AI & the Church
Hackathon 2024

Ready to build AI-based technology to advance human flourishing and church thriving?

APPLY TODAY (Scholarships available)


September 13 - 15, 2024  •  Boulder, Colorado 

 

$250K in Cash Prizes

Winning creators will be awarded prizes from a $250k Prize Pool including:

Grand prize - $100K
Flourishing (1st, 2nd, 3rd)  
Church Thriving (1st, 2nd, 3rd)
Best in Function - Across 6 Categories

The Power of AI to Do Good

Every person is on a growth journey.
Every ministry organization exists to support those journeys.
This September, we'll gather to build redemptive AI solutions that support people and organizations in these dimensions:
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Whole-Person Flourishing includes health in five key areas:
  • Mental and Physical
  • Spiritual
  • Relational
  • Vocational
  • Financial
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Thriving churches and ministry organizations cultivate health in three major categories:
  • Nurturing
  • Sending
  • Leading 

The Hackathon Challenge: Redemptive AI

(Specific challenge details will be shared with participants on August 12, 2024)

Build an AI-based solution that:

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Supports ministry leaders
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Helps people flourish and/or churches thrive
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Helps the big "c" Church drive the responsible and redemptive use of AI

Connect with Industry Leaders

Organizational and network leaders will join us and attend working group sessions on the responsible use of AI. Highlights include:
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Pat Gelsinger
CEO | Intel
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Sangeet Choudary
Founder | Platform Labs
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Yvonne Carlson
CTO | Global Media Outreach
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Eric Célérier
CEO | Hello Bible
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Bobby Gruenewald
CEO | YouVersion
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Nona Jones
Author, Speaker, Preacher
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Ed Stetzer
Dean | Talbot School of Theology
at Biola

Schedule Overview

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3:00pm - Registration opens
5:00pm - Hackathon begins
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All Day - Work Time!
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11:00am - Submission deadline
2:00pm - Awards ceremony
3:00pm - Event ends

Is This For You?

Consider applying if you are:

• Passionate about using your coding skills to advance human flourishing in ministry

• Familiar with or interested in how AI can play a role in that

• Ready and willing to spend time with us onsite in beautiful Boulder Colorado*
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AI & the Church Hackathon 2023

See last year's winners

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