The Reviews are In
Recent Hackathon Wins
Overall Winner
#HACK 2024
2nd Place Best in Challenge
AI & the Church Hackathon 2024
This project stood out to me as one of the most deliberate and direct-impact projects of all the submissions. This project demonstrates a balance of technical knowhow with cultural and religious intentionality. This solution is easy to access, easy to navigate, and could bring immediate Kingdom value to the world.
I 100% believe this solution could be immediately deployed and embraced within the market.
The Islamic world needs more targeted interventions and this project is a critical resource in the evangelization of hard-to-reach Muslims. It allows for a seeker to privately find God’s truth and come to saving faith in Christ.
I think this is a brilliant use of balancing cutting edge technology (AI/LLM) with relevant needs that go beyond churches, denominations, and regional cultures. This could open up multi-generational doors to empower individuals with the answers and context to open up real conversations with the world & relationships around them.
I was really able to see the purpose, need, and possibility of the project. I could see this being used in communities around the world.
I believe this project has purpose and should continued to be pursued with conviction. This could impact generations.
The mission field is moving online.
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Lost in a Marketplace of Ideas
- Western society is already being influenced by AIs that promote secular ideals
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Lack of Compassion
- Non-believers are sometimes alienated and intimidated by judgmental Christians
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Biblical Knowledge Trending Downward
- Each successive generation knows less about the fundamentals of Christianity
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Majoring in the Minors
- Believers and non-believers alike often get wrapped up in non-essentials of the faith
Troubling Trends Now is the time to act.
Today's working professional is educated, technologically savvy, and distracted by information overload. We need to meet non-believers where they are and speak to them in ways they respond to — using modern, visually appealing digital products that present God’s truth.
“U.S. adults who have moved away from Christianity are younger, on average, than those who have remained Christian after a Christian upbringing. … This age pattern aligns with a decades-long trend in which each cohort of young adults is less religiously affiliated than the preceding one.” [Pew]
Churches are closing faster than they are opening. Young adults are turning their backs to God. Post-pandemic church attendance is lower; many people decided not to come back or prefer to worship virtually. [Pew]
