches. “Jeff, how do you serve people digitally?” Well, have we got an opportunity for you. Realizing that digital is not the abandonment of gathering, but instead the opportunity to birth new gatherings… what if we applied that same philosophy to serving? What if we could equip our people to serve in their physical community, regardless of where they are located? What if digital church could impact single moms, sex trafficking, foster care and battle hunger in communities across the planet!? Enter Panos and Robert from One More Child, an organization who is decentralizing training that is set up to help churches like yours move our digital consumers to a place of serving in their community. Let's start to explore the idea of using our digital church or digital ministry to create missional connections and service opportunities globally using digital. Dive into this podcast with Jeff and One More Child, and let's start serving the community via digital! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thechurchdigital/message

Barbecue Church? Learn how Barbecue is being used to effectively connect with people that church buildings aren't. We've seen lots of unique expressions of church pop up, but Barbecue Assemblies of God? Jeff sits down with Andre Anderson, serial entrepreneur and lead pastor of Barbecue Church. Where'd the idea come from? How is barbecue being used to reach and disciple people today. Lean in as Jeff talks with Andre about how he started Barbecue Church, and how God is using it today. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thechurchdigital/message

Tis the season to get stressed out, amiright? So many departments coming together. So many volunteers serving with all their heart. The standards are set high for this year's Christmas Services (happening on a Sunday this year BTW.) But how do you manage the creative tensions? How do you get people to work together. What does it look like to get people to focus towards an aligned direction, often meaning they would need to set aside their own desires? This is how it often feels working at a Church in Christmas (or Easter for that matter.) But it doesn't have to be. To this end we're bringing in Ben Stapley to the conversation. His 17th Christmas working for the church, Ben has navigated this tension for a while, and knows how to not only manage the tension but thrive in it. So jump in the podcast, and learn not just how to survive Christmas, but how to create a healthy culture that will help you survive all 52 weeks in the year! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thechurchdigital/message

Jeff published his book on churches in virtual reality! Download for FREE, or buy Kindle/Hard Copy from Amazon: http://thechurch.digital/vrbook Well, the time has come. THECHURCH.DIGITAL and Leadership Network is happy to announce the publishing of VR and the Metaverse Church, Jeff's first book. Telling the stories of the innovation (and the innovators) in virtual reality, Jeff moves beyond the novelty of the technology, instead exploring in detail the missional opportunities the church has engaging in virtual reality communities like AltspaceVR, or VRchat. Which brings us to this podcast. While we're celebrating VR and the Metaverse Church, we are also digging into the “wild wild west” of virtual reality… VRchat! Talking with Stewart Freeman, Director of Cornerstone VR's VRchat Campus, (and a person of peace in VRchat) we're doing a deep dive into this controversial virtual world. So, listen to the podcast, and grab a copy of Jeff's book over at http://thechurch.digital/vrbook --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thechurchdigital/message

Engagement: A Digital Missionary/Volunteer Structure for He Gets Us He Gets Us sounds like an incredible idea, but it can certainly seem overwhelming. How can your church effectively set up He Gets Us to be effective for ministry? What role should Alpha play? How do we structure volunteers? Jump on this livestream where Jeff will literally whiteboard a strategy for churches like yours to engage like never before. Looking for a Playbook for Digital Missionaries? Look no further. If you've not signed up for He Gets Us yet, get 12 months of He Gets Us, FOR FREE, at http://thechurch.digital/hegetsus --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thechurchdigital/message

