Helping churches stay connected to people every day, not just Sunday.
Digital Shepherd Consulting helps churches build engaging online communities beyond Sunday services.
Most churches currently use streaming as a one-way broadcast. Digital Shepherd Consulting helps transform streaming into a consistent weekly touchpoint that creates real connection, engagement, and community throughout the week.
Founded by Timothy Cross, a former church Media Director and full-time professional streamer with over 50 million YouTube views and 200,000+ followers across streaming platforms, Digital Shepherd Consulting bridges the gap between modern online engagement and ministry.
Most churches are streaming. Very few are building community.
For years, churches have invested heavily into cameras, livestream equipment, and Sunday broadcasts. But most online ministry efforts still feel one-directional.
The service ends. The stream turns off. And the connection disappears until next Sunday.
Today, people live online throughout the entire week. They’re looking for consistency, interaction, encouragement, and community.
Streaming is no longer just about broadcasting a service.
It’s about creating a space where people feel seen, connected, and engaged beyond Sunday morning.
That’s where Digital Shepherd Consulting comes in.
Online ministry can become a daily touchpoint.
Most churches already have the tools. What’s missing is the strategy.
Digital Shepherd Consulting helps churches build simple, sustainable systems that create meaningful online engagement throughout the week.
That can look like:
Midweek devotion streams
Q&A conversations
Prayer streams
Community-focused content
Interactive livestreams
Volunteer engagement systems
The goal isn’t to overwhelm your team with more work.
The goal is to create intentional connection that keeps people engaged and involved throughout the week.
Meet Timothy Cross
Helping churches stay connected to people every day, not just Sunday.
I spent nearly eight years serving as the Media Director at Element Church in St. Louis, helping support the church's mission through media, technology, communication, and online engagement.
After my time at Element Church, I joined Ministry Brands, where I had the opportunity to work behind the scenes with many of the tools and software platforms churches use every day. That experience gave me a broader perspective on how churches operate, the challenges they face, and the systems they rely on to support ministry.
But the biggest shift came when I stepped into content creation and live streaming full-time.
Over the years, I've built online communities that have generated more than 50 million YouTube views and grown to over 200,000 followers across streaming platforms. Through that experience, I learned something that changed the way I think about digital ministry:
Technology doesn't create connection.
People do.
The churches that thrive online aren't always the ones with the biggest budgets, the newest equipment, or the most polished productions. They're the churches that create opportunities for people to engage, belong, and stay connected throughout the week.
That's why I started Digital Shepherd Consulting.
My goal is simple: help churches take the impact they're already making on Sunday and extend it throughout the rest of the week through intentional digital ministry, online engagement, content strategy, and community-building systems.
Because ministry doesn't stop when the service ends, and neither should the connection.