Welcome to the first global Christian hackathon, where programmers speak of transformational love and pastors wield code. In 13 cities, 800 Christian coders, developers, programmers, designers, pastors, and artists gathered together for a 48-hour simultaneous hackathon. They scripted, designed, collaborated, and competed to develop new apps and websites for global and local adherents to the faith. “The future of the church will be built by these culture makers — technologists and entrepreneurs and communicators and artists,” said Chris Armas, director of Code for the Kingdom, a lead producer of the weekend events.