PASTOR OVER TEXT? There are plenty of ways to pastor someone digitally, through Zoom or even through Avatars in virtual reality. But text-only? Surely there's some difficulty in that environment. Enter Jonathan Song, Director of Pastor Chat at Churchome. Churchome has leaned heavily into it's mobile app, even to the point of pastoring people around the country via chat/text messaging. DOES IT WORK? Does it work? Does caring for a soul work via text messaging? Jonathan's got the inside scoop and examples of how he (and his staff and volunteers) are regularly pastoring people nationally using texting tools… oh and don't sleep on some of the decentralized conversations we're having here as well. Hang out with Jeff & Jonathan as they're talking Pastor Chat on this episode of The Church Digital Podcast SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHURCH DIGITAL PODCAST If you're enjoying this episode, subscribe for free using your favorite podcast app below: Apple Podcasts | RSS Feed | Anchor | Overcast | Spotify | Pocket Casts | Google Play ON THE SHOW Host: Jeff ReedTHECHURCH.DIGITAL & DigitalChurch.NetworkTwitter // Facebook // Instagram // LinkedIn // YouTube Guest: Jonathan Song Instagram //LinkedIn RESOURCES Give to DigitalChurch.Network - http://digitalchurch.network/give DIGITAL CHURCH NETWORK COMMUNITY: https://digitalchurch.network/joinfam  Missional Imagination, Asynchronous Communities, & Digital Church --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thechurchdigital/message

What does Digital Discipleship look like? Get the inside scoop on Sprout Digital's 2022 Digital Discipleship Research Report with Jared & Ann Roth. One of the most-downloaded podcasts in The Church Digital Podcast history, Jared and Ann Roth are passionate about the digital church. Retired co-pastors and denominational leaders, the Roths started Sprout Digital, a research company passionate about digital methods of church, and even discipleship. In 2021, On an earlier episode of The Church Digital Podcast, the Roths shared with us their Digital Church Research Report, detailing the findings of a new model of church… digital churches! In 2022, the Roths have expanded their research, detailing the idea of Digital Discipleship, and how discipleship is impacting physical, digital, metaversal and even gaming churches. Download Sprout Digital's 2022 Digital Discipleship Research Report at http://thechurch.digital/sprout and check out the Roths giving the inside scoop right here on The Church Digital Podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thechurchdigital/message

ARE DAOS AND NFTS LEGIT? As the Church looks to Blockchain & Crypto, are DAOs and NFTs legit? Are these gimmicks, or is there a future for the church in the new technologies? Are NFTs legitimate, or is this a gimmick? In a recent Digital Church Network Roundtable we dug into the legitimacy of blockchain and cryptocurrencies. Part two in the series, we'll be exploring the idea of DAOs and NFTs. ARE THERE LEGITIMATE MINISTRY OPPORTUNITIES HERE? Kingdom tools? To find out, we're bringing in decentralized church experts Jon Dengler and Jason Dukes as we explore how DAOs and NFTs could be the tools of the future, decentralized church. SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHURCH DIGITAL PODCAST If you're enjoying this episode, subscribe for free using your favorite podcast app below: Apple Podcasts | RSS Feed | Anchor | Overcast | Spotify | Pocket Casts | Google Play ON THE SHOW Host: Jeff ReedTHECHURCH.DIGITAL & DigitalChurch.NetworkTwitter // Facebook // Instagram // LinkedIn // YouTube Guest: John DenglerFacebook// LinkedIn // YouTube Guest: Jason Dukes RESOURCES Give to DigitalChurch.Network - http://digitalchurch.network/give DIGITAL CHURCH NETWORK COMMUNITY: https://digitalchurch.network/joinfam PODCAST: The Church Digital Podcast - https://be.thechurch.digital/blog/ep197-jason-shepperd-developing-a-microchurch-network PODCAST: Being a Church in the Marketplace - https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-goal-leadership-podcast-31000280/episode/being-the-church-in-the-marketplace-33021791 WEBSITE: The Well - http://www.welltampa.com/p/about-wel.html

