The Holy and the Hybrid, by Ryan Panzer

After nearly two years of research and writing, Ryan Panzer is excited to share that "The Holy and the Hybrid" is available now to readers. Download the first chapters of The Holy and the Hybrid from Luther Seminary, or buy now wherever books are sold!

You can also listen to a podcast with Ryan Dunn, host of Pastoring in the Digital Parish. In this conversation, they talk about the cultural changes affecting ministry in a digital age.

Advance praise for The Holy and the Hybrid:

"Two decades and one pandemic into a religious reality dramatically changed by digital technologies, social media, and the new modes of communications they have prompted, Ryan Panzer's The Holy and the Hybrid advances an essential conversation for church leaders and communities responding to the ministry needs of the digitally integrated world... The Holy and the Hybrid should be on every pastor's, priest's, and lay minister's digital or old-school wooden desktop." --Dr. Elizabeth Drescher, author of Choosing Our Religion: The Spiritual Lives of America's Nones

"The Holy and the Hybrid is a book every pastor and church leader needs to read. It invites us to reflect on the ways we were all thrown into the digital deep end during the pandemic, and most importantly, it offers a way forward for churches to develop sustainable hybrid ministries that will be essential for the future of the church." --Jim Keat, digital ministry expert and minister at the Riverside Church

"The Holy and the Hybrid offers a feast of insights that will be beneficial to a wide range of church leaders navigating monumental cultural changes." --Michael J. Chan, executive director for Faith and Learning, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN

"The Holy and the Hybrid" on the Digital Parish Podcast

I recently sat down with Ryan Dunn, host of Pastoring in the Digital Parish. In this conversation, we talk about the cultural changes affecting ministry in a digital age. We talk about the takeaways from my newest book. And we talk about how to make this work at a concrete level. Listen now