For the local church
The people near you need the church you shepherd. We help them find it.
You were called to preach the Word and shepherd your people. Somewhere near you, a family is looking for a church this week and doesn’t yet know yours is there. We help them find you, without asking your church to change what it believes or how it worships.
What you’re carrying
Would the people we’re praying for ever find us?
You were set apart to preach and to shepherd. That work belongs to you.
But the role grew. The announcements, the website, the follow-up, and the tools that hold it all together now land on your desk, or on one faithful volunteer who is already stretched thin.
Meanwhile, the warmth people feel in your building doesn’t show up on a phone screen. And that screen is where a family deciding whether to visit gets its first look at you.
Some who do walk in are ready to stay. Others are still finding their footing. Without someone assigned to follow up, a few of them drift, and you rarely find out who.
Your people care. What’s missing is something to hold that care steady from one Sunday to the next.
Who we are
That is why we exist.
Digital Outreach is a team of ministry leaders and digital specialists helping churches become visible to the people they are called to reach. Some are already searching for a church. Many are not yet but they are one step closer than you think.
About us, in numbers
100+
Churches served
From church plants meeting in borrowed rooms to multi-site churches.
98%
Of churches stay with us
When one leaves, it’s usually because we told them we were no longer the right help.
What we do
What would you actually do for our church?
The Antioch Bridge
One connected system, built and run by Digital Outreach.
Between a family searching for a church on a Tuesday night and that same family sitting in your church on Sunday, there’s a distance. The Antioch Bridge is how we help them cross it. We build it with you and keep it standing, and nobody on your staff has to become a marketer to do it.
Span I · Discover
They can find you.
When a family near you looks for a church, on Google, on a map, or by asking an AI tool, your church shows up, and it looks like the church they’d meet in your lobby. We look after your website, your search listings, and the local ads that put your church in front of them.
Span II · Welcome
They feel expected.
Before the first Sunday, your website answers the question they’re really asking: could I belong here? It tells them what to expect and makes the first visit easy to plan.
Span III · Belong
They find a next step.
After that first Sunday, someone follows up and a next step is waiting, so the few people who already welcome everyone aren’t carrying every name by hand.
The bridge is the same for every church. Where we start building depends on where your church is right now.
Find your path
Where is your church right now?
Every church moves through seasons. The mission stays the same, and what you’re carrying changes with the season. Choose the one that sounds most like your church, and we’ll show you how the Antioch Bridge fits it.
Church plant
A launch team, a borrowed room, and a prayer that your neighbors will find you. Right now, someone has to know your church’s exact name to find it.
“We have the vision. Nobody in our community knows we exist yet.”
Faithful church
Your people have stayed faithful through a long season, and the Word is still preached every Sunday. You’d love for your neighbors to know your church is still here.
“People in our community don’t even know we’re here.”
Established church
Your people care for each other, and guests who visit can feel it. Someone may have called you the best-kept secret in town. You never set out to be a secret.
“We’re a healthy church, but we’re not seeing new families.”
Growing church
New families keep coming, and that’s a gift. The same few people are welcoming all of them, and you can feel the strain.
“We’re growing, but our team is stretched and guests fall through the cracks.”
If you’d rather talk it through with one of us first, we’d be glad to. Pick a time that suits you.
From pastors we serve
Has this helped a church like ours?
A few of the pastors and leaders we serve, in their own words.
“The team at Digital Outreach is extremely good at their craft and highly relational. They want a local church to be seen and heard, and serve their local communities for the glory of God.”
Josh M.
Senior Pastor, SGC of Orlando
“We have had 231 first-time guests over the past two Sundays. Thanks for your partnership to help us be findable through social and online!”
Justin Leitch
Lead Pastor, King’s Church · Wilmington, NC
“Digital Outreach has been very flexible and responsive across a 14-hour time difference. We’ve seen nearly a 20% growth in average Sunday attendance since we’ve been using their services.”
Stephen Wolborsky
Elder, Bayview Church
“We have enjoyed working with Digital Outreach to get our site to where we wanted it to be for the next phase of ministry in our city. Additionally, we are excited for them to be an ongoing partner with us to help us represent who we are well to our community.”
Tanner Hogue
Port City Church
Questions
Fair questions before you decide
Is this a fit?
01. Do you believe what we believe?
We serve gospel-preaching churches. Everyone on our team serves in a local church of our own, and your church’s convictions shape everything we build for you. If you’d like to read our full statement of belief, it’s here.
02. We’ve tried this before. Why would this be different?
Usually the work came in pieces: a freelancer, then a redesign, then a season of ads that ended. With us, one team carries the whole thing, meets with your leadership each month, and measures itself by whether first-time guests are finding you.
03. We don’t want to feel “marketed.”
We don’t want that for you either. We think of this work as hospitality: helping a family find a faithful church that’s already there, without turning your church into a brand.
04. Will this work for a traditional church?
Yes. We serve churches whose music hasn’t changed in thirty years and churches whose liturgy hasn’t changed in three hundred. Your worship and your preaching stay as they are.
What will it ask of us?
05. How much time will this take from us?
About an hour a month for a planning call, plus a few short emails. We carry the rest. That’s the whole idea behind the partnership.
06. How long before we see anything?
The foundation is live by week eight. You’ll usually start to see more first-time guests somewhere in months four to six, depending on your community and where you’re starting from.
What will it change?
07. We’re not trying to grow fast. We just want to be faithful.
Good. We aren’t a growth agency. We pay attention to what you’d count as ministry: first-time guests, second visits, baptisms, and people who stay. When our work has done what it can do, we’ll tell you.
08. What if it doesn’t work?
Then we’ll tell you first, and we’ll help you find the right help if it isn’t us.
Can we trust it?
09. Can we afford this?
We serve churches of very different sizes and budgets. On the call we’ll tell you plainly whether the cost makes sense for your church, and if it doesn’t, we’ll say so.
10. What if our elders are hesitant?
That’s a wise place for elders to start. We’re glad to send a written summary of our conversation and references from pastors in your tradition, so your leaders can weigh it together before anything is decided.
Someone near you is looking for a church this week.
They may be new to town, or they may have decided it’s finally time to go back to church. When they look, we want them to find a church where the Word is preached and they’re welcomed by name. We want them to find yours, and to meet Jesus there.