IS THERE A BETTER WAY TO USE YOUR CHURCH'S DATA? One of the largest Christian Technology Companies in America, GLOO has been helping churches figure out how to better use data. Recently, GLOO has focused on a national marketing campaign called “He Gets Us.” These ads, run online as well as other ad channels, have been un-earthing spiritual explorers and connecting them to partnering churches for relationship and even discipleship. EMBRACING A DIGITAL DISCIPLESHIP PROCESS Talk about doing something different to connect with different people! The He Gets Us campaign is an incredible opportunity for lots of churches, if not especially for those embracing a digital discipleship process. EXPLORE HOW CHURCHES LIKE YOURS CAN MAXIMIZE THIS OPPORTUNITY Learn more about the GLOO campaign, and explore how churches like yours can maximize the opportunity of He Gets Us… right here on The Church Digital Podcast. SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHURCH DIGITAL PODCAST If you're enjoying this episode, subscribe for free using your favorite podcast app below: Apple Podcasts | RSS Feed | Anchor | Overcast | Spotify | Pocket Casts | Google Play ON THE SHOW Host: Jeff ReedTHECHURCH.DIGITAL & DigitalChurch.NetworkTwitter // Facebook // Instagram // LinkedIn // YouTube Guest: Brad HillTwitter // Facebook // LinkedIn Guest: Jason VandergroundFacebook // LinkedIn // Website Guest: Bill McKendryTwitter // Facebook //

ARE DAOS AND NFTS LEGIT? As the Church looks to Blockchain & Crypto, are DAOs and NFTs legit? Are these gimmicks, or is there a future for the church in the new technologies? Are NFTs legitimate, or is this a gimmick? In a recent Digital Church Network Roundtable we dug into the legitimacy of blockchain and cryptocurrencies. Part two in the series, we'll be exploring the idea of DAOs and NFTs. ARE THERE LEGITIMATE MINISTRY OPPORTUNITIES HERE? Kingdom tools? To find out, we're bringing in decentralized church experts Jon Dengler and Jason Dukes as we explore how DAOs and NFTs could be the tools of the future, decentralized church. SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHURCH DIGITAL PODCAST If you're enjoying this episode, subscribe for free using your favorite podcast app below: Apple Podcasts | RSS Feed | Anchor | Overcast | Spotify | Pocket Casts | Google Play ON THE SHOW Host: Jeff ReedTHECHURCH.DIGITAL & DigitalChurch.NetworkTwitter // Facebook // Instagram // LinkedIn // YouTube Guest: John DenglerFacebook// LinkedIn // YouTube Guest: Jason Dukes RESOURCES Give to DigitalChurch.Network - http://digitalchurch.network/give DIGITAL CHURCH NETWORK COMMUNITY: https://digitalchurch.network/joinfam  PODCAST: The Church Digital Podcast - https://be.thechurch.digital/blog/ep197-jason-shepperd-developing-a-microchurch-network  PODCAST: Being a Church in the Marketplace - https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-goal-leadership-podcast-31000280/episode/being-the-church-in-the-marketplace-33021791 WEBSITE: The Well - http://www.welltampa.com/p/about-wel.html  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thechurchdigital/message

Christ-Centered Recovery is so important in digital and metaverse spaces, so why are churches hesitant to do Christ-Centered Recovery digitally?There is an incredible opportunity digitally to offer Christ-Centered Recovery, yet very few organizations offer recovery in digital- or metaverse- spaces. Churches are looking for the opportunity. Digital Church Network is excited to explore the topic of Christ-Centered Recovery and draw attention to the need and inspire those looking to meet the need.Opening up this conversation is Nate Graybill from Watermark Church in Dallas, TX. As Director of Re:generation, a Christ-Centered Recovery system developed by Watermark Church, Nate has seen the benefit of recovery digitally, as Re:generation has been used by Watermark and other churches digitally. Let's talk about the opportunities (and challenges) of recovery in digital- and metaverse spaces, in this Roundtable. SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHURCH DIGITAL PODCAST If you're enjoying this episode, subscribe for free using your favorite podcast app below: Apple Podcasts | RSS Feed | Anchor | Overcast | Spotify | Pocket Casts | Google Play ON THE SHOW Host: Jeff ReedTHECHURCH.DIGITAL & DigitalChurch.NetworkTwitter // Facebook // Instagram // LinkedIn // YouTube Guest: Nate Graybillre:generation, Watermark Church, National DirectorLinkedIn RESOURCES For participants looking for resources: http://www.regenerationrecovery.org For churches looking to learn more about starting re:generation: http://www.watermarkresources.com For the re:generation Conference Sept 12-13 in Dallas: http://www.watermarkresources.com/conferences ABOUT NATE GRAYBILL Nate Graybill is the National Director and founder of Re:generation Recovery at Watermark Community Church in Dallas, TX. Nate found healing from pornography through Christ in 2000 and started a Celebrate Recovery ministry at Watermark in 2002. Four years later, Nate left his career in strategic planning and --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thechurchdigital/message

