Digital Transformation Programme updates
Read about the latest updates from the Digital Transformation Programme taking place across the Methodist Church.
If you want to view the workstreams being worked on, you can find out more on our Workstreams page.
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Connected: Episode 5 — What You Told Us
07 July 2026
In the fifth episode of Connected, Ben Hollebon marks a milestone — the publication of the programme's Master Discovery Report — and walks through what the listening surfaced.
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Here's what we heard — June 2026
01 July 2026
Last month we started closing the loop – telling you what people say when they get in touch with the programme, and what we do about it. Here's what happened in June.
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What we heard — the Discovery report is published
23 June 2026
The master discovery report is now live - detailing everything we heard during three months of listening across the Connexion.
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Connected: Episode 4 — The tools that could help
12 June 2026
In the fourth episode of Connected, Ben Hollebon comes back to the tools — the walk-through promised at the close of Episode 3.
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Here's what we heard — May 2026
29 May 2026
This is the first of a monthly post where we tell you what people have been saying when they get in touch with the programme — and what we're doing about it. We read every response.
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Connected: Episode 3 — Working Differently
15 May 2026
In the third episode of Connected, Ben Hollebon takes a deliberate swerve from the promised tools-and-approaches episode to talk about something more fundamental: how the Digital Transformation Programme is being run.
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Have your say on digital in our Church - and help your congregation do the same
14 May 2026
The Digital Transformation Programme is listening across the whole Connexion. There's now a simple way for every local church to bring their congregation into the conversation - a service sheet insert and a slide you can put up on screen, both ready to download.
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Have your say on digital in our Church
05 May 2026
Whoever you are, whatever your role: minister, steward, regular worshipper, volunteer helping out, family member of someone in the church - we'd genuinely like to hear from you. You don't need a digital background, or any particular knowledge, or to be part of any group.
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Connected: Episode 2 - What We're Hearing
22 April 2026
In the second episode of Connected, I share what's emerging from the Digital Transformation Programme's listening exercise - the energy, the creativity, the frustrations, and the voices from across the Connexion that are reshaping how the programme is thinking.
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Connected: a new audio series from the Digital Transformation Programme
01 April 2026
We are launching Connected, a new audio series about the Digital Transformation Programme. Hosted by Ben Hollebon, Director of Digital and Transformation, each episode shares what we are learning as we listen to churches, circuits and districts across the Connexion - and what we are building as a result.
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Where we are: the Methodist Church's digital landscape
27 March 2026
If we are going to improve the Church's digital tools and presence over the next two years, we need to be honest about the starting point – otherwise we have no way of knowing whether we have made a difference.
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Programme update: listening, learning and building
19 March 2026
The Digital Transformation Programme has had a busy first few weeks. Here is an update on where things stand.
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