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Michael Bothwell

Michael Bothwell is pursuing a Bachelor of Theology in Youth Ministry at Heritage College & Seminary and serves as the youth intern at Crestwicke Baptist Church in Guelph, Ontario. He is passionate about helping others grow deeper in God's Word and equipping them to live faithfully in service to the gospel. He is particularly interested in the ways technology can both help and hinder the Christian life.

Michael specializes in connecting the principles of Scripture to the technological contexts of everyday life, with neither a naive tech-optimism not a resistant tech-pessimism.

Teaching Fellow
Youth Ministry, AI, Social Media, Digital Discipleship, Scripture

Obadiah Mariona

Obadiah Mariona serves as a Regional Hub Coordinator at Heritage College & Seminary, helping strengthen local churches across Canada through theological education. A graduate of Redeemer University and current M.Div. student at Heritage, he is passionate about seeing Canadian churches revitalized and raising up a generation of faithful preachers. In 2024, he founded a men's preaching group to help young men grow in proclaiming and expositing God's Word. He leads the Emerging Christian Scholars network and regularly speaks at youth and young adult groups.

You can find Obadiah’s writing online at seminaryforthepew.substack.com.

Teaching Fellow 
Youth Ministry, Theology, AI, Social Media

Host
AI, Idolatry, Theology, Apologetics

Andrew Noble

Andrew Noble is a PhD candidate at the University of Nottingham, where his research focuses on theology and technology. He occasionally teaches at Heritage College and Seminary and serves as an elder at Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario.

Andrew is currently unavailable for speaking requests.

HOST
Tech Design, Product Development, AI

Joel Jacob

Joel Jacob is a principal product manager at Splunk (Cisco), where he focuses on driving technology innovation to their data analytics platform. He earned his BASc in Mechatronics Engineering from the University of Waterloo and after working at Toyato and Ecobee started What Would Jesus Tech Podcast to reach technologists building the tech tools of the future. He lives with his wife and two sons in Toronto where they are members of Hope Church Mississauga.

HoST
SOcial Media, Marketing, Youth Ministry, AI

Austin Gravley

Austin Gravley (MA, Reformed Theological Seminary) is the director of youth at Redeemer Christian Church. He’s the executive producer of Mending Division Academy for the American Values Coalition, cohost of the What Would Jesus Tech? podcast, writer at Passing Through Digital Babylon, and guitarist and harsh vocalist for prog-metal outfit Abtenauer. He and his wife, Melissa, live with their son, Moses, in Amarillo, Texas.

Austin believes the Bible has much to say about our technology today.

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