RURAL CHURCHES HAVE STRUGGLED WITH TECHNOLOGY... Is there an opportunity to do something different? Enter Michael Beck, one of the loudest voices in America towards fresh expressions. Michael is releasing a new book “Fresh Expressions of the Rural Church” where Michael and co-author Tyler Kleeberger discuss innovative ideas surrounding the Rural Church. WHAT IS THE ROLE OF DIGITAL IN A RURAL CHURCH? What is the role of digital in a rural church? Is it possible to use the scalability of digital in simpler environments? How can digital discipleship complement what's happening in physical space? Let's find out on this episode of The Church Digital Podcast. SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHURCH DIGITAL PODCAST If you're enjoying this episode, subscribe for free using your favorite podcast app below: Apple Podcasts | RSS Feed | Anchor | Overcast | Spotify | Pocket Casts | Google Play ON THE SHOW Host: Jeff ReedTHECHURCH.DIGITAL & DigitalChurch.NetworkTwitter // Facebook // Instagram // LinkedIn // YouTube Guest: Michael BeckFacebook // Instagram // Website RESOURCES Give to DigitalChurch.Network - http://digitalchurch.network/give DIGITAL CHURCH NETWORK COMMUNITY: digitalchurch.network/joinfam Dr. Michael Beck's Website: https://michaeladambeck.com/ Find Dr. Beck's books on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Michael-Adam-Beck ABOUT MICHAEL BECK "Rev. Dr. Michael Beck is a pastor, professor, and author. He is a spiritual guide who helps people heal, love, an --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thechurchdigital/message

DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT WILL HELP US REACH DIFFERENT PEOPLE. Fortunately, God has equipped us with imagination, allowing us an opportunity to come up with different, creative ideas to connect with people. And, as a result of COVID, there is probably no better time in human history for imaginative ideas than right now. THIS IS THE HEART BEHIND MISSIONAL IMAGINATION. How can these ideas be used for kingdom purposes? How can we network or collaborate with others to make this Missional Imagination a reality? Let's dig into this Missional Imagination conversation with Patrick O'Connell, Global Director of NewThing Network. NewThing specializes in collaboration, and the idea of unique expressions of church (physically and digitally) is right up their alley. The idea of Missional Imagination is the front door to NewThing's Movement System, which is crucial to NewThing's (and DCN's) desire to start organic disciple-making movements! SO WHAT'S YOUR IDEA? What can God do with your Missional Imagination? Dive into this podcast with Patrick O'Connell and discover what God may have in store for you… here on The Church Digital Podcast. SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHURCH DIGITAL PODCAST If you're enjoying this episode, subscribe for free using your favorite podcast app below: Apple Podcasts | RSS Feed | Anchor | Overcast | Spotify | Pocket Casts | Google Play ON THE SHOW Host: Jeff ReedTHECHURCH.DIGITAL & DigitalChurch.NetworkTwitter // Facebook // Instagram // LinkedIn // YouTube Guest: Patrick O'ConnellLinkedIn RESOURCES Give to DigitalChurch.Network - http://digitalchurch.network/give DIGITAL CHURCH NETWORK COMMUNITY: digitalchurch.network/joinfam ABOUT PATRICK O'CONNELL Patrick O'Connell is the Director of NewThing. After graduating college and a stint in the --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thechurchdigital/message

