Measuring what happens
after the sermon ends.
We listen to Black churches, study our digital discipleship systems, and turn raw observations into benchmarks, playbooks, and tools — so pastors can build on evidence, not assumption.
When the Algorithm
Becomes the Pastor
A three-part research series for Black pastors and seminaries navigating the formation battle happening on your congregation's phone — every day, whether you're ready or not.
The foundational roadmap. Covers the architectural shift required to turn a passive Sunday audience into an active mid-week movement. Essential reading for leadership teams.
The algorithm has better attendance, more repetition, and stronger reinforcement than the local church. A field guide for Black pastors facing a formation battle they didn't choose.
27% of Americans now identify as "spiritual but not religious." Here's where the hunger is going — and how the church can meet people at the well before alternative communities do.
This is not a screen time problem. It is a discipleship emergency. Research-backed pastoral strategies for treating the feed as a rival spiritual discipline — and winning.
Black church membership has dropped nearly 20 points in two decades. But 9 in 10 Black "nones" still believe in God. They're not gone — they're in between. Here's how pastors can walk with them.
Deep theology without reach. Wide reach without depth. Black seminaries and digital pastors are operating in separate rooms — and the people who need them most are falling through the gap.
Your members are already online. Thousands of spirituality communities — many using Christian language but operating outside biblical truth — are growing on Skool. What pastors need to know.
Both say "discipleship." Both cost money. But they solve fundamentally different problems. Understanding the difference will save your church time and real budget.
The five circles of commitment. Learn how to track the spiritual journey of your members using real movement data, from first visit to core leader.
Numbers without narrative are inert. Learn the art of telling the movement story to your congregation, elder board, and staff to inspire real momentum.
Without reinforcement, humans forget 90% of what they hear within a week. Discover how the Weekly Learn step beats the forgetting curve and deepens retention.
Knowledge without community is incomplete. See how Connect engagement acts as the relational bridge that makes behavioral change actually possible.
The Live It Out commitment rate measures the most persistent failure mode in discipleship: the gap between understanding and actual obedience.
Attendance is a lagging indicator. Discover why measuring mid-week testimonies provides the truest proxy for real spiritual fruit in your congregation.
Stop reacting to volunteer shortages. Learn how to proactively identify readiness through the gifts-surfaced and hands-raised metric.
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Every Multiply experience is built on one framework.
The research the Lab produces isn't just academic. Every finding feeds directly into experiences built on the Learn, Connect, Live It Out™ framework — a multidisciplinary synthesis of adult learning theory, behavioral psychology, and historic ecclesiology designed to permanently close the Sunday-to-Monday gap.