Coding for Christians

Calvin Peat  |  UK & Ireland
Date posted:  1 Dec 2017
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Coding for Christians

Kingdom coders hard at it

Over the weekend of 20-22 October 2017, more than 90 people gathered at Innovation Warehouse in London.

They were there for Kingdom Code: BUILD, to work on projects using technology to expand God’s kingdom. Now in its third year, this Christian Hackathon, previously known as Code for the Kingdom, maintains the same qualities that originally made it special. There’s a wonderful sense of creativity and collaboration, and everyone (whether they’re a computer programmer or not) is encouraged that they have a part to play.

Nineteen projects

Event organiser, James Doc, said: ‘It’s so encouraging to see a group of technologists who are willing to give their time, travelling not just from the far ends of the UK, but to get on planes to be part of the weekend. Despite the 48 hours of solid work, the real energy and drive to build technology that advances God’s Kingdom is apparent. Teams worked on 19 different projects. One was an iPad app which helps people to explore fostering and adoption, through to a virtual reality tool to show the reality of debt and the work that Christians Against Poverty (CAP) does.’

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