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 world of virtual reality in 2016. He is now
the lead pastor of Virtual Reality Church, a church that is intended to be radically inclusive and
consistent with Christianity’s long history of adapting to new forms of media. VR Church is the
first church to exist entirely in virtual reality.
Before VR Church, D.J. received a BA in Theology in 2000, gained experience as a high school
computer and music teacher, worked as a photojournalist in broadcast television, and launched
a multi-site campus for a mega-church in Pennsylvania. In 2016, DJ and his wife, Kari, created
a new apostolic ministry to pioneer new churches across America in unusual places. Originally
thinking they would plant physical churches, they soon realized a new vision to plant churches
in virtual reality. DJ and Kari have five children, and they travel to spread the vision about faith
in VR.