conferences / Digital Missionary Conference 2025

Reaching the Dechurched Through Listening-First Digital Ministry

Josh Packard · 25 min

Sociologist Josh Packard, author of 'Church Refugees,' shares research on why 65 million Americans have left institutional church and how digital missionaries can reach them by prioritizing relational listening over one-way broadcasting. He argues that the digital space uniquely fills the trust and belonging gap that drove people away from organized religion.

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