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How Should Christians Engage with AI? - How God Is Moving Through The Middle East
Hour 1: How Should Christians Engage with AI?
Should children use generative AI chatbots? Doug Smith, author and software developer, will join us to tackle that question and more. What should our relationship, as followers of Jesus, be with this new technology? Join us for a great and timely conversation.
Hour 2: How God Is Moving Through The Middle East
Join us this hour as we focus on the Middle East. We begin by hearing from Dr. Hormoz Shariat will share all that Iran Alive Ministries has been doing in 2025. Hear why Iran is slowly becoming a Christian nation. Then, Tom Doyle will share some stories of how Christians are surviving during perilous times in the Middle East. He will share some powerful stories of those who have chosen Jesus. Be encouraged, as you will be reminded that the Gospel changes everything.
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Doug Smith
Doug Smith is an international speaker and expert on the intersection of technology and discipleship. He has filled diverse stages from university seminars to international conferences. Audiences appreciate Doug’s winsome, biblical advice and applaud his practical takeaways. His insights are forged by decades of software engineering experience and a lifetime of Bible study. As a leading software engineer, Doug has served clientele from Fortune 500 companies, startups, universities, and government agencies. Doug is a proud ambassador for ScreenStrong.org, the most effective, evidence-based, and practical resource for parents who want to help their kids thrive in a screen-saturated world. Doug authored the award-winning book, [Un]Intentional: How Screens Secretly Shape Your Desires, and How You Can Break Free and the brand-new book, [Un]Intelligence: The Lies Behind Today’s AI and The Truths You Need To Thrive.
Dr. Hormoz Shariat
Dr. Hormoz Shariat is the founder of Iran Alive Ministries. He was born into a Muslim family in Iran and came to the United States after the Islamic Revolution of 1979, where he came to Christ while earning my Ph.D. in Computer Engineering as a graduate student at USC in 1980. In 1987, Hormoz planted a church in San Jose, California. With hundreds of Muslim converts, which remains one of the largest churches of its kind in the United States. In 2001 he followed the Lord’s leading and founded Iran Alive Ministries, which utilizes Satellite TV to reach the millions of lost and broken people of Iran and the rest of the Middle East. Today, the ministry broadcasts the Gospel 24/7 from studios in Dallas to Iran and the Middle East, trusting the Lord to transform a nation, which is responding to the Gospel unlike any other time in history.
Tom Doyle
Tom Doyle fell in love with the Middle East on his first Bible tour of the Holy Land. In 1995 he became an official tour guide for the state of Israel and developed a passion for ministering to the Israeli people, Arabs and Jews alike. Tom and his wife, JoAnn, felt a call from God to full-time ministry there in 2001. In 2017 the Doyles launched Uncharted Ministries, which seeks to Inspire the Body of Christ to rise up join the new great awakening among Jews and Muslims in the Middle East and in uncharted territories around the world.
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Janet Parshall
Janet Parshall has been broadcasting from the nation's capital for over three decades. Her passion is to "equip the saints" through intelligent conversation based on biblical truth. When she is not behind her microphone, Janet is speaking across the country on issues impacting Christians. She has authored several books. Parshall and her husband, Craig, live in Virginia and have four children and six grandchildren.
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