Christians in GIS

Analyzing Data Sets in the Dynamic and Contextual Database ODIS
2023-04-25 18:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) | Online
ODIS is a dynamic and contextual database. It offers instruments for innovative, multidisciplinary and comparative research into the historic civil society, furthering cross- fertilization between scholarly researchers and the custodians of the relevant cultural heritage collections. In my presentation, I will demonstrate the utility of GIS within this database with numerous data series for researchers.
Dr. Aaldert PrinsConsultant Evadoc (KU Leuven – Belgium).
Aaldert Prins graduated from the Evangelical Theological Faculty (ETF) in Leuven, Belgium, in 1991 with a Licentiate in Theology. At the same faculty, he earned a PhD in Theology and Religious Studies in 2015. From 2009, he is part time Consultant Evadoc within KADOC-KU Leuven for the Protestant (and Anglican) documentary and intangible heritage. From 1996, he is RE-teacher at Secondary State Schools in the Bruges area. From 2009-2021, he was Assistant in Historical Theology and as of 2021, he is Affiliated Researcher in Historical Theology at ETF-Leuven.

Spirit-Led Technology and GIS
2023-03-28 18:00 - 19:00
We are all taught that modern tools empower us to manage with insight and innovation in our efforts to make the world a better place, and for faith-based initiatives to produce great outcomes for God’s Kingdom. Yet… we also believe Jesus is Lord over all. Pete will review how that conflict came to a head for him (a high-end numbers guy), how that has worked out in the past, present, and practical examples of how you can move toward a future of radically God-driven perspective in your own work. We’ll leave plenty of time for Q&A in this workshop.
Pete HolzmannICTA Executive Director // Spirit-Led Technologist and Global Mission Influencer.
Pete’s been an executive strategy and info/tech consultant for many decades. Working from a tech background as a Silicon Valley consultant, he helped pioneer a number of technologies, from GIS to database, email to hard drives. Among other things, the “10/40 Window” emerged from his work to create the first desktop GIS. Perhaps most unusual: together with Cecilia Mikolajczak he helps the body of Christ learn how to nurture our intimate trust relationship both with God and one another, all in the practical context of modern high tech. Pete and his wife Leslie live in Colorado. They have two adult daughters and three young granddaughters.

Using GIS to Measure the Social Impact of Christian Missions
2023-02-21 18:00 - 19:00
What kind of impact have missionaries made on the world? Have they harmed the world by merely exporting western values, or have they improved the world? Robert Woodberry addressed these questions and more: by examining historical patterns and statistics between 1820 and 1920, he explains how missionaries have influenced healthcare, education, printing, social reform, economic development, and democracy.
Robert Woodberry.senior research professor at Baylor University
Robert Woodberry directs the Project on Religion and Economic Change and is a senior research professor at Baylor University. Woodberry has analyzed the long-term social, political, and economic impact of Protestant missionary activity in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Woodberry holds a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

New Tech for Bible Understanding and Translation
2023-01-31 18:00 - 19:00
How do maps and GIS data help pastors, scholars, and others better understand the biblical text? What new linguistic and AI technologies are being applied to accelerate Bible translation for the thousands of languages without a complete Bible? This presentation will demonstrate some tools in Logos Bible Software, and then turn to the tools that Clear Bible is building today to help eradicate Bible poverty.
Sean Boisen Principal Data Scientist at Clear Bible, Inc.
Sean Boisen is Principal Data Scientist at Clear Bible, a 501(c)3 group equipping Bible translators with innovative tools to accelerate translation and eradicate Bible poverty for under-served languages. Until recently, he served for 15 years as Director of Content Innovation and Senior Information Architect for Faithlife/Logos Bible Software. He has a background in Natural Language Processing and Linguistics.

Virtual Christmas Networking Party
2022-12-20 18:00 - 19:00
Join us in a virtual Christmas Networking party: an excellent opportunity to meet other group members, get to know each other, and to celebrate that God became man to share our pain and joy, and to eventually set all things right.

Mapping and Mitigating Structural Racism
2022-11-29 18:00 - 20:00
Participants will learn how FaithX uses ArcGIS and StoryMap technology to help congregation and judicatories identify and explore the origins of structural racism in their communities. How it specifically impacts their own neighborhood and faith community. And how they can develop effective interventions that displace the false US/THEM narrative of racism with a true and more powerful ALL US narrative.
The Rev. Ken HowardExecutive Director of The FaithX Project
Ken is a faith leader, author, consultant, researcher, futurist, serial entrepreneur, and innovator. He is the founder and executive director of The FaithX Project, a 501(c)3 faith-based nonprofit consulting, research, and resource development practice located in the D.C. suburbs and serving clients across the United States and internationally.
FaithX focuses on data-grounded missional assessment and strategy, congregational vitality and sustainability, mapping and mitigating systemic racism, community development, and faithbased demographic forecasting.
He is the author of two books and dozens of research papers.
29 november 2022
10 AM MST / 12 PM EST / 6 PM CET
