Governing Board
Bishop DJ Soto
Bishop of the Metaverse
Believing that faith is renewed as people engage with the good news of God’s love on new technology platforms, D.J. Soto began preaching in the metaverse in 2016. Originally thinking they would plant physical churches, they soon realized a new vision to plant churches in the metaverse. He is now the Bishop of Virtual Reality Church and MMO Church, which are futuristic church expressions that is intended to be radically inclusive and consistent with Christianity’s long history of adapting to new forms of media.
LMICHELLE SALVANT
CEO at LMichelleMedia & BelieveVR
L.Michelle Salvant is a media ministry leader and entrepreneur who lives in Tallahassee, FL. She and her husband, Christopher, own LMichelleMedia, a company specializing in using emerging media technologies to help churches and ministries move their vision forward. They are currently developing a first of its kind virtual reality platform, BelieveVR, to showcase stories of faith in VR. L.Michelle & Christopher have one son, Christopher Jr., who also loves technology.
Christy Childers
Employment Brand Manager at Facebook
Christy Childers is the co-leader of the Christians @ Facebook group where she serves alongside people who follow Jesus and work at Facebook across the globe. In her day job, she is the Employer Brand Manager for North America at Facebook. Christy lives in a house church in Palo Alto and enjoys reading, spin classes, and traveling. God has put a few passions on her heart: 1) to encourage believers to realize our missionary call at work, 2) to leverage marketing and technology to share the love of Jesus with unreached people groups across the world, and 3) to encourage the singles in the Church to live out community, taking full advantage of our time and gifts!
NICK RUNYON
CEO at Media Tractor
Nick has worked in the digital church space, blending ministry and digital outreach for more than 15 years. Currently Nick is the President of a marketing technology software company in North America. Nick also leads Media Tractor, a digital agency that he founded in 2015. Media Tractor supports businesses and nonprofits around the world by building and implementing digital strategies to help organizations grow.
VICTOR SOTO
US Army Veteran & US Department of Labor
Prior to joining the VR Church board, Victor Soto had over thirty years of experience in non-profit finances. He is a retired Vietnam veteran master sergeant with the US Army and a retired Chief Information Officer for The Department of Labor. Victor has been involved in several facets of ministry throughout the years, supporting missionaries in numerous ways worldwide. Although he spent his early years in Costa Rica, and traveled to many countries with the US Army, Victor now resides in the state of Virginia with the love of his life, Ana.