A rousing piano rendition of a piece from the road trip movie “Green Book” aptly kicked off the CW3 All Generations Conference 2025 on 30 September, which was co-organised and hosted by Digital Wesley, and primarily held at the Wesley Hall. The rest of the evening was a truly memorable “road trip” for all of us, journeying into the digital space where Christians are tirelessly spreading the influence of God.
CW3 is short for Christians in Web3, a group founded to unite Christians working in technology and evangelising in the online world. This digital space may appear to be secular and separate from our spiritual life. But as Jasmine Ng, Chairperson of CW3 Board of Trustees , puts it, “There is faith to be found in coding, AI, and yes, even gaming”.
Eight companies took turns to go on stage and showcased their ongoing projects. These included “I AM LOGOS”, an immersive media entertainment company that creates anime stories and gaming universes across multiple platforms. In gaming, the company created a cyberpunk world where players have to discern truths from the deceits, reflecting the realities of our spiritual walk with God.
Next, a presentation by GenAlpha highlighted research showing that our Gen Z and Gen A youth spent billions of hours a year on gaming, with 7.5 billion on Roblox alone. While there are clearly abundant opportunities for exposing these youths to the word of God, there is still a distinct lack of faith-based gaming experiences. To address this, the company created their Land of Promise in Minecraft, where young gamers can explore a detailed recreation of Jerusalem City and Sea of Galilee, among others. In this digital world, they can discover Jesus, learn to pray and develop biblical world views.
Besides gaming, John Knox spoke about Gloo, a technology platform serving the faith ecosystem where he also serves as leader of Enterprise AI Implementations. In addition to other services such as workspaces and media, Gloo offers an AI chat engine that gives answers to our questions like most Gen AI platforms but with an important twist – it also gives Christian perspectives to the questions. Out of curiosity, I tested the engine with a simple request to “tell me about the digital space”. Gloo AI first responded with a regular answer that “the digital space refers to the interconnected online environments where people interact, create, and share information”, it later added a Christian perspective that “the digital space offers opportunities for ministry, discipleship, and spreading the Gospel through technology”. My user experience with Gloo AI was intriguing and I encourage everyone to give it a shot.
The final session for the evening was an interactive panel discussion on questions such as whether technology brings us closer or away from God. This led to an active and honest discussion from the on-stage panelists about their faith and human frailties. One panelist drew the loudest laughter of the evening confessing that he felt far from God when his crypto investment goes up and very close to Him when it comes down. While this was a lighthearted moment at the event, the statement made can, perhaps, help many of us to truly reflect on our own spiritual life.
The audience, too, got to share their views on the question through an online poll. The result ended right in the middle at 5 out of 10, showing that many are still unsure of the role technology plays in our walk with God. If these participants for the evening represent the general population out there, there is clearly much more for us to explore and learn about this intersection between faith and technology.
Before ending the evening, a participant shared with me that he was glad to have attended the event. He felt that as we stand on the cusp of change with frontier technologies, this All Generations Summit was a timely initiative for the Christian Web3 community to come together and unite for Christ, so that more can be saved. I could not agree more – and neither could Gloo AI. When prompted on why digital evangelism matters, it responded with 1 Corinthians 9:22, “To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some”.
Photos courtesy of Christians in Web3 (CW3)
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