The following are additional and regularly updated resources for the book: Digital Mission: A Practical Guide for Ministry Online
With the constantly changing nature of digital technology, the following hosts the worksheets for the Digital Mission book/workshops as well as links to various software and hardware options for ministry online (it is intentionally designed for those who are digital ministry beginners). Although regularly updated, it is not a comprehensive list (being listed doesn’t mean an endorsement or compensation for referral).
Part One (Understanding):
- Resources to help you dig deeper into a Theology of Technology
- From the Garden to the City by John Dyer
- Shaping a Digital World: Faith, Culture and Computer Technology by Derek Schuurman
- The Next Story: Faith, Friends, Family, and the Digital World by Tim Challis
- Viral: How Social Networking is Poised to Ignite Revival by Leonard Sweet
- Resources to help you dig deeper into Media Ecology
- Age of Kings: Pursuing God’s Heart in a Social Media World by Bryce Ashlin-Mayo
- Understanding Media by Marshall McLuhan
- Medium is the Message by Marshall McLuhan
- Laws of Media by Eric McLuhan
- Orality and Literacy by Walter Ong
- Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology by Neil Postman
- Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman
Part Two (Designing/Building):
- Livestreaming Services/Platforms/Video Production
- Video Editing Software
- Video Hosting
- Image Editing Software
- Free Content (video, music, images, etc.)
- Audio Software/Hardware for Podcasting
- Video Conferencing Software
- Church Websites/Video Hosting
- Church Mobile Apps
- Church Database/Management Software
- Giving Apps
- Texting
- E-Newsletter
- Domain Name Hosting
- Internal Team-based Communications
- Social Media Platforms
- Social Media management and scheduling Software
Part Three (Planning and Innovating):
- Digital Ministry Planning Worksheets