Christian Tech & Pop Weekly: Gloo's IPO Filing, Claude Corps, and a Crowded Release Week (2026)

The technology side of the week was less about a flashy Bible-app launch and more about infrastructure: a faith-platform IPO filing, a nonprofit AI talent pipeline, and worship-presentation fixes that matter on Sunday morning. Music had the louder week, with a crowded June 26 release slate and a Billboard chart picture that still has Forrest Frank on top.

Coverage window: June 22-28, 2026.

Fast scan

Beat	What changed this week	Why it matters	Source
Christian tech	Gloo filed an S-1 for a proposed Nasdaq listing under GLOO on June 22.	A large faith-and-nonprofit technology platform is testing the public markets while leaning into AI-enabled infrastructure.	StockTitan S-1 summary and filing excerpt
Christian tech	Anthropic's Claude Corps is open to early-career applicants, with a July 17 deadline for the first cohort.	Churches with AI-comfortable graduates may have a concrete next-step opportunity to share.	Anthropic Claude Corps fellow FAQ
Christian tech	WorshipTools Presenter shipped beta updates on June 23 and June 26.	Worship-media teams get practical fixes around Google Slides, default resolution, full-screen content, and Google authentication.	WorshipTools Presenter change log
Christian tech	Subsplash and Ministry Brands both pushed current-week guidance around owned communication and connected finance workflows.	The vendor narrative is moving from single-purpose tools toward integrated operating systems for churches.	Subsplash Messaging; Ministry Brands giving/accounting guide
Christian pop/music	Billboard's June 27 Hot Christian Songs chart kept Forrest Frank's "Your Way's Better" at No. 1.	The top of the genre remains shaped by streaming-era crossover momentum, not only radio.