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Caleb & Nick welcome guest co-host Garrett Vandenberg as they discuss the ethics, theology, practical application, and potential future of Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and AI generated music all within creative, faith-based spaces. Episode Timestamps:4:53 - The Ethics and Theology of AI Generated Music45:31 - The Future of AR/VR ChurchJoin the Blackbar Discord to keep the conversation going:http://discord.blk.bar/

The guys talk with Jason Poling, Lead Pastor of Cornerstone Church of Yuba City, about his church's VR ministry in the Metaverse. They discuss everything from connecting with digital natives and online anonymity to navigating the advantages and disadvantages of this relativity new and unreached missions field. If you'd like to experience any of their services or get connected to their team, you can do so here:  https://cornerstoneyc.com/vr/Interested in starting or equipping your own Metaverse ministries?  You can check out Cornerstone's classes and resources here:https://cornerstoneyc.com/metaverse-resources/

Could Virtual Reality be the future of the Church? Maybe it's already the present! In today's podcast, we hear a portion of 12:30 Media's Carl Barnhill during his session at the 2023 Preteen Ministry Conference. Get more information about 12:30 Media here. Get more information about the Preteen Leaders' Conference here. Get FULL recordings from past Preteen Leaders' Conferences here.

Through The Church Digital Podcast's Season 4: Jesus, Gamers & Church, we have been exploring how engaging in gaming and nerd culture digitally allows us a huge missional reach. We've talked mostly about Twitch being the avenue that we engage in, which is cool. But, to effectively reach gamers, what if we actually did “church” in video games. Novel concept, but that's exactly what DJ Soto and VR MMO Church are doing. As lead pastor of VR Church, DJ saw a huge opportunity to reach people via virtual reality back in 2016. DJ and VR Church is taking that same pioneering, innovative spirit by planting churches inside video games like “Rust” or “Final Fantasy”! What does church look like inside a video game? Let's talk with DJ, as well as Pastor Koko (who pastors the Final Fantasy campus) and discover what church, and discipleship, look like inside video games! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thechurchdigital/message

Welcome to the podcast. So, today, we're diving deep into the world of Virtual Reality. We've done a couple of episodes on VR over the last year. One with two pastors, Jason Poling and Gerald Faulkner and their experience learning and preaching in VR. Another with DJ Soto who is the pastor of arguably the largest and most influential church in the Virtual space - VR Church. We got some good feedback on our episode with DJ. So today, we are talking with our friend Jeff Reed. He has written a new book called VR and the MetaVerse Church. We're going to define a lot of terms for you so if you're a beginner still learning about church in the MetaVerse, we are going to try really hard not to lose you or go over your head, we're going to keep things real simple so that you can learn about this world and also consider if its something for your church to consider. Since interviewing Jeff, one of the major communities that we discussed that a lot of VR Churches meet within - AltSpace VR is completely shutting down. So you'll hear us talking about AltSpace - they will be no more. Which means the other communities or worlds is where churches will move to. - You'll hear us talk about VR Chat - that is where the mission field is. Then there are other words like RecRoom, Meta Horizons and BigScreen where churches will have to move to. We are going to dive into a lot today with Jeff so hang in there. This might be an education for you learning about VR or you might be a veteran. Hopefully either way, you'll learn a lot today and we'll give you some things for your church to consider. SHOW NOTES --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/makingsundayhappen/support

This week is going to look a little different. We want to give you a big introduction into the MetaVerse and our thoughts on where this is going for the church. For this episode, we interviewed DJ Soto who is the pastor of VR Church - a 100% Virtual Church experience in the MetaVerse. We have attended VR Church with DJ and what we found, which we talk to DJ about is it is not just your avatar watching a screen within the environment, but the Metaverse is its own environment. At DJ's church, they are creating worlds that you walk around in and the see the Bible come to life. The graphics are a little video gamish, but the concept is getting there quickly. Ministry is taking place. This is not something to write off as silly or too out there. This is really happening. Church in Virtual Reality. You're going to learn a whole lot more from our conversation with DJ. SHOW NOTES --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/makingsundayhappen/support

