The Church Digital Podcast

The idea of digital-only churches... churches without physical footprints, are not new by any stretch. As a matter of fact, there are healthy examples of digital-only churches not only here in America but around the world! But practically speaking, who are they and how do they work? Here are some key examples of digital-only churches highlighting how they are digital churches within the specific c...

Pastor, you’ve got an incredible responsibility to create disciples. Why not use every tool available to make that happen? Like the BETA SHOW? Check out more episodes here . Complete Show Notes and Online Video Available at THECHURCH.DIGITAL

Stadia is championing a new word here. PHYGITAL was so much fun, let's talk MULTIMODAL, multiple models of church... in this new, post-COVID culture we live in, it is going to be so important for churches to develop multiple strategies, moving beyond just the physical building. Let's talk three reasons why your church needs to diversify it's ministry... three reasons why your church needs to go mu...

Are our physical services effective? Typically, we measure butts in seats to get that number. Did more people come this week than last week? You’re heading in the right direction. In most situations, butts in seats is a horrible analytic. That being said, it’s necessary… but there are others! What are we looking at? What stats should we be looking at and how do we measure them? This is where we br...

In this new, Post-COVID society, the role of Digital Pastor is becoming more and more complicated. How do you push digital when so much pressure is going back to physical? This is the heart of the conversation with Brandon Arndt. Brandon is new in his role, having recently become the Digital Pastor at Christ Fellowship Miami as Rey De Armas transitioned out of his role recently. To celebrate the o...

As a general rule, it’s tough being a Pastor. This COVID season has been tough on the church. As a result, a number of churches are shutting down… also concerning, a number of Pastors are resigning. And while burnout or deconstructing faith is relevant in the life of ministry in 2021, there are others that are reframing their calling. THECHURCH.DIGITAL’s own Rey De Armas is on a similar journey. R...

There’s a disruption happening within the Church, and it honestly has very little to do with technology. As churches are re-opening their physical doors with mixed results, some pioneers are disrupting the church scene, launch Digital-Only, Location-Independent Churches. Are you a disruptor in the making? Here are five reasons you may be a digital church planter in the making. Like the BETA SHOW?...

Potentially, what can separate a Physical Church from a Digital-Only Church? The ability to disciple people to the point of getting them on-mission… to help them discover their personal mission? This is why I see a similarity between Microchurch Movements and Digital-Only Churches… because we have the opportunity to relationally scale digital to the place of helping find their personal mission. Bu...

“Jeff, we’re just too small of a church to take advantage of what Digital has to offer.” Many pastors have shared this perspective with me, but their logic is fundamentally flawed. The small church’s perceived weakness is actually their strength, the reason why they can be successfully digitally. Can a small church be successful digitally? Absolutely! Let’s talk about how. Like the BETA SHOW? Chec...

75% of the people I talk with, who are interested in planting a Digital-Only Church, are interested in being bi-vocational or co-vocational. They’re not looking to give up their full-time job to do ministry, instead they’re wanting to do ministry alongside (or even through) their job. So I set out to better understand the heart behind co-vocational ministry. Having spent 15 years on various church...

As social distancing relaxes, and churches re-open their buildings, what lessons have we learned from these digital-only churches? These ecclesia's without a physical footprint? Are these culturally valid? Biblically solid? Come learn why Digital-Only Churches are necessary, and what this means to you. Like the BETA SHOW? Check out more episodes here . Complete Show Notes and Online Video Availabl...

There are lots of solutions out there for digital churches.  In my opinion, none of them is a game changer like Altar Live. The biggest problem in all of church online is how do we get people to stop “watching church is isolation.” In this COVID season, Altar Live grabbed the bull by the horns and solved that problem in a big way… oh, and along the way they solved some of your church’s online...

Masks are finally loosening up. Social Distancing guidelines are weakening. Yay! It’s time for physical church again!!! Let’s not forget the lessons of phygital, though. Here are seven reasons why your church STILL needs to be a Phygital Church. Like the BETA SHOW? Check out more episodes here . Complete Show Notes Available on THECHURCH.DIGITAL.

