What is a Digital Missionary?

Moving Beyond Livestream

Your church is probably already online. But are you actually reaching anyone — or just posting into the void? In our newseries Building Online Christian Communities, Leighton Seys kicks things off with a challenge: stop thinking like a content creator and start thinking like a community builder. It's a short listen with a big idea.

Is Online Community Right for Your Church?

Pastor Leighton Seys of www.thechurch.digital dispels common myths about making disciples online, and shares benefits churches have experienced through online interaction.

What is a Digital Missionary?

Leighton Seys of www.thechurch.digital shares how he became a digital missionary, and explains how online interactive community can amplify the ministry of any church.

Launching an English-Language Worship Service

Lonely people aren't looking for a better sermon. They're looking for somewhere to belong. Pastor Dima Pilipchuk gets practical in part two — how Grace United launched an English service with no paid staff, how COVID accidentally gave them their best time slot, and why their kids ministry became their most powerful outreach tool. But the most compelling part? A whiteboard on the platform with the names of unsaved and sick people — prayed over out loud every single service until something changes. Dima is honest about the tension young leaders feel: endless logistics pulling against the spiritual work that actually matters. If you're building something for the second generation — or you're part of it and looking for a church with real community — don't miss this one. Cross-Cultural Voices — faith, culture, and belonging.

A Church for Second-Generation Russians

You grew up translating for your parents, caught between two worlds — and maybe wondering if there's a church that actually gets that. Pastor Dima Pilipchuk moved from Belarus to Minnesota at age 10, not speaking a word of English. Today he leads a thriving English-language congregation at Grace United Full Gospel Church — built from scratch by young leaders who had vision but no roadmap. In part one, Dima talks about growing up between cultures, why looking "fully American" on the outside doesn't mean you feel that way on the inside, and how one senior pastor took a risk on younger leaders when most of his church wasn't ready for it. If you've ever felt too American for your parents' church and too ethnic for everyone else's — this conversation is for you. Cross-Cultural Voices — faith, culture, and belonging.