**Tony Kim, Executive Pastor of Newsong Irvine was interviewed by Christianity Today about his hope to build bridges from Fandom to Kingdom.”
Everyone in pop culture seems to come through San Diego’s Comic-Con these days. The annual event has grown from a gathering of dedicated comic book fans to an essential stop on the marketing hajj for any major nerd-related media. A fleet of news outlets now invade the convention annually to see exclusive previews and panel discussions covering a broad spectrum of films, television shows, video games—and, yes, comic books.
Last weekend, at least one evangelical pastor joined the press corps at Comic-Con 2010.
Tony Kim, executive pastor of Newsong Church/Irvine, gained special entrée to the event as a blogger for BabbleOn 5, the movie review site that he and a few friends from church manage. Kim, a long-time Comic-Con attendee and a self-proclaimed “Pastor of the Nerds,” met some of his pop-culture heroes, such as actor Jeff Bridges (Iron Man, The Big Lebowski, etc.), actor Zachary Levi (NBC’s Chuck), and Stan Lee (Spider-Man, X-Men, Iron Man, etc.). He also participated in Morgan Super Size Me Spurlock’s latest documentary project, Comic-Con Episode Four: A Fan’s Hope. He spoke with Christianity Today about his double life in fandom and the kingdom.
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