Can you strap on VR goggles and go to church in the metaverse? We asked the author Jay Kim of Analog Church and the pastor DJ Soto of Virtual Reality Church to argue all the wrongs and rights. Finally, an episode where Adam & Chris aren't the ones doing all the fighting! To be fair both these guys are pastors so the debate is probably more of mild-mannered discussion, but it covers some important ground about what it means to be the church, and what the future of the church might look like. VR CHURCH—PASTOR DJ SOTO DJ Soto, Bishop & Pastor or VR Church D.J. Soto began preaching in the metaverse in 2016. Originally thinking he would plant physical churches, he soon realized a new vision to plant churches in the metaverse. He is now the Bishop of Virtual Reality Church and MMO Church, which are futuristic church expressions that is intended to be radically inclusive and consistent with Christianity's long history of adapting to new forms of media. About DJ Soto at VR Church Wired Magazine interview with DJ Soto (Feb 2018) Check Out what VR Church building looks like “inside”—YouTube ANALOG CHURCH—PASTOR JAY KIM Jay Kim author of Analog Church Jay Y. Kim serves as lead pastor at WestGate Church in the Silicon Valley—really!—of CA and as teacher-in-residence at Vintage Faith Church in Santa Cruz, CA. He's the author of Analog Church (IVP, 2020) and Analog Christian (IVP, 2022). Some of his written work has been featured in Christianity Today, The Gospel Coalition, Missio Alliance, Relevant, and other publications. Visit Jay Kim's website Outreach Magazine interview with Jay Kim (January 2020) Jay Kim is the author of Analog Church: Why We Need Real People, Places, and Things in the Digital Age (InterVarsity Press) THE QUESTIONS DJ'S QUESTION(S) FOR JAY How do you define church? What would "count" as a church experience.? Can a metaverse church fulfill all the functions of a physical church? JAY'S QUESTION(S) FOR DJ What are the most significant limitations of virtual church, as you see it? Do you think there are any potential drawbacks or even dangers to the customization and control afforded in VR (e.g. avatars curated to project an aspirational self rather than a more genuine self)? Find Us Device & Virtue on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Join the Device & Virtue Team on Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today on Backstage with the Simple Church it's all about baptism, co-hosts Evan Semanco and substitute host Blake Lawson (Middle School Pastor, regular co-host Scott Odom replacement) talk with Simple Church Care Pastor Bryan Reed, our staff seminarian, about what baptism actually is, why it is so important as a Christian, do you need to be baptized multiple Times, and more.  Then Blake throws Bryan a curveball and we discuss VR Church doing the first recorded baptism in virtual reality, a real thing that happened that we talk through.  If you are ready to be baptized and go public with your faith in the Shreveport/Bossier area, October 30th is the night for you! Fill out this quick form and we'll send you everything you need to know: https://bit.ly/3VkD7bi . If you live somewhere else in the world and want to get baptized, we'd love to help you figure out a way to make that happen! E-mail Evan@thesimplechurch.tv and we'll do our best to find a connection for you. You can also check out our beliefs on baptism including why we do not baptize infants here: http://thesimplechurch.tv/about-us/what-were-about  Also, if you have a kid who wants to be baptized our Children's Pastor Christy Aguilard is having a baptism meeting for kids Sunday, October 23rd, e-mail her Christy@thesimplechurch.tv to sign up.   Then we want everyone in the SBC to join us for Worship Night October 30th at 6 pm at Hurricane Alley behind Beauxjax for some great music, to take communion together, and celebrate all the baptisms!    If you have feedback for the podcast, have a guest suggestion, or just want to talk to Scott, e-mail Scott@thesimplechurch.tv and follow us on Instagram @thesimplechurchpodcast . Leave us a 5-star review, and share the podcast with a friend to help spread the word. You can also find out more about the Simple Church at www.theSimpleChurch.tv .

