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Wednesday, Apr. 15
6:00 p.m.
Denver, CO
FaithTech Denver: April 2026 Meetup
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Denver Institute Awarded $4.5m Lilly Endowment Storytelling Grant

Denver Institute for Faith & Work has received a $4,500,000 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. through its National Storytelling Initiative on Christian Faith and Life. The award funds the CityGate Storytelling Initiative, a five-year national effort to produce 655 multi-format stories that illuminate how Christian faith is lived out through daily work.

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People come to know and love God through story. Work is a varied context with a vast array of stories waiting to be voiced.
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Society lacks a compelling purpose and vision for work.
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We prepare people to serve God and others in their daily work so that workplaces and cities are transformed.

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Wednesday, Apr. 15
6:00 p.m.
Denver, CO
FaithTech Denver: April 2026 Meetup
The mission of our network is to convene Christian tech workers for peer relationships, help cultivate a renewed Kingdom imagination for their work, and to help catalyze them toward redemptive action in their workplace, industry, or city.
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Thursday, May. 07
6:15 pm
Denver, CO
Professional Women's Network Gathering
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Friday, May. 08
7:30 am
Denver, CO
The Workshop (May 2026)
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Upcoming Events

  • Wednesday, Apr. 15
  • 6:00 p.m.
  • Denver, CO
FaithTech Denver: April 2026 Meetup
  • The mission of our network is to convene Christian tech workers for peer relationships, help cultivate a renewed Kingdom imagination for their work, and to help catalyze them toward redemptive action in their workplace, industry, or city.
  • Thursday, May. 07
  • 6:15 pm
  • Denver, CO
Professional Women’s Network (May 2026)
  • Join us for an evening of relationship-building, appetizers, and encouragement.
  • Friday, May. 08
  • 7:30 am
  • Denver, CO
The Workshop (May 2026)
  • Join us for a gathering of founders and owners who are thinking redemptively about their business

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What we read and listen to changes what we think, which, in turn, changes how we behave. All Christians deserve content that changes the way they experience their work lives.

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We bring together communities of Christians for personal encouragement, spiritual formation, and professional development, preparing them to work for the good of their workplace, profession, industry, and city.

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Practice

We expand and deepen the imagination capacity of the Christians for their daily work so that right theological thinking and the practice of work are aligned.

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Workers Bringing Hope & Life

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The shift for Matt began during his 5280 Fellowship, where he considered rhythms of work and rest, which led him to take a yearlong sabbatical.
Matt Allen
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There’s value to honesty, telling the truth, and seeing people. Once you start to really see people for who they are, you can’t unsee it
Greg & Christy Sauer
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Chloe saw a need to reignite the inspiration and wonder that compelled scientists to the field in the first place. The antidote? Art.
Chloe Johnson
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Fueled by these ideas of redemption and faithfulness, Samantha began thinking about food stewardship — how to donate uneaten meals to people who needed them?
Samantha Glenn
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It's important to understand that we're uniquely created with certain skill sets, talents, and gifts from God. And we should be asking ‘What is excellence?’
Dave Hataj
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Through my work as a _______, Christ is making all things new.
Britta Apple, Jeanne Oh Kim, Joel Hughes, Alan Chan
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I now realize God does have an interest in my work. It’s less about what I’m doing, but how and why I’m doing it.
Maddie & Paul Voge
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It’s a huge privilege to be an employer. So we want it to be a great experience and enrich their life beyond just work.
Meagan McCoy Jones
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That change of heart helped Adrienne view colleagues as neighbors, needs as opportunities, and a job as a platform.
Adrienne Tafilowski
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Social apps try to invisibly create feelings in us that only God can meet. I want people to think twice about being known and seen.
Joel Hughes
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Blythe has a passion to advocate for the most vulnerable in society through politics, policy and the church, believing in the "renewal of all things."
Blythe Scott
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I see my work as a public service. It’s in service to the people’s stories that I’m telling and giving voice to the voiceless.”
Angela Evans
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We don’t know how long we have on earth. For now, we’ve been entrusted with a lot. It’s our responsibility to steward it at 100%.
Ingrid Hall and Dave Umphress
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I had this aha moment from the Lord that schools are a portal to every need in a neighborhood.
Tracey Beal

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