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About Us

We are Forge Gaming, a nonprofit committed to offering positive gaming experiences designed for playing, competing and equipping for life. We exist to share the story and message of Jesus with gamers!

Joe knew that he loved Jesus, gaming and tech (probably in that order). He realized that those three things didn't need to be separate passions. Then, Forge LAN began.

A sermon and conviction leading to action.

With Proverbs 27v17 being foundational, Forge LAN grew into Forge Gaming. We're so excited to see what Jesus continues to do in and through gamers!

Meet The Team

Meet our team of board members, directors, leaders, volunteers. No matter what the title, each and every person on our team is invaluable to the mission of Forge Gaming.

President, Founder

Joe Clarke

I am a technologist, family man, and all around geek who loves Jesus and video games. My true passion for LAN parties comes from playing games with friends after work, and was convicted about using my skills to further God’s kingdom in a real way. Forge Gaming was started in 2011 with the idea that we needed an avenue to make Gospel of Jesus clear to gamers and gaming culture.

VP, Executive Director

Steve VanMeter

Hey, I’m Steve! I’m just a random disciple of Jesus, husband to an amazing wife, father to four awesome children and a pastor. Growing up playing video games and coming to know Jesus at age 21, I love that Forge Gaming has inspired ways to share Jesus with other gamers while equipping the church to make disciples in these spaces. If you see me online, I’m probably multitasking…learning, reading, listening and maybe playing games like FFXIV, VALORANT or catching up on some anime.

Find me on most things as: stevenleevan

Board Member

Rich Dyson

R.J Dyson

Personal Coach
Creatives Coach. Disciple. Author.
Volunteer

David Jamison

Hey, y’all! I’m David Jamison (AKA “DJ the Tall”), better known around the internet as ZillyOtter (or just Zilly)! I like to think of myself as something of a renaissance man to compensate for the reality that I have too many interests, too little time, and no idea what I’m doing. I love to play sports but can’t understand watching them, I love to watch esports and competitive video games but can’t understand playing them, I love to write stories but reading them gets tedious, and I’m the first to tell you how critical it is to have a full night’s rest as I stay up online until 4 AM (I have work at 8). As I wander aimlessly about and constantly experiment with new goals in life, I always thank God for the amazing friends and community I’ve found with Forge Gaming, starting all the way back at LAN 7 and helping to carry me through the highs and lows of life to this day. I can only hope to pay that blessing forward by sharing the love of Christ alongside those who first shared it with me.

Board Member

Norm Hensley

Norm Hensley

Dungeon & Waffle Master

Brennan Ashby

Hey there! My name is Brennan Ashby, just a nerdy husband and father living in Wadsworth. By day I’m a web content/marketing specialist, by night I’m a tabletop game designer and avid game player. Today I play mostly RPGs (tabletop and digital), tabletop games, survival games, and mostly anything but hardcore FPSs. I met Joe Clark just before ForgeLAN 1 through a mutual friend. After helping run the first Forge event, and learning what Forge Gaming was all about, I was hooked. It was through Joe and Forge Gaming that I rekindled my connection with Christ, and I couldn’t be more grateful. I wholeheartedly believe in what Forge Gaming does, so I help further its cause when and wherever I can.

Be part of an amazing team!

Statement of Faith

“We declare that Jesus Christ, the incarnate Word of God as revealed in the Bible, the written Word of God, is the only Savior and Lord. He is the center of our shared experience of true biblical unity.”

https://charisfellowship.us/cci

The One True God

There is one, and only one, true God, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He is the Creator and Lord of all, existing eternally in three persons, never less and never more – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

The Lord Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ is fully God, existing eternally. Everything was created by Him and for Him. His incarnation took place in the womb of a virgin. He became man, but never sinned. He died a substitutionary death to atone for sin, resurrected bodily, and ascended into heaven where He remains fully God and fully man, and is presently ministering until He comes again.

The Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit is fully God, existing eternally. He is a person and was involved in Creation and the inspiration of Scripture. His works of convicting and regenerating are essential to the believer’s salvation. Believers are entitled to the benefit and joy of being filled and walking in the Spirit for empowerment in Christian life, service, and mission.

The Bible

The sixty-six books, and only these, known as the Old and New Testaments, are the written Word of God. God’s inspiration and superintendence of the writing of every word of the Bible guarantees that what was written is His Word and therefore authoritative, true, and without error in the original manuscripts. God preserves His Word, which is powerful and effective to accomplish His purpose of salvation among all nations. God’s Spirit illumines the minds of believers in every culture to understand and apply the unchanging truth of Scripture in fresh and relevant ways for the benefit of the whole Body of Christ.

Humanity

God created man and woman in His image. As a result, all people are bearers of that image. However, Adam’s subsequent sin resulted in a condition of spiritual death which all people since Adam have experienced, marring the beauty of God’s image in them in every facet of life. This condition of spiritual death has rendered all people unable to save themselves, and leads to physical death. Therefore, new birth is necessary for salvation.

Salvation

The salvation brought by God is a complete and eternal salvation by His grace alone, received as the free gift of God through personal faith alone in the Lord Jesus Christ and His finished work, as He declares believers righteous in Him.

Church

There exists one true Church, which is called the Household of God, the Body of Christ, and the Temple of the Holy Spirit. It is comprised of all true disciples of Jesus Christ and is created by the action of the Holy Spirit. Tangible expressions of this true Church are found in local churches.

Christian Life

The believer is saved by faith alone. The faith that saves is expected to produce obedience and good works, which are the products of the indwelling Holy Spirit. The dimensions of biblical ethics are both individual and social and extend to every facet of life. God faithfully continues to finish the work of sanctification, which He initiated in the life of each believer with the goal of Christlikeness.

Angels, Satan, Demons

God created a multitude of spiritual beings called “angels”. Righteous angels continue to serve God and work both in the heavenly sphere and on earth. By his disobedience, Satan, a fallen angel, became the adversary of God and God’s people, carrying with him a procession of demons. Jesus Christ has overcome Satan so that the final judgment and doom of Satan and his demons are certain.

Future Life

The dead will have a conscious existence in eternity and their bodies will be resurrected. Unbelievers, already under condemnation, will be sentenced to suffer eternal separation from God. Believers, already having been granted eternal life, will be judged and rewarded according to their works, and will experience a glorified, eternal existence in the presence of the Lord.

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