Vox's Sigal Samuel talks with scholars and authors Wesley Wildman and Kate Stockly about their book, Spirit Tech: The Brave New World of Consciousness Hacking and Enlightenment Engineering. They discuss high-tech tools like brain stimulation and neurofeedback-guided meditation that purport to enrich our spiritual lives, what possible risks they may pose to our psyches, and the ethical implications of technology-induced shortcuts to transformative meditative states. They also talk about whether such spiritual experiences are authentic rather than simulated, and whether brain-based spirit tech might help humans evolve as a species. Host: Sigal Samuel (@SigalSamuel), Senior Reporter, Vox Guests: Wesley Wildman (@WesleyWildman) and Kate Stockly (@KateJStockly), authors and researchers References:  Spirit Tech: The Brave New World of Consciousness Hacking and Enlightenment Engineering by Wesley Wildman and Kate Stockly (Macmillan; 2021) SEMA (Sonication Enhanced Mindful Awareness) Lab, University of Arizona Center for Consciousness Studies (Dr. Jay Sanguinetti & Shinzen Young, co-directors) VR Church; Bishop D.J. Soto Enjoyed this episode of Vox Conversations? Rate Vox Conversations ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Conversations by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Support Vox Conversations by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts This episode of Vox Conversations was made by:  Producer: Erikk Geannikis Editor: Amy Drozdowska Deputy Editorial Director, Vox Talk: Amber Hall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tomorrow (3/14) is Pi day! Yes, guilty as charged. I’m a recovering math and science nerd. Pi day is an annual celebration of the mathematical constant “pi” which relates to the circumference of a circle. It’s also a great excuse to eat lots of pie. In honor of Pi day, I wanted to take a walk around the world and touch on a couple crypto relevant stories Ukraine vs Russia: Crypto in war? EU may ban proof of work - misguided? Jambo: Can Play to earn take off in Africa?Holy metaverse?1. Ukraine 🇺🇦 vs Russia 🇷🇺: Crypto in war? The good: War is an ugly business. It brings out the worst of humanity. Yet even in those dark days, heroes emerge and necessity gives birth to innovation. Over $100M of crypto has been donated to Ukraine from around the world. Without crypto, many of these donations would have taken 2+ business days to be processed and charged up to 6% fees. But with crypto, we have solutions that provide instant, free-to-near-free international payments. Speed can be the difference between life and death. Imagine you lived in the US but your loved ones were under siege in Ukraine. They urgently requested money to flee. It could be heart wrenching having to wait 2+ business days. Mind you, if the request came on Friday, funds might not arrive till Tuesday. This could be unnecessary exposure. The ban:Many Western governments and companies have put in place sanctions against Russians. This culminated in 7 leading Russian banks being cut-off from the SWIFT global payment network. SWIFT is a global payment messaging system. It links over 11,000 banks across 200+ countries. The system does not transfer money rather its like an email system for banks. It conducts about 42 million messages every day. The ban on 7 Russian banks would cause inconvenience but I expect they might eventually develop workarounds over time. It remains to be seen how effective the sanctions are. Could crypto provide a workaround?The other sideIn Nigeria, we say, when two elephants fight, the grass suffers. Deep wounds are being gored on both sides. Much of the US news coverage is focused on Ukrainian courage amidst Putin’s over-reach. I have also been thinking about regular Russian citizens - they did not choose this war.The sanctions and exits of Western companies are dealing a heavy blow to the their economy. Global companies like McKinsey & Company, Visa, PWC, McDonald’s are among the dozens which have ceased operations in the country. Many Russians now find themselves without a job at the exact moment their local currency (the ruble) has lost 40% of value against the US dollar and inflation rising. Crypto could offer some solutions for them too. Russians could convert their life savings from rubles to US-dollar backed stablecoins or Bitcoin. Out-of-work Russians