Category: Pastoring in the Digital Parish

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Rev. Jim Keat shares his best practices for creating digital campfires–pieces of content that get noticed and invite people to engage.

Rev. Jim Keat is the Director of Online Innovation at Convergence. Jim is a divergent thinker, an ideation specialist, and an aspiring minimalist. He is the Associate Minister of Digital Strategy & Online Engagement at The Riverside Church in New York City as well as the creator of online projects and platforms like Thirty Seconds or Less, That’ll Preach, and more.

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Shannon Karafanda shares the story behind #holymischief–a digital movement of spiritual disruption. In exploring this story, we see how we can utilize digital connections to empower others to share their stories, how we get people to engage with our digital entities, and how we connect people to one another.

Check out more regarding #holymischief by searching the hashtag, or by visiting holymishief.net.

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Matt Johnson teaches us how to use digital messaging to become famously influential with the right people in order to grow our ministries. In this session, Matt applies marketing principles to help us reach new people online, bring people into our audiences, build real influence with them and nurture them in discipleship.

Matt Johnson is the author of Microfamous and has taught scores of clients how to grow their reach and influence through his coaching business. Check out more from Matt at getmicrofamous.com.

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You have a personal brand. Rev. Sarah Heath shares how we can cultivate that for the benefit of our digital ministries. And cultivating a brand does not have to come at the cost of our authenticity. Rev. Sarah also offers a compelling witness of why personal branding matters for ministry leaders.

Rev. Sarah Heath is an ordained United Methodist elder, a podcaster, an author, speaker and designer. Learn more about her roles at revsarahheath.com.

 

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We explore the scope of a digital-first ministry. What does a digital-first ministry look like? How do we express presence to one another in a digital way? What is the future of digital ministry?

James Kang is our adjunct professor for this session. James is the Head of Guidance and co-founder of Pastoria.co–a ministry innovation consultancy. He served many years as a communicator for the United Methodist denomination.

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We explore the “why” of digital ministry.  Rev. Wil Ranney provides a glimpse at the history of digital ministry, then shares ideas for extending invitation through digital presence. And we answer the questions of “How do we start a process of digital discipleship?” as well as “What are we supposed to do with digital ministry now that we’re opening up?”

Wil Ranney is a founder of Aboundant ministries–a digital ministry consulting group. He was an early adopter of taking ministry into digital spaces. He also teaches classes on digital ministry at Whartburg College. Connect with him at wilranney.me.

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In this first session of Pastoring in the Digital Parish, we’re taking our first steps into the practice of digital ministry. Our host, Rev. Ryan Dunn, shares the practices that yield results in his efforts to meet people in digital spaces, like social media, and invite them into relationships with churches and faith communities. Get ready to get brand-ed!

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In the ever-changing landscape of digital ministry, we need community, resources and training to help us effectively embody the mission of creating disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world in digital spaces. Go back to school with Ryan Dunn and get the digital ministry class they just didn’t offer yet in seminary. Each episode offers a conversation with thought leaders from both inside and outside the church who offer us their experiences in building meaningfully-engaged digital communities.