A Digital Kingdom for a Digital World

Digital technology has transformed our lives, connecting us with the world and one another on unprecedented levels. As followers of Jesus we are responsible for making the most of this opportunity for the sake of the Gospel. This talk will cast a vision for how developers, designers, entrepreneurs, organizations and everyday Christians can collectively maximize their Kingdom impact in a digital world.

Transcript

1. A Digital Kingdom
   for a Digital World Christopher Lim, TheoTech
   @meritandgrace | chrislim@theotech.org
   

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2. Overview
   How have I seen God use digitalization?
   How is God using digitalization to bring about our future?
   What is God calling us to do today?
   

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3. The impact of digitalization
   

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4. 3200 BC
   Writing
   1 AD 

   300 million
   people on earth
   1440 AD
   Gutenberg
   Press
   1948 AD
   Digital
   Communication
   History Highlights
   

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5. 3200 BC
   Writing
   1 AD 

   300 million
   people on earth
   1440 AD
   Gutenberg
   Press
   1948 AD
   Digital
   1990 AD
   WWW
   2007 AD
   iPhone
   2012 AD
   AI / 1 billion
   people on FB
   Communication
   History Highlights
   

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6. How does digital impact
   God’s Kingdom?
   

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7. How is God using digitalization
   to bring about our future?
   

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8. 1 AD 

   300 million
   people on earth
   1440 AD
   Gutenberg
   Press
   1948 AD
   Digital
   1990 AD
   WWW
   2007 AD
   iPhone
   2012 AD
   AI / 1 billion
   people on FB
   Gospel History
   Highlights
   Creation
   Fall
   Call of
   Abraham
   Flood
   Moses leads
   Israel’s Exodus
   Kingdom of Israel
   Established
   Temple is Destroyed
   and Israel is Exiled
   The Temple is Rebuilt
   Tower of
   Babel
   Jacob moves
   to Egypt
   The Temple is Built
   Jesus is born,
   crucified and
   resurrected
   The Holy Spirit
   is poured out
   The Gospel is being
   preached to all Creation
   

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9. Scripture: Ephesians 1:7-10, 18-23
   

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10. Scripture: Ephesians 2:6-10, 18-22
    

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11. Scripture: Ephesians 3:6-11, 3:20-21
    

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12. Scripture: Ephesians 4:11-16
    

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14. Seattle
    

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15. Jakarta
    

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16. Warsaw
    

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17. London
    

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19. Pitching
    

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20. Team Formation
    

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21. Working
    

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22. Final Presentations
    

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23. Prizes
    

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24. Prayer
    

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25. Chris’ first “Hackday”
    

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26. The Entrepreneur
    Chris Armas
    

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27. The Pastor
    Shamichael Hallman
    

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28. A book on
    Christian
    hackathons
    http://amzn.to/2DkdxLe

    (affiliate link)
    

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29. The Missionary
    Chris
    

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30. Discipleship Platform Metrics
    Facebook Engagement
    Website Visitors
    New Inquirers
    First Meetings Completed
    Total Baptisms
    Total Baptizers
    Total Groups
    Total Active Churches
    Church Planters
    1 1000 1000000
    3
    5
    37
    29
    63
    241
    2,220
    121,123
    422,597
    disciple.tools kingdom.training
    Github: Case study:
    

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31. The Wildcard
    Natasha Lim
    

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32. A Digital Kingdom
    for a Digital World Christopher Lim, TheoTech
    @meritandgrace | chrislim@theotech.org
    

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