could consider Play-to-Earn games. Crypto payments could provide optionality in the event that sanctions. My heart goes out to Ukraine 🇺🇦 and all who have had their lives disrupted by the invasion.2. EU 🇪🇺may ban proof-of-workThe European Union (EU) has a legislative framework for governing digital currencies, it’s called Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA). It contains a provision that could limit the use of proof-of-work cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum Proof-of-work has been a lightning rod as it is an energy-intensive mechanism. Some environmentalists have decried coal-powered bitcoin mining in China as detrimental to the fight against climate change. It is in the in this vein that proof-of-work came under heavy scrutiny. However, I don’t think this premise is based on full understanding of the current state. Bitcoin miners are highly mobile and incentivized to pursue the lowest energy source. Today, 39% of bitcoin mining is powered by renewable energy while only 13% of US power generation is renewable (EIA). Bitcoin mining can subsidize capital investments to build more renewable energy facilities. The EU is right to consider opportunities to reduce carbon footprint. But it is odd to start with Bitcoin mining given its miniscule carbon footprint compared to other related activities like the traditional banking system (650x), gold mining (90x), and paper currency printing (11x). Furthermore, a 1% reduction in carbon emissions from global aviation sector would be 5x larger than total carbon emissions associated with Bitcoin mining. Shouldn’t we focus on that?3. Jambo: Play to earn in Africa💰Last year, I shared the story of how Play-to-earn NFT games were providing thousands of Filipinos a means of livelihood. Africa has many of the same strong fundamentals: 60% of the population is below 24 years old and almost 50% of university graduates in Africa are unemployed. James Zhang, a 3rd-generation Chinese-Congolese, founded Jambo in Kinshasa to capitalize on the same trends in Africa. Jambo’s goal is to become the Web 3.0 super app for Africa. They have already reached 12,000 students across 14 countries (Morocco, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, DR Congo, Tanzania, Zambia, Namibia, Madagascar and South Africa). The students go through a 10-weeek program to explore opportunities in play-to-earn gaming and decentralized finance (DeFi). Jambo also takes on some of the students to become local ambassadors. Jambo provides scholarships which enables students to earn money. In some cases, students are making 2x what their salary might be. Jambo recently raised $7.5M from a group of investors including Coinbase Ventures, Alameda Research and other notable crypto investors. The goal is to achieve 1M downloads by the end of year.Too often, US VCs looking to invest in Africa focus in on Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya. It makes sense these are some of the most mature and dynamic hubs on the continent. However, it belies the difference and opportunities in the other 51 countries in Africa. I’ve been impressed by Jambo’s strategy of quickly getting boots on the ground in a a variety of countries. 4. Holy Metaverse ⛪️✝️This week, I learned that there is a VR Church in the metaverse! They host Sunday services, weekly groups, and offer volunteer opportunities…100% in the metaverse. The clincher is that it was established in 2017! One of the great hopes of the metaverse is to improve access. This has proved true in the VR Church. One of the leaders shared how she had been diagnosed with a neuro-muscular condition which effectively left her homebound since 2010. VR Church has given her an avenue to be actively engaged in a community. Just when I was thinking this was pretty fringe stuff, today my sister and brother-in-law shared that their church was planning to run part of their youth summer program in the metaverse. Church attendance in the US has declined in recent decades. It makes sense to leverage technology to reach the next generation. However, VR Church proves that there is staying power. It delivers on creating a more accessible and global experience. What a great time to be alive. I hope you have a wonderful Pi Day and week ahead. O daboAfo This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit afolabio.substack.com