GET MORE INFORMATION ON CHURCH IN A VR BAR - http://churchinavrbar.com A SELF-PROCLAIMED "PASTOR AT THE BAR" Joey Santos has been on The Church Digital Podcast in the past, talking about his experiences doing church at a physical bar in Ohio. A self-proclaimed “Pastor at the Bar”, I wasn't surprised in a recent conversation when Joey said, “Jeff, what would it look like to open a Bar in Virtual Reality and be the church in that space?” I wasn't surprised but, I'll admit, I got really excited. Church in a VR Bar is a bit away from reality, but I wanted you to hear the heart behind the idea of a VR Bar. Catch a vision for the VR Bar, and maybe find out the role you (and your church) can play… AND, THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING And, knowing us, this is only the beginning as we explore creating more shared experiences in virtual reality… only here on The Church Digital Podcast. SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHURCH DIGITAL PODCAST If you're enjoying this episode, subscribe for free using your favorite podcast app below: Apple Podcasts | RSS Feed | Anchor | Overcast | Spotify | Pocket Casts | Google Play RESOURCES Church in a VR Bar - http://churchinavrbar.com Give to DigitalChurch.Network - http://digitalchurch.network/give DIGITAL CHURCH NETWORK COMMUNITY: digitalchurch.network/joinfam ABOUT JOEY SANTOS "One of my passions is to pour my life into helping the body of Christ to learn, develop, and grow in maturity of faith and relationship with Jesus Christ. I believe in the power of one – one life committed to Jesus can make an enormous impact when connected to another life committed to Jesus. When those lives become connected with other lives by passion and vision, the power to impact our world with the love and message of Jesus grows exponentially. It all starts with one. Perhaps you are that one – I believe you can reach your full potential in Jesus." --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thechurchdigital/message

TABLES ARE TURNED THIS WEEK. Jeff is getting interviewed by Pastor and Author Doug Bursch. Virtually complete strangers, Jeff and Doug meet for the first time in this podcast recording and discuss the challenges and obstacles of social media and digital church. A FASCINATING AND HILARIOUS CONVERSATION. Doug and Jeff talk about Doug's book - Posting Peace, Why Social Media Divides Us and What We Can Do About It, applying some of Doug's principles of Social Media into Digital Church overall. Looking for insight on who this Jeff guy is? Start with this podcast right here! SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHURCH DIGITAL PODCAST If you're enjoying this episode, subscribe for free using your favorite podcast app below: Apple Podcasts | RSS Feed | Anchor | Overcast | Spotify | Pocket Casts | Google Play ON THE SHOW Host: Jeff ReedTHECHURCH.DIGITAL & DigitalChurch.NetworkTwitter // Facebook // Instagram // LinkedIn // YouTube Guest: Doug Bursch Twitter // Facebook // Instagram // LinkedIn // Website RESOURCES Give to DigitalChurch.Network - http://digitalchurch.network/give

