Digital Ministry: New Wineskins for faith and community

Ready to add some time-tested tips to your digital ministry toolkit? Rev. Joe Webb shares the story of New Wineskins–a community of faith that found itself moving into the new wineskin of all-digital ministry when 2020 struck.

As Joe shares New Wineskins’ story of moving into online ministry, we’ll get some clarifying ideas about formulating a digital ministry strategy, a richer perspective for answering questions like “what is digital ministry?”, and some ideas about why congregations or faith communities need digital ministry.

Rev. Joe Webb is an ordained deacon in the United Methodist Church and hosts Accidental Tomatoes, as well as coordinates the New Wineskins network. As a writer, interviewer, and public theologian, Joe seeks out the holy in the midst of the mundane. Joe’s work is centered in living life on the edge of the inside, seeking to reform and redeem the broken institutional systems that continue to colonize and oppress the imago dei inherent in us all.

(00:00) Introduction
(03:14) Meet Joe Webb
(04:02) How did New Wineskins start?
(08:57) Becoming an online faith community
(13:11) The rhythm of online community
(16:06) Creating safe spaces online
(20:31) Digital worship
(28:43) Thinking about the future of digital ministry
(34:05) The people of New Wineskins
(36:25) Contacting Joe Webb and New Wineskins
(37:48) Contacting Pastoring in the Digital Parish

Pastoring in the Digital Parish is made possible by ResourceUMC.org,  the online destination for leaders throughout The United Methodist Church. And of course, they host our website: pastoringinthedigitalparish.com, where you can find more online resources for ministry.

If you want to connect: check out our Pastoring in the Digital Parish group on Facebook. You can also send questions and ideas for future sessions at digitalparish@umcom.org.