If you are reading this, if you are connected somehow to THECHURCH.DIGITAL, then you probably realize this already. If not, let me tell you… you are more than a techie. In my own life, I’ve wrestled with this. And in our physical, phygital, digital-only, multimodal churches we as techies come to this place where we realize we are more than button pushers. I think this is what makes this conversati...

Is it gambling or is it the future? Get a better understanding of what Cryptocurrency is, and how your church can benefit from it. Join Jeff, Rey, and Dunham + Co’s Nils Smith talking cryptocurrency and the church. Like the BETA SHOW? Check out more episodes here . Complete Show Notes Available on THECHURCH.DIGITAL.

There are some that consider Video Gamers to be one of the largest unreached people groups on the planet. While it can be discussed that Gamers may not officially be a people group, we can wholeheartedly agree that Gamers need Jesus. And that’s the heart of Pastor Souzy. Lead Pastor of God Squad, Pastor Souzy has grown his digital-only church by reaching, shepherding and discipling Gamers. Using T...

2016 we were doing Kids Church Online at Christ Fellowship Miami. What a crazy idea! Well, the idea was certainly before it’s time, and Kids Online was shut down less than six months after we started… Truthfully, the idea wasn’t bad. Just before it’s time. Christ Fellowship re-engaged the old playbook back when COVID started, made some adjustments and now have a phenomenal product aimed at connect...

The Church Planting Textbook for the Modern Era has been released. Peyton Jones’ Church Plantology is out, and with it comes years of insight and experience wrapped up as a readable resource. But what does this mean for digital only expressions? Peyton and I (Jeff) were hanging out in a RCA (Reformed Church in America) webinar the day before this recording having a fun conversation centered around...

How do we measure success? Are metrics important? Where is the Holy Spirit in a world where data is king? Look, we know the rules of engagement have changed. Nickels and noses may be solid metrics, but they can’t be the only metrics. And this really begins to scratch the surface. What are we, the church, actually trying to achieve here. Into the conversation, let’s bring Craig Whitney, VP of Plant...

I ran into Dave on Twitter, talking similarities between Micro-church and Digital-Only churches. But what started out as a digital/micro convo quickly got much larger talking about many other models of church. What lessons is Community Christian learning? What are they looking to get into next? What’s the minimal/essential ecclesiology that aligns biblically without limiting multiplication? At wha...

I thought I knew what to expect with Jared & Angie. Leading one of the largest (if not the largest) digital only expression of church in America, I was expecting the couple to fit the mold a digital pastor… what we see so often in our Phygital Churches. To be honest, Jared & Angie, and much of this conversation, was a complete surprise. There are people planting digital churches who see th...

Our churches know what it looks like when God moves in a physical space, but maybe we’re so busy producing the digital elements that we miss what God is doing in front of us, digitally. Like the BETA SHOW? Check out more episodes here . Complete Show Notes Available on THECHURCH.DIGITAL.

Founder of The First Impressions Conference, and one of the early Church Online guys, Greg is an expert in Church Guest Services, physical & digital. What are visitors looking for in digital church? Like the BETA SHOW? Check out more episodes here . Complete Show Notes Available on THECHURCH.DIGITAL.

We talk often here at THECHURCH.DIGITAL about digital-only churches, interviewing these innovative pastors that run churches that exist in digital-only space. Stories like DJ Soto and Angela Craig certainly are inspiring. But, how do you get started in planting a Digital-Only church? Enter Stadia. We are passionate about planting multimodal (multiple models of) churches, even to the place of helpi...

The Bible calls us to go and make disciples … no one questions that. How we define discipleship? While the church doesn’t challenge to make disciples, there are plenty of disagreements on what exactly a disciple is. Enter into the conversation Kevin Marsico, US Director of The Timothy Initiative. Used around the world, The Timothy Initiative is used to create disciples and plant churches physicall...