Seacoast gets it. To reach different people you have to do something different, and Seacoast is doing something different. What are they doing? Well, I don't want to give it away here in the intro but... Let's just say the South Carolina megachurch is exploring a future model of church that I believe will be very popular in the months and years to come. Vague enough for you? Dig into the podcast and discover what Seacoast is up to, and how you can experiment with this idea as well. SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHURCH DIGITAL PODCAST If you're enjoying this episode, subscribe for free using your favorite podcast app below: Apple Podcasts | RSS Feed | Anchor | Overcast | Spotify | Pocket Casts | Google Play ON THE SHOW Host: Jeff ReedTHECHURCH.DIGITAL & DigitalChurch.NetworkTwitter // Facebook // Instagram // LinkedIn // YouTube Guest: Ryan Scott Facebook // LinkedIn Guest: Gabe DeWalk Instagram // LinkedIn RESOURCES Give to DigitalChurch.Network - http://digitalchurch.network/give DIGITAL CHURCH NETWORK COMMUNITY: digitalchurch.network/joinfam Missional Imagination, Asynchronous Communities, The Digital Church Video Seacoast Podcast launching in August ABOUT RYAN SCOTT Ryan is the Online Campus Pastor for Seacoast, a multi-site mega-church in the Carolinas. In 2010, Ryan joined Seacoast Church as a Worship Leader and later became the Ass --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thechurchdigital/message

Part Two of this Apprenticing Roundtable will happen Tuesday, August 23rd, 7pm Eastern in a Digital Church Network LIVE Roundtable on Apprenticing. Bring questions and let's dig in. More info http://thechurch.digital/apprentice THE NEGATIVE TREND CONTINUES IN 2022, AS .... post-COVID churches are closing quicker than we can open them. In this decrease season, it is essential for our churches to multiply… even more so in digital space! Our digital and metaverse churches need to multiply to better capitalize on the opportunities available to reach a different type of person. And, as Eric Metcalf says, This is why it is so important for our digital and metaverse churches to have apprentices This approach helps to intentionally focus on multiplying. In this season of infancy, when digital ministry is new and often misunderstood, successful digital churches need to apprentice in order to multiply. How do we multiply? What does apprenticing look like in digital and metaverse spaces? Let's dig in with Eric Metcalf and find out here on The Church Digital Podcast. SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHURCH DIGITAL PODCAST If you're enjoying this episode, subscribe for free using your favorite podcast app below: Apple Podcasts | RSS Feed | Anchor | Overcast | Spotify | Pocket Casts | Google Play ON THE SHOW Host: Jeff Reed THECHURCH.DIGITAL & DigitalChurch.Network Twitter // Facebook // Instagram // LinkedIn // YouTube Guest: Eric Metcalf ABOUT ERIC METCALF Eric Metcalf serves as a coach for Courage to Lead, NewThing Global Executive Director and NewThing Chicagoland Director. He planted a church in the city of Chicago, launched NewThing's Leadership Residency Program, directed NewThing and provided leadership to Community Christian Church's Small Group Ministry. Eric has been married for 23 years to his beautiful wife Erin and has three incredible children: Joey (18), Lydia (17), and Max (14). RESOURCES Give to DigitalChurch.Network - http://digitalchurch.network/give DIGITAL CHURCH NETWORK COMMUNITY: digitalchurch.network/joinfam RPMS - Relationally Physically Mentally Spiritually Carl George - 9 Keys to effective small group ministry - https://amzn.to/3BAAQSc --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thechurchdigital/message

HAVE YOU EVER GOTTEN ONE OF THOSE EMAILS WHERE... ...the prince of Nigeria is looking for some money in order to restore his kingdom? All he needs from you is $600,000 wired to one of his accounts, and once restored he will return your loan 10-fold. Well, maybe you're brave enough to try this. I am not. That being said, there are other opportunities coming out of Africa that are worth your attention. HOW DOES A WOMAN FROM GEORGIA CONNECT WITH AFRICANS AND OTHERS GLOBALLY? Meet Anne Bosarge. Anne runs The Chapel Online, a Digital Church that is reaching people globally, including a very strong presence in Africa. So, how does a woman from Georgia connect with Africans and others globally? What does an intercontinental disciple making relationship look like, digitally? Let's dig into how The Chapel Online works, and how effective Anne Bosarge and her team is at discipling people on a global scale through digital methods.  SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHURCH DIGITAL PODCAST If you're enjoying this episode, subscribe for free using your favorite podcast app below: Apple Podcasts | RSS Feed | Anchor | Overcast | Spotify | Pocket Casts | Google Play ON THE SHOW Host: Jeff ReedTHECHURCH.DIGITAL & DigitalChurch.NetworkTwitter // Facebook // Instagram // LinkedIn // YouTube Guest: Anne BosargeTwitter // Facebook // Instagram //LinkedIn  RESOURCES Give to DigitalChurch.Network - --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thechurchdigital/message