In today's segment, we discuss the accelerating movement toward VR Church and how the Metaverse is paving the way for what could be a new era for the Body of Christ, and the question is, who will embrace it and who will reject it?

Why do I church buildings look like they do? Are church buildings really even important? Can I just "be the church" all by myself? What about VR churches? These are just some of the questions and issues that arise on this episode of the podcast. Pastors John Nicholson and Josh Watford dive into the world of church architecture and how God has created us as physical beings.Show notes:The Church is a Building: Toward a Theology of Sacred Architecture: https://nojesuittricks.substack.com/p/the-church-is-a-buildingHow to Prepare for the Metaverse: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/prepare-metaverse/VR Church video: https://twitter.com/grcastleberry/status/1488580625124708357VR Church article: https://churchleaders.com/news/412960-craig-groeschel-vr-church-jesus.htmlCorrection: Pastor Josh mentioned a video of Walmart on the metaverse. While it is true Walmart is preparing to have a prominent presence on the metaverse, the video he mentioned was actually from 2017 and thus not an accurate representation of what the Walmart experience on the metaverse will be like.

D.J. Soto, Founder of VR Church, and Nona Jones of Meta/Facebook give a primer on the metaverse, how Web3 will be different from Web2 and Web1, VR church, NFTs, DAOs, blockchain and more as we...Read the whole entry... »

Jason Poling is creating the first hybrid Virtual Reality and In-Real-Life church. As he is learning how to do hybrid discipleship, he is paving a pathway for both digital and in-real-life disciples being together in the same trainings and experiences via Discord and Zoom. In the past year, God has enabled Jason and his team to plant 4 churches in 4 distinct Metaverse continents: AltspaceVR, VRChat, Discord, and Twitch. Listen to Episode 9 of the podcast and access the show notes below. Future Church Insights: 1. Jason explains what a VR Church is. He explains that the “Metaverse” is a new world with continents and different platforms. Sometimes it's an on-line game, sometimes it's a chat feature or streaming platform. He notes that there are a lot of unreached people and continents within the Metaverse that a VR Church is able to reach 2. Jason notes that people show up to VR Church because they want to connect, not to stay anonymous. He says that most people assume that the Metaverse is populated by people who don't want real relationships or don't want to connect. But, they have found the opposite to be true – people often attend the VR Church in more authentic ways than a traditional brick and mortar church. 3. The VR Church is able to reach unreached people. Jason points out that many who show up to the VR Church would never set foot in a traditional church. But, the VR Ch Goals and Desired Outcomes of Hybrid VR/In Real Life Church Reach more of the lost, Nones, Zer, Millennial yet-to-believers often found in abundance in the Metaverse by planting church communities on all “continents”. Develop creative and relevant, yet biblical and historical, methods for discipling and deploying new believers from the Metaverse. Connect Metaverse and IRL believers in a genuine “hybrid” community of Christians for mutual encouragement and missional efforts. Links:  cornerstoneyc.com More of a reader? Download the transcription here. Key Quotes from the episode from Jason Poling: “I have shared the gospel over my time as a minister and I love sharing, but I have shared the gospel more in this last year and a half in the Metaverse than maybe I have in my ministry.” (16:31) “I mean, and the thing is because this is anonymous, a lot of people… And “”it's low threat. So when you come to a brick and mortar church, if you're not a believer, it's threatening, it's nerve wracking. They're not stuck in a building. And so I think that allows a lot of people to come. So we've had satanists, we've had new age people with Wickens, we've had a Muslims, we've had the gamut.” (17:33) “And we're on this together, reaching all worlds for Jesus…And what's also too is, we do want to see people get involved in IRL ministry too so a number of them, they came to the VR church and because it was safer, they didn't understand, they were nervous to go, but anyway, through this, they've got an exposure church saying, wow, church is beautiful. I love this.” (31:26)

Vox's Sigal Samuel talks with scholars and authors Wesley Wildman and Kate Stockly about their book, Spirit Tech: The Brave New World of Consciousness Hacking and Enlightenment Engineering. They discuss high-tech tools like brain stimulation and neurofeedback-guided meditation that purport to enrich our spiritual lives, what possible risks they may pose to our psyches, and the ethical implications of technology-induced shortcuts to transformative meditative states. They also talk about whether such spiritual experiences are authentic rather than simulated, and whether brain-based spirit tech might help humans evolve as a species. Host: Sigal Samuel (@SigalSamuel), Senior Reporter, Vox Guests: Wesley Wildman (@WesleyWildman) and Kate Stockly (@KateJStockly), authors and researchers References:  Spirit Tech: The Brave New World of Consciousness Hacking and Enlightenment Engineering by Wesley Wildman and Kate Stockly (Macmillan; 2021) SEMA (Sonication Enhanced Mindful Awareness) Lab, University of Arizona Center for Consciousness Studies (Dr. Jay Sanguinetti & Shinzen Young, co-directors) VR Church; Bishop D.J. Soto Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Conversations ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Conversations by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Support Vox Conversations by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts This episode was made by:  Producer: Erikk Geannikis Editor: Amy Drozdowska Deputy Editorial Director, Vox Talk: Amber Hall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

VR Church is one of the first churches to exist in the metaverse. It is a real Church community with ordained pastors that aims to bring spirituality into the future. It is a place where everyone is welcome, whether you believe in God or not.Joining us is Bishop DJ Soto, recently featured in Wired Magazine, to give us his vision for the evolving role of the Church in the 21st Century

Thanks for tuning in to this week's unSeminary podcast. We're talking with Dr. Jonathan Armstrong today, an educator who has also helped run the virtual reality (VR) lab at Moody Bible Institute. Our perspective on what technology is and how it's affecting our world keeps changing. In fact as younger generations have grown up with […]

Before COVID-19 made virtual church a common thing, VR Church was already going strong! But is VR an okay substitute for in-person church? Radio Matt & guest host Hillary discuss it in this classic.

