In today’s digital world, likes and views aren’t enough. People need clear, Spirit-led next steps. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how to use NextSteps, a free interactive tool from Jesus Film Project, to create personalized spiritual journeys that adapt to your audience’s real choices and spiritual hunger. With access to a global video library in over 2,000 languages, you can build gospel-centered content that serves your unique digital neighborhood. Before the session, we encourage you to create your free account at www.nextstep.is and come ready to build.

When we meet and interact with people online, their culture, language, heritage, and background doesn't simply disappear. If we want to be effective, honourable communicators of the Gospel, we need to be aware of our worldview and cultural differences and how that impacts our witness.

“Empowering Believers Beyond the Pews” will equip church and ministry leaders to mobilize their congregations for disciple-making in everyday life and digital spaces. This session will provide practical strategies, real-world examples, and a clear framework to help leaders inspire, train, and release believers to live missionally beyond Sunday gatherings.

Can you really have a church on social media?  How does that work? How do you develop disciplining relationships using an online platform?  Let’s focus on what it looks like to be The Church instead of A Church and learn how to disciple well on social media platforms. 

Evangelism. Discipleship. Community building. Translation. These are just some of the use cases the Seed Bible is designed to unlock. Join us as we discuss the new possibilities of this framework. Early access coming in September with a full release likely for Q1 2026!

Join TAPOS for a breakout session on how AI is transforming discipleship by making your sermons searchable, shareable, and unforgettable. Learn how TAPOS empowers churches to unlock their sermon archives, generate tailored discipleship resources, and extend the reach of every message beyond Sunday. Discover tools that help you engage your congregation more personally and purposefully in a digital age.

Is God calling you to grow a multiplying discipleship movement? Learn to use the APEST ministry gifts framework to equip multi-gifted teams to plant and sustain digital microchurch communities of 3-15 people within networked ecosystems. 

Participants will learn to establish authentic communities through apostolic leadership, create environments where God's voice is discerned through prophetic gifting, and build welcoming spaces through Spirit-led evangelism. We'll provide practical strategies for shepherding sustainable digital communities and implementing teaching approaches that accelerate discipleship growth across interconnected microchurch networks.

We all know someone who hides away, avoids connection, and seems unreachable, but often, they’re carrying deep fears and wounds the church doesn’t see. In this session, digital pastor Allan "XtianNinja" Descheneau reveals why traditional outreach rarely works for them and what’s really keeping the door closed.

Think Google Ads is just keywords and blue links? Think again. In this session, Cameron pulls back the curtain on the overlooked tools—Display, YouTube, and the hidden planning and audience features—that can take your ministry from invisible to unforgettable. Get ready to see Google Ads in a whole new light.

The Gospel isn’t just a rescue plan—it’s a lens, a lifestyle, and a language. Jeff shows how to speak Gospel truth into everyday online interactions, not just altar calls. Whether it’s doubt in a Discord chat or grief in a late-night DM, Gospel fluency helps you respond with clarity, compassion, and Christ at the center. This session is about making Jesus relevant in the real, messy, digital world.

Instagram isn’t just a feed. Twitch isn’t just content. These are neighborhoods, towns, and tribes. Jason maps out how to think missionally about the platforms where people live online—and how to show up like a spiritual local, not a tourist.

Pastor Rob Reimer says: “You will never rise above your level of self-awareness.” Healthy leaders precede healthy ministries and godly self-care keeps leaders centered on Jesus and relying on the Spirit's sustenance for daily ministry. TruCenter is an online assessment tool built to support kingdom-minded leaders who want to thrive and not burnout.

Being trained in tools or methods is not a sufficient source of our sending, nor can it fuel our perseverance. Equally insufficient is being envisioned to serve or recruited to volunteer. Jesus is the only source of our sending and a growing awareness of calling is critical to our perseverance as his missionary people. Come explore what calling is, how it can be discerned and affirmed in the life of the church.

How do you move your audience from chat messages to meaningful follow-ups and long-term discipleship? Discover the power of shifting from a one-size-fits-all approach to a strategy of personalized spiritual formation. Learn how Venture AI enables digital missionaries to offer individualized followup and discipleship at scale, making lasting, authentic discipleship possible for everyone you reach. 

Life's not linear. Neither is faith. The Audience Map reveals the dynamic nature of our spiritual journeys, helping us build empathy, foster deeper connections, and develop innovative strategies.

"What did you go out to see?" Jesus asked the crowd regarding John the Baptist. In a few years, AR glasses will open up new avenues of ministry that will allow us to see and be seen. AR will shift the focus of digital ministry beyond the screen, enliven our books, see absent church congregants, add new layers of information to our teaching even without projectors and transform our digital presence into a scannable persistent and updatable witness in our physical neighourboods as well as enchanting our digital efforts. Lets dream together. 

It’s not what you think. This is an invitation to reimagine recovery and why we all need it.

Explore the Realities of a Virtual Reality Ministry

We will be discussing the real people we are reaching in the metaverse and the realities of what it looks like to minister in Virtual Reality. Each platform is unique, having its own benefits, drawbacks, and culture. 

Jesus’ story of the shepherd leaving the ninety-nine to find the one lost sheep (Luke 15) challenges us to develop a passion for reaching the lost in our own digital neighborhoods. In this breakout, Tim Celek (Founding Pastor of The Crossing and Senior Director of Post-Launch Services with Stadia) will show how to identify “the one” in online spaces and pursue them with intentionality, compassion, and practical next steps.

With over 2.4 million churches planted globally since 2011, Bekele brings unmatched authority on multiplying leaders. As President of GACX, he champions apprenticeship models that raise indigenous leaders who can disciple in any context, including digital. This session breaks down how to develop and deploy leaders who aren’t just equipped, but empowered to multiply their impact. Because leadership isn’t about control—it’s about release.