There is a uniquely Jesus way of creating technology.

It begins with builders who are being formed by him—people willing to surrender power, love others as image-bearers, and place their work inside his mission. It continues through a way of building that laments, discerns, builds, and stewards. 

Redemptive Technology is not a promise that we will always produce the right outcome. It is a commitment to remain faithful to Jesus throughout the process: allowing him to shape what we make, why we make it, how we make it, and who we become along the way.

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So, what do we do now?

Go, and Create. 

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Do not leave these ideas on the page. Bring them into a real problem, a real team, a real product, and into real life! 

Build with open hands and dependence on the Spirit. Do not build alone. Read this playbook with others. Test its ideas in community. Invite correction. Share what you learn. Create with people who will help you remain faithful when speed, ambition, and success tempt you toward another way.

We believe technology can be created in a way that serves the mission of Jesus, loves our neighbours, and bears witness to the world God has promised to restore. But our deepest hope is not in what we build. It is in the One who created us, redeemed us, fills us with his Spirit, and calls us to follow him.

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So may we go forth and build courageously.

May we build humbly.

May we build faithfully.

May we build passionately.

And above all, may we build in the way of Jesus.

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Dear Friends, 

This Playbook 2.0 was, like the original version, a collaborative effort. Thank you to my long-standing colleague and friend, Kevin Burgess, for wrestling through all the new ideas with me. To our staff team for insights and patience with (often extended) deadlines. It is truly amazing to get to a point where we can even create a 2.0 version! 

A big thank you to our editor Lauren Morris from HarperCollins for your insights, encouragement, and ability to work on such a tight deadline. 

Another significant thank you to our working group who spent hours to review and wrestle through the ideas in this playbook. Mark Sears, Yvonne Carlson, James Doc, Ebenezer Elias, Dani Samarneh, Nicholas Skytland, and Richard Zhang. Your insights were game-changers to make, hopefully, a much stronger and improved version. 

To all those from our Playbook 1.0 version: Beth Round, Adam Graber, Andy Crouch, Christine Abernathy, Clement Li, Jason Yuen, John Dyer, Marc Krejci, and the Praxis team. So much of our original version is found still in this playbook and your work and input will impact people for a long time! 

A big shout out to the many gospel patrons for investing in this global tech community for Christ! This playbook doesn’t happen without you. Thank you. 

And thank you to the many others that we love so much that gave input into this project. The countless conversations, reviews, challenges, and insights. We are so blessed. 

God is on the move! 

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James Kelly, Founder of FaithTech

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