Jaimie Gunderson is a religious studies professor at the University of Pittsburgh, whose research interests include Christian origins, Christianity in late antiquity, New Testament, Greco-Roman religions, material religion, affect theory and UFOs.

Mary-Jane Rubenstein writes about the mythological assumptions beneath contemporary science and philosophy. She teaches religion and science studies at Wesleyan University and is the author of Astrotopia: The Dangerous Religion of the Corporate Space Race.

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Kaitlyn Ugoretz is an anthropologist of religion and the associate editor of publications at the Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture, including the Japanese Journal of Religious Studies. Ugoretz specializes in contemporary Japanese religion, globalization, technology and media. Her digital ethnographic research focuses on the globalization of Shinto and the development of transnational online Shinto communities.

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Josh Burnett was the church planting pastor of Revolution Church in Annapolis, Maryland. He is also the CEO and co-founder of Church.tech, aimed at helping churches use technology to maximize effectiveness.

Yvonne Carlson is the chief technology officer at Global Media Outreach and has extensive experience in technology across multiple sectors. She is the former vice president of product at Unite Life and director of digital at Moody Radio. She is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society and chair of […]

Kenny Jahng is editor-in-chief at ChurchTechToday.com. He’s also the founder of AIforChurchLeaders.com and ChurchGrowthWorkshops.com. He’s served as church online pastor at one of Outreach Magazine‘s Top 100 Fastest Growing Churches in America. Jahng is also CEO of Big Click Syndicate, a strategic marketing advisory firm helping Christian leaders build digital engagement engines that work.

Scott Evans is founder and CEO of Outreach Inc., which owns and operates a range of physical and digital products, including church marketing tools, worship and sermon content, media and editorial, a speaker’s bureau, print products and publishing, and Christian interest content. These include Outreach.com, Outreach Magazine, SermonCentral.com, ChurchLeaders.com, Sermons4Kids.com and Sermon.ai.