Digital Discipleship Conference 2023

Plenary Speakers

Justin Khoe
Justin Khoe is a digital missionary and is the founder of the Empty Pews to a Million Views challenge, which is a a 90 Day Coaching Program to help churches & church members reach their first million people with the gospel through social media. He has thousands of followers on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and other social media platforms. He generates thousands of engagements with people talking about Jesus and hundreds of requests for Bible studies each month from the online content he creates.

Heather Thompson Day (Via Zoom)
Dr. Heather Thompson Day is an interdenominational speaker, an ECPA bestseller, and has been a contributor for Christianity Today and Newsweek. She is also the host of Viral Jesus, a new podcast with Christianity Today that already has over 150k downloads.

Heather is an Associate Professor of Communication at Andrews University. She is passionate about supporting women, and runs an online community called I’m That Wife which has over 270k followers.

Terry Benedict
Terry Benedict is an American film producer. He is the founder and CEO of The Shae Foundation. He co-produced Hacksaw Ridge, nominated for six Academy Awards.

Colby Maier
Colby Maier is a pastor and speaker based out of Portland, OR.

He pastors a new church in the city called Bloom, where we empower others to walk in their God-given calling and practice the way of Jesus together! His life’s passion centers around being with Jesus, learning new things about Jesus and sharing Jesus with others. God is blessing his online ministry with incredible growth. In the last 28 days alone Colby has had 100 million views on YouTube with 500,000+ new subscribers.

Melody Tan
Melody has over ten years’ experience in writing, editing, web management, publishing and consulting, spanning four countries: Australia, Singapore, USA and England (both remotely and on location).

Melody launched and is currently the editor for Mums At The Table, a monthly lifestyle magazine for women, especially mums. She is also a presenter on the Mums At The Table weekly TV show where she researches and discusses topics that affect everyday women, and interviews special guests.

Tim Gillespie
Dr. Timothy Gillespie, DMin. is lead pastor of Crosswalk Church at the Redlands, CA campus, and lead pastor of the Crosswalk Network of Churches. He earned a doctorate in Semiotics and Future Studies from George Fox University. He’s an adjunct professor at Azusa Pacific and La Sierra University.

He’s done TedX talks, been published in many compilations and authored a book with his father, Dr. V. Bailey Gillespie entitled “Love Them and They Will Come”, focusing on the importance of young adult retention and engagement.

Dave Adamson
Dave has grown and led online communities of more than 80,000 people each week.

He has worked with churches and ministries around the world as a social media and digital ministry consultant, helping them develop strategies for online ministry, social media and YouTube.

Now, as the Orange Director for Australia and New Zealand, he partners with 200+ churches in Australian and NZ.

Kiran Skariah
Kiran Skariah, also known as PastorSKAR online, based in Sydney Australia.

Kiran realised the huge need for a safe, welcoming space for all in the online world, where honest faith conversations can spark and people can be themselves. Kiran started livestreaming on the world’s largest streaming platform, Twitch.tv and over weeks, months and years, dedicated himself to building a free, accepting, family-friendly community where gamers and non-gamers alike can gather and share a laugh, have some fun, and for those that were interested, talk about their faith.