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Participants

12
Churches

7
Projects

Faith-driven Innovators

Rahul Jordan Chandra

Jordan’s story is one of remarkable growth through #HACK. From being a participant at #HACKPune’24 to leading an AI session at #HACKAurangabad’25, and later becoming a challenge owner at #HACKPune’25 — his journey reflects how God shapes ordinary participation into purposeful leadership.

Abel Thomas

Abel, a 21-year-old design engineer, turned his passion for creativity and faith into purpose. As a challenge owner at #HACKPune’25, he led the project to develop open-source tools that help churches easily create reels — bridging technology and ministry to spread the gospel in fresh, engaging ways.

Salome Molly Chacko

Salome first joined Idea Labs earlier this year as a participant — a spontaneous decision after her classes got unexpectedly cancelled. What began as a coincidence turned into a calling, as she went on to become a challenge owner at #HACKPune’25, leading with creativity and purpose.

Challenges

Accountability Tool Tracker

Demo Video

Purpose: Helps users grow spiritually by tracking habits like prayer, Bible reading, character growth, time management, and emotional health.

Format: Currently a Notion template — to be developed into an app/website.

Unique Approach: Relational and grace-based accountability (vs. impersonal habit trackers).

Target Users: Students, working professionals, and Christian leaders.

Key Features:

  • Mentor–mentee interaction
  • Gamified progress visualization
  • Emphasis on holistic spiritual growth

Six Action Bible Stories

Goal: Make Bible stories engaging and easy to remember for children.

To help kids remember and live God’s Word through fun, easy-to-follow 6-Action Bible Story Templates.
Each story has:
6 simple sentences kids can act out
1 key action per line
“Remember” statement to connect it all back to Jesus

Impact: Promotes fun, interactive learning of scriptural truths.

Encourages following their social media page, spreading awareness, and collaborating with churches.

Christian Reel Templates

This project was first initiated during last year’s #HACKPune, and on that very day, they reached an inspiring milestone of 8,000 followers. Their vision ahead is to collaborate with more Christian content creators and expand their reach globally—living out the call of Mark 16:15, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel.”

Goal: Create engaging short-form Christian content to make the gospel relatable and accessible.

Target Audience: Churches with social media presence and digitally active youth.

Output: Produced 15 creative gospel reels blending faith and creativity

Mental Health Portal

The team developed Gerah, a faith-based mental health portal addressing issues like anxiety, depression, and fear among youth. Combining biblical wisdom with professional insights, the platform offers counseling support, expert testimonials, and a chatbot providing scriptural guidance for stress and other concerns. With plans to expand and integrate social media resources, Gerah aims to promote holistic healing by uniting spiritual and psychological care.

AI Chatbot (Wellspring)

Wellspring is an AI chatbot with two modes — Ruth, a compassionate listener offering emotional and biblical support, and Eleazar, a scholar providing deep theological insights and word meanings. The tool ensures user anonymity through scriptural pseudonyms and aims to assist both individuals in their faith journeys and church leaders in sermon preparation. Demo sessions showcased its ability to combine empathy with rich biblical understanding.

YouTube to Reels Converter (Sermon Splitter)

Objective:
To help pastors and churches convert long sermon videos into short, impactful clips for social media.

Key Features:

  • Converts YouTube or local videos into short clips.
  • Adds synchronized subtitles and tracks the speaker’s face for precise cuts.
  • Simple interface allowing users to select timestamps easily.

Progress:

  • Developed a functional UI and achieved near-perfect speech-to-text accuracy.

Future Plans:

  • Automate clip selection using AI.
  • Ensure compliance with YouTube content policies.
  • Add multilingual translation for broader reach.

Impact:
Empowers churches to share bite-sized gospel content efficiently and engage modern digital audiences.

Traffic Navigation Application (Intellimaps)

The last team introduces IntelliMaps, a smart traffic navigation application designed to reduce congestion by distributing traffic across multiple routes instead of funneling everyone onto a single fastest path, which creates jams. The app also helps users schedule their departure times based on real-time traffic conditions to avoid missing important events like flights or trains. Features developed include live traffic monitoring, alternative route suggestions, and cost/time comparison between public transport and ride-sharing services like Uber. Future plans include community carpooling features, full public transport booking integration, and automated cab booking. The team demonstrates a working prototype with an intuitive user interface and shares a QR code for users to try the app.

Online Info-Sessions

To extend the reach of #HACKPune25 beyond the physical venue, three live YouTube Impact Info-Sessions were hosted. These 45-minute sessions equipped churches, ministries, and individuals across Pune and beyond, with practical tools to navigate the digital world through a Gospel-centered lens.

Shaping Leaders for the Digital Age

Presenter: Tarang Kumar
Focused on developing missional, agile, and tech-aware leaders rooted in Christ. Included real-life use cases to help churches nurture healthy digital leadership.

Using Social Media Effectively for Your Church

Presenter: Jaison Abraham
Introduced strategies to move churches from basic announcements to meaningful Gospel engagement. Covered reels, storytelling, and building digital communities with intentionality.

A Biblical Approach to AI

Presenter: Isaac
Explored how AI can be redeemed for Kingdom impact. Highlighted scriptural foundations, ethical considerations, and practical ministry applications.

We thank God for His grace over every moment of #HACKPune25. Every idea, every breakthrough, every life touched was possible only because of Him. From start to finish, we witnessed His faithfulness guiding us, strengthening us, and making this entire journey fruitful. To Him alone be all the glory.