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The mission field didn't disappear. It truly has migrated, and you just decided to build into it. You see, that decision truly matters.

Not just because of what this course will teach you, but because it what it really says about you. You're not someone who was watching and waiting for the digital world to happen to us and hoping churches catch on fire and get their act together. You're someone who is ready to build strategy truly from a kingdom foundation.

That is why you're here. So, let's go. Welcome to global digital missiology.

Before you go any further, I need to be honest with you and tell you something that most courses will never say up front. This is not a course you consume. It is a course you build through.

I mean, every module you're about to enter has one job and one job only, to produce something. Not notes, not highlights, a strategic document that belongs to you and your ministry alone. By the time you reach the commissioning at the end of this course, you will hold nine of those documents.

Together, they have woven a complete digital strategy for you, built on research from six continents, grounded in the nine processes of global digital engagement, and is tailored to your specific calling, your context, and your community. No one else has your strategy because no one else is you. This is what the journey looks like.

The course is organized around the three phases that mirror the nine processes from the book. You First, you have the build phase, modules 1, 2, and 3 is where you map the terrain, write the vision, and design your community. This is the foundation.

The develop phase, modules 4, 5, and 6 is where you build your team, you choose your tools, you assign your functions. This is where individual and gifting meets organizational structure. Next, you have the execute phase, modules 7, 8, and 9 is actually where your ministry runs.

Operations have a rhythm, goals have a scorecard, assessments have a cycle. This is where your strategy becomes a habit. And then there's the commissioning.

It's not the commissioning of a completion ceremony, it's about a sending. You're not leaving this course as a graduate, but as someone who has been equipped and commissioned into the digital mission field. I'm reminded of the scripture, unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain.

Psalms 127:1. We're not building a platform, we're not building a following. We are building what God designed you to build in the mission field where billions already are living.

The digital mission field is not coming. It is already here. So, let's build.

I'll see you inside.

Transcript shared for reflection. Words belong to Pastor Samuel Hayes.