It was a quick throwaway line from Lucas Pulley with Metaverse Church NEXT… "We're even doing Dungeons & Dragons Church!" Wait, what? Dungeons and Dragons Church? Is that allowed? Evidently, yes, it is allowed. Meet Andy Corson, a Bi-vocational minister with a unique history of creating unique expressions of Church. Preaching in a Bar? Doing bible studies for Dungeons & Dragons players in a game store? Andy has a heart to reach bikers, bar people and gamers for Christ, and has a history of creating unique expressions of church that are reaching people that our buildings typically don't reach. Dive into this conversation with Andy Corson and Lucas Pulley (Executive Director of Tampa Underground). In today's discussion, we'll explore unique expressions of Church, here on The Church Digital Podcast. SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHURCH DIGITAL PODCAST If you're enjoying this episode, subscribe for free using your favorite podcast app below: Apple Podcasts | RSS Feed | Anchor | Overcast | Spotify | Pocket Casts | Google Play ON THE SHOW Host: Jeff Reed THECHURCH.DIGITAL & DigitalChurch.Network Twitter // Facebook // Instagram // LinkedIn // YouTube Guest: Lucas Pulley Twitter // Instagram //LinkedIn RESOURCES Give to DigitalChurch.Network - http://digitalchurch.network/give DIGITAL CHURCH NETWORK COMMUNITY: digitalchurch.network/joinfam ABOUT LUCAS PULLEY Lucas has been planting microchurches for 11 years. His goal is to equip believers to be on God's mission so they can transform the cities where they live. Lucas is the Director at Tampa Underground Network, an experimental community made up of over 100 microchurches, pursuing change in the church and mission in the world. He's led a network of decentralized small churches and continues to lead a house church in inner-city Tampa today along with his wife and their two sons. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thechurchdigital/message

WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE IF YOUR CHURCH ACHIEVED GLOBAL REACH, DIGITALLY? This is what Casa Church Miami is wrestling with. A Hispanic Church in the heart of Miami, Casa Church Miami saw it's ministry expand broadcasting church services on social media, but online church services is not the endgame, but the beginning, of online ministry. LET'S TALK WITH EZEQUIEL FATTORE, AND LEARN HOW CASA CHURCH MIAMI IS EXPANDING INTO LATIN AND SOUTH AMERICA DIGITALLY. How is Casa Church expanding onto another continent using digital ministry? What does it look like for Casa Church to impact physical lives across the planet? Let's dig in and learn from Ezequiel and Jeff here on The Church Digital Podcast. SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHURCH DIGITAL PODCAST If you're enjoying this episode, subscribe for free using your favorite podcast app below: Apple Podcasts | RSS Feed | Anchor | Overcast | Spotify | Pocket Casts | Google Play ON THE SHOW Host: Jeff Reed THECHURCH.DIGITAL & DigitalChurch.Network Twitter // Facebook // Instagram // LinkedIn // YouTube Guest: Ezequiel Fattore Twitter // Facebook // Instagram //LinkedIn RESOURCES Give to DigitalChurch.Network - http://digitalchurch.network/give DIGITAL CHURCH NETWORK COMMUNITY: digitalchurch.network/joinfam Metaverse Summit: https://leadnet.org/metaverse-church-summit/ Website:https://be.thechurch.digital/blog/podcast-091-tyler-sansom-building-using-influence-as-a-digital-missionary Website: https://be.thechurch.digital/blog/tyler-sansom-and-the-influencer-as-a-digital-missionary --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thechurchdigital/message