Digital Ministry

Churches that might have rushed to create a digital discipleship plan during the pandemic are now looking to step it up and improve their strategy. Here are 7 steps to start the process and head the right direction.

You want to grow your church and steward its resources in keeping with the times. What does that look like in our digital age? Creating a website, of course! It’s probably been years since you first made your church website public and you’ve spent a lot of money on it and a lot of time went into creating it. Just because you haven’t seen a lot of traffic doesn’t mean that you should scrap your site. You just need to make some basic changes.

Tyler Sansom planted Church Anywhere a couple of years ago, a 100% completely online church ministry. Because the entire ministry is online- and...

Theological instructors, relative to those in many other disciplines, have perhaps had more experience with online education. However, there are still many for whom online education represents uncharted territory or a medium for which their skills and use of resources are “good enough.”

Gone are the days where online ministry was only about recording a sermon and making it downloadable on your church website. These days, the term ‘online ministry’ encompasses a variety of ways churches reach people through social media, courses, podcasts, and video (to name just a few).

The creation of a digital discipleship plan is currently a popular conversation in most churches. The pandemic has highlighted the benefit of and need for a discipleship plan through digital means.

One of the reasons the church exists is to disciple believers. In fact, discipleship is impossible without Christian community. And with the widespread use of technology, a door has opened for discipleship to become easier to conduct and accessible to more people.

Today, more than 41% of US households have a Smart Speaker in their home. What if churches could communicate with individuals using this kind of technology? What if we could provide daily encouragement and spiritual food for listeners? Good news! Churches are already using this technology to connect with their congregation, and you can, too.