Stream 06/25/24 - Jeff Celebrates EP300, Talks Fundraising, "Wait! That's A Church?"

In this conversation, Jeff Reed discusses various topics including digital community, fundraising campaigns, and the importance of different leadership roles in churches. He shares a story about receiving a surprise package with an iPad and a video message from Bono. Jeff also reflects on the recent episode 300 of The Church Digital podcast featuring Alan Hirsch and the impact of the APES framework in digital churches. In this conversation, Jeff Reed discusses various topics including the use of Bible bot in TCD Discord, his frustration with Siri, Elon Musk's comments about Apple's AI, his love for movies and film studies, the limitations of Facebook's content filtering, the importance of hybrid church models, and upcoming episodes of The Church Digital podcast.
Takeaways
* Digital community is different from social media and can help combat the problem of loneliness.
* Fundraising campaigns can be creative and unique to capture attention and engage donors.
* Different leadership roles, such as apostolic, prophetic, evangelistic, and shepherding, and teaching are important for a balanced and effective church.
* The APEST framework can be valuable in digital churches, providing different perspectives and skills.
* Episode 300 of The Church Digital podcast featuring Alan Hirsch was insightful and encouraging.
* Bible bot is helpful in TCD Discord, unlike TCD bot
* Siri can be frustrating and Jeff jokingly adds Siri to the list of potential suspects if he is ever murdered
* Elon Musk criticizes Apple's AI and announces plans to build a large supercomputer for artificial intelligence
* Jeff enjoys watching movies and has a particular interest in films like 2001 Space Odyssey
* Facebook's content filtering can be overly sensitive and restrict certain comments
* Hybrid church models, combining physical and digital elements, are becoming increasingly important
* Upcoming episodes of The Church Digital podcast will feature discussions on unique models of church and improving online church services
Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Greetings
02:11 Differentiating Digital Community from Social Media
08:10 Innovative Fundraising Campaigns for Churches
11:09 The Surprising Package with Bono's Video Message
23:31 The Impact of the APES Framework in Digital Churches
27:24 Bible bot and TCD Discord
30:12 Elon Musk's criticism of Apple's AI
32:07 Jeff's love for movies and film studies
34:00 Facebook's content filtering limitations
36:11 The importance of hybrid church models
39:41 Upcoming episodes of The Church Digital podcast
Sound Bites
"Digital community is the cure for the problem."
"Whitebeard is right."
"I'm Bono from U2."
"Thank you Bible bot for not being as stupid as TCD bot"
"If I am ever murdered, let's go ahead and add Siri to the list of suspects"

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