What I love about social media is that every year I discover new people that I learn from and follow. Then, what I like to do is to share them with you all. In fact, I take 6 people or groups and highlight them once a year, usually at the end of December or early January. To find out my lists from previous years you can just like the year (2016, 2017 2018, 2019 and 2020). While 2020 was challenging, the reality is, if you were following any of the digital ministers I have shared about in the past, like Ben Stapley, Dave Adamson, Jeff Reed, Katie Allred, Jeanette Yates, Seth Muse, just to name a few, you would have gotten a lot of great encouragement and help in 2020, especially with the onslaught of COVID. The criteria that I have is that they are involved in Church Communications, Social Media, Student or Family Ministry or Online Ministry. They also need to be producing great blogs, vlogs or podcasts on a consistent basis. If they do not post regularly, they aren't one the list. I am not going recommend you follow someone if they aren't being consistent in their postings, no matter how great their content is. And that's it. Here are the top 6 to seek out in 2021: Rey De Armas. I met Rey a few years ago from a mutual friend, Jeff Reed. Rey is the Online Pastor at Christ Fellowship in Miami, Florida. He is passionate about people coming to know Jesus and mobilizing others to minister to their friends and family (I have had him on the podcast before talking about this). Tyler Samson. Tyler is the Lead Pastor at Church Anywhere. He is also an Admin for the Online + Digital Church Leaders Facebook Group. The group is designed for Online and Digital Minsters looking to learn from each other. It's a great group with tons of help. Digivangelism. I first discovered Digivangelism on TikTok in 2020. Their goal is to help “church leaders reach people with the love of Jesus ONLINE”. And, they do just that. What I really appreciate about what they do is that they are very active on TikTok which not a ton of minsters are at the moment. Brianne Fleming. She may not be a minister but she is someone who has so much great content about brands and marketing. She hosts a very popular #PopChat on Twitter every Friday and Making the Brand podcast. Jate Earhart. Jate is extremely gifted in digital media and motion graphics. He uses Twitch to stream and chat with people while he plays. D.J. Soto. D.J. is the first person people go to for VR Church questions and thoughts. He is the Bishop of Virtual Reality Church.

I love conversations with DJ Soto. DJ challenges me, regularly, and this conversation once again pushes the limits. As Lead Pastor of VR Church, DJ is stretching the boundaries of Avatar Church. Yes, Avatar Church. Here at The Church Digital Podcast, we talk Physical/Phygital church all the time. We talk Digital-Only Churches like Jate Earhart's Love Clan... now we really do a deep dive here talking about putting a church in the Virtual Reality world. Actually, VR Church is different than Digital-Only Churches as it deserves the separate category of Avatar Churches. Here on the Podcast with DJ, we're talking Avatar Church, VR Church's Christmas Services, and a bleeding edge church concept involving MMO video games like “Final Fantasy XIV”. Crazy, radical stuff. And. It. Just. Might. Work. Jump on the podcast here and be challenged in your concept of what church is, and how we can be the church digitally. It's not time to recreate the church. It's time to reimagine the church. By the way, Stadia Church Planting is looking for Church Planters who are interested in planting digital only churches and avatar churches. Is this you? Check out http://stadiachurchplanting.org/digital. Complete Show Notes and Online Video Available at THECHURCH.DIGITAL --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thechurchdigital/message

