Source: PODCAST 129: Church Plantology – A Convo with Peyton Jones

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Source: PODCAST 127: Dave Ferguson & The Ecclesiology of a Phygital, Digital-Only and/or Multimodal Church

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By 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 helping church planters start digital-only churches. Which brings us to this podcast where we talk with the first graduating class of digital-only church plants.

What is it like to start a digital-only expression of church? What are the obstacles, celebrations, stories of these churches? Let’s find out as we interview Mark Lutz, Chestly Lunday, and Christopher Monroe talking planting digital only churches through Stadia.

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Source: PODCAST 125: Planting a Digital Church through Stadia

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Source: PODCAST 124: Disciples Making Disciples in a Multimodal Church

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By TheChurch.Digital: Let’s come to clarity. The Western church has done some things right over the years. That being said, there’s still a lot to learn. The mass accelerator of COVID changed all the rules, and as a result the church has more questions than answers, especially in the long-term usefulness of digital church.

While some of the Western Church struggles with the long-term longevity of Phygital/Digital, the global church has had huge success with the digital church. Digital discipleship? Digital evangelism? Digital only expressions of church?

Recently, I was told “Jeff, you know who’s really good at digital church? Every pastor in the Middle East. Because of persecution, it’s one of the few opportunities the Middle East has to grow the Church.” Dig into this episode of The Church Digital Podcast and discover what we can learn from the Global Church.

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Source: PODCAST 123: Justin Murff & Digital Lessons to Learn from the Global Church

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Source: PODCAST 122: Millennials, Evangelism & Digital Church

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By TheChurch.Digital: Pre-COVID, One Community Church was a force to be reckoned with. Located in Plano, the multicultural church was highly effective utilizing physical ministry, but in the weeks leading up to COVID, there was an organizational tension that maybe the church needed to firm up its digital strategy. March 2020 confirmed the thought and the church quickly learned that it needed some help to develop that Phygital Strategy. Matt, as the staff person championed to help develop that strategy, reached out to Stadia Phygital for help.

In the conversation here, Matt talks about the tensions observed and the lessons learned in transitioning a large, physical organization towards a phygital mindset… and why One Community Church will be a Phygital organization for the long-haul.

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Source: PODCAST 121: Matt Anderson & Developing One Community’s Phygital Strategy

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By TheChurch.Digital: Pre-COVID, very few churches were doing groups online. Now as a result of social distancing, churches had to onboard their groups very quickly to digital methods. Interestingly though, as we’re coming out of the COVID and getting back to the building, some churches report up to 90% of their groups are staying online.

So, since our groups are staying Phygital, let’s talk about how to give our groups purpose. In a recent webinar I (Jeff) did with Gloo we talked specifically about strategies to get our groups on mission… multiplying…

So many challenges for 2021’s church. So many opportunities for ministry not of large masses, but of smaller individuals. This is the heart behind this conversation to get our Phygital Groups to Multiply.

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Source: PODCAST 119: Phygital Groups that Multiply

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By TheChurch.Digital:

Clubhouse is the latest craze in Social Media. It’s composed of audio chat rooms that can be open or closed. This opens up fun possibilities for engaging in conversation online that are more personable than simply typing into the chat room. Clubhouse also enables the ability to host rooms that have a moderator who can help take questions from the audience in the room. Clubhouse is exclusively for iPhone for now, although there are plans to open it up to Android eventually.

Here are some easy ideas for how churches can use Clubhouse:

Closed Small Groups: Small Groups can be facilitated on Clubhouse. I’d suggest hosting a brief 4-week study that is linked to a tentpole series. (At The Movies/Marriage Series/etc.) to begin getting people involved. The lack of video actually helps improve the ability to engage. Not everyone is capable of engaging in a visual medium. Some prefer audio because of their life circumstances. Clubhouse doesn’t even give you the option, it is purely audio.
Post Message Discussions: Pastors and leaders can facilitate discussions after the service in Clubhouse to allow further discussion. This can be leveraged to help people take next steps.
Reaching subcultures and communities: Clubhouse allows users to join ongoing conversations in communities with ease on the basis of shared interest. Christian influencers who desire to leverage their interests to reach people for Christ can join a group, and leverage discussion to share the Gospel or point people to church.
Special Interviews: Churches can facilitate interviews with leaders in their community to answer questions, but also help the church grow in their ability to influence outsiders. I’ve seen churches, such as Transformation Church in North Carolina, do this well on other platforms utilizing Instagram Live. The difference is that you can take questions from your audience in the same format that you’re engaging. Chat doesn’t work as well for these opportunities. The value for attending goes way up because you can have a conversation with the guest.

Clubhouse is exclusive for now. And while it’s rumored that Facebook will be creating a competitor soon, it’s ok to jump on the bandwagon while it’s hot and see where it goes. The benefit of being an early adopter is that you get to reap the benefits of reaching the people who are first to the platform.

Source: Four Ways Your Church Can Use Clubhouse

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By TheChurch.Digital:

I can remember a conversation I had with a Lead Pastor back in early 2019… “you know, there are probably only 20 people in the country who actually serve full-time as a digital pastor.” It has been fascinating to see how churches are pivoting to Digital as a result of COVID. Some churches are embracing the opportunity, even as far as moving people from other staff positions to lead, to champion the Digital opportunities within the church.

To that end, we brought in a panel of new Digital Pastors, and talked about the transition to Digital and what the future of Digital looks like? What has their perspective been? What are the challenges? Who has their go-to supporters been? Do they actually like shepherding people digitally?

Fascinating conversation focusing on today’s Digital transition and tomorrow’s Digital future.

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Source: PODCAST 117: The New Digital Pastor

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