BLACK LIVES MATTER. INDIGENOUS SOVEREIGNTY MATTERS. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Xim3v8KTX14-M9FvYz7VsDm1YkLFuUUKULqpias01Uc Get in touch: ephemeraTHEpodcast@gmail.com http://storiesfromtheinter.net/about http://storiesfromtheinter.net/zine (zine 2 is out!)https://www.patreon.com/ephemerapodcast Audio engineering is generously provided by Miguel Tanhi of Much Different NY, a live podcast recording venue in Brooklyn, NY. ---Additional reading: https://www.wired.com/story/virtual-reality-church/  https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2018/11/13/going-to-church-in-virtual-reality-beme.beme  https://www.jaykranda.com/blog/2018/11/29/honest-conversation-about-vr-church-with-dj-soto  https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/testing-the-waters-of-virtual-reality-baptisms  http://christinmedia.org/vr6-a-virtual-baptism/  https://youtu.be/QMt3S-xLP0c DJ Soto giving a talk IRL about VR Church https://twitter.com/djsoto/status/1208893321025900546?s=20  https://twitter.com/arkthespearman1/status/1196187843195850752?s=20  https://twitter.com/djsoto/status/1178417305044303876?s=20 https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/cant-livestream-church/  https://erlc.com/resource-library/articles/how-should-we-think-about-the-virtual-reality-church  https://arpost.co/2018/11/26/going-to-church-vr-technology/  https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/interviews/vr-church Naked Gaming Podcast interview w DJ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh65Fj4lmRg Drumsy’s vlog about his baptismhttps://youtu.be/N_88DBmdnNA Syrmor’s less edited video VR Church’s architect’s reddit account: https://www.reddit.com/user/The_Architect_92/  https://the-toast.net/2015/06/01/gabbin-about-god-transubstantiation-and-the-lords-supper/ Danny M Lavery on doctrinal differences re: the Eucharist A discussion of halacha on virtual minyanin:https://traditiononline.org/the-virtual-minyan/ If you're looking to attend livestreamed church services at an Affirming and justice-guided church, you could do a lot worse than checking out the church I attend: https://www.canadianmemorial.org/cmuc-streaming Ephemera will have a Christmas episode! Depending on how things are feeling on the research side, we'll discuss either high-frequency trading (and financial crime) or unboxing videos for children (and gambling addiction). Happy holidays, and death to America.

A classic episode of The Back Row Morning Show prior to the relaunch on Oct. 5th, 2020.

In this episode of The Church Planting Podcast, Greg Nettle talks to DJ Soto, lead pastor of VR Church (the first church to exist entirely in virtual reality) about the opportunities that exist in starting new, digital-only churches.

What does a church look like in Virtual Reality? Greg Nettle, President of Stadia Church Planting and DJ Soto, Lead Pastor of VR Church... who's discipling and shepherding people in the digital community of Altspace VR (and Rec Room)... jump in on a conversation helping to redefine what the digital church looks like tomorrow... scratch that... what the digital church looks like today. COMPLETE SHOW NOTE AVAILABLE AT THECHURCH.DIGITAL --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thechurchdigital/message

Worshippers are gathering for a church service led by Pastor D.J Soto in Virginia in the USA. Many of them are at home or even in other countries. For DJ, this church is important for worshippers unable to attend a physical church, such as the disabled, the ostracised and the persecuted. VR technology is also teaching future generations about religious tolerance. Every year Jews and Holocaust survivors from across the world make a pilgrimage to Auschwitz in Poland. Alongside them is Karen Jungblut, director of research and documentation, from the Shoah Foundation, based at the University of Southern California, its mission to preserve the first-person accounts of 50,000 Holocaust survivors and other witnesses began with videotape. Now it's using 360 filming to capture the testimony of survivors in the landscape where it happened. Worship is often about the icons of your faith – and in Leicester in the UK we meet Sikh students as they encounter some of their religion’s most important artefacts for the first time – thanks to a VR headset, as a way of engaging young Sikhs and teaching non-Sikhs about the religion. But can immersing yourself get too, well, real? Hussein Kesvani, a Shi’a Muslim journalist who writes about the online experience of British Muslims, joins us to experience a virtual reality app that allows the user to relive the battle of Karbala, an instrumental moment in the Muslim faith. Is this visualisation a step too far? Presented by Sophia Smith-Galer Produced by Julia Paul

This week on the podcast we talk with DJ Soto, a VR Church Planter that leads VR Church.Believing that faith is renewed as people engage with the good news of God’s love on new technology platforms, D.J. Soto began preaching in the world of virtual reality in 2016. He is now the lead pastor of Virtual Reality Church, a church that is intended to be radically inclusive and consistent with Christianity’s long history of adapting to new forms of media. VR Church is the first church to exist entirely in virtual reality.What do you think about VR church? Tell us on Twitter @ChurchMag using #cmagcast or by email at podcast@churchm.ag and we’ll share it on an upcoming episode.

"We believe God exists in many dimensions: the physical, the spiritual, the digital, and we’ve experienced Him in the virtual." DJ Soto *This episode is also available via video on YouTube. Become a monthly donor and receive exclusive access to bonus content from this episode and others at http://praisehands.com/donate.* Across the world, Virtual Reality (VR) enhances the way we work, learn, and play. And according to DJ Soto of VR Church, it may also be changing the way we encounter God. Hear DJ address the following heavy-hitting topics: How VR helps eliminate physical and financial constraints to human connection The theology of digital church, including virtual water baptisms How VR's radically inclusive, decentralized platform is enabling marginalized groups to experience Christ Learn more about DJ Soto and VR Church at http://vrchurch.org. ABOUT PRAISE HANDS PODCAST // Each week on the Praise Hands Podcast, join Robby Valderrama and learn from creative, cross-cultural solutionists who are shaping the future of church, race, music, economics, and technology. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS // Special thanks to this episode’s sponsor The Church Ahead: offering resources and advice for forward-thinking Christian leaders, including coaching, contracting, and courses. Learn more at TheChurchAhead.com. Big thanks also to Digital Worlds VR Arcade in Franklin, Tennessee for hosting our filming.

We hear from the lead pastor of the world's first VR Church. Also we'll have the latest announcements from E3. Leigh tries to keep an old-school Tamagotchi alive for more than a day in "Retro Revival" before new-style Tamagotchis are released next month. As for new releases, we review Dauntless and DayZ. Plus Chris Berrow and Leigh Milner celebrate the 6 month "anniversary" of the show! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

If you or someone you know might be a good guest for the Are You Happy? podcast please contact me at areyouhappypodcast@gmail.com. Be sure to follow me on twitter at www.twitter.com/@drew_tomlinson This week I talk with Alina, a Pastor and Elder at the Virtual Reality Church (VR Church) about what the church is about, how going to church in virtual reality differs from going in person, what it is like to connect with people without being physically with them, and what spirituality is truly about. * Learn more about VR Church at: https://www.vrchurch.org/ * Follow VRChurch on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/djsoto * Read the Polygon article I reference at: https://www.polygon.com/2019/5/20/18632723/vr-chat-baptism-anime-girl-dj-soto * Watch Alina's Baptism at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fLjxjgD9Bo&feature=youtu.be Subscribe to this show at: 
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There is church in the wild and it's shown in the book of Acts. Pastor Rory Eldridge shows us what a church in the wild looks like. He also gives us some examples of people who are living out what it is to be a church in the wild. For example, DJ Soto who started VR Church and is baptizing VR avatars. Rory reminds us that history makers are rule breakers and that was modeled by Jesus.

There is church in the wild and it's shown in the book of Acts. Pastor Rory Eldridge shows us what a church in the wild looks like. He also gives us some examples of people who are living out what it is to be a church in the wild. For example, DJ Soto who started VR Church and is baptizing VR avatars. Rory reminds us that history makers are rule breakers and that was modeled by Jesus.

The boys of Nobody Special in no way advocate punching people, even if they are heretics. With that said, the historical Saint Nicholas did punch a heretic in the face for saying that Jesus was less than divine. We talk about the historical character that lead to the weird convoluted story we have today. But not before we talk about VR Church. Props first of all to John Crist in being one of the greatest influences of Christian Culture by criticizing what needs to be criticized. His recent videomade fantastic points about choosing churches to fit our needs rather than seeing how we can worship and serve God. But, unfortunately VR Church is an actual thing, and we have mixed feelings of whether or not this is ideal for what the church is called to be. Specifically with the idea of VR Church Baptisms. If you want to write a question or just say hi, be sure to reach out to us at http://www.thegospeloutpost.com/nobodyspecial and check out our instagram and facebook at NobodySpecialPodcast.The Gospel Outpost Presents Nobody Special See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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D.J. Soto, founder, and pastor of Virtual Reality Church shares with us his story on how the first VR Church came to life. Nils Smith and Nick Runyon also discuss some of the most controversial questions about the future of the church in a virtual reality world.   Share your thoughts using the hashtag #SMCPodcast. Show Notes: @djsoto Virtual Reality Church Virtual Reality Oculus Rift HTC Vive Mark Zuckerberg Tim Lucas Liquid Church @bobbygwald Life Church Wired - VR Church NBC Network Samsung Gear VR Discord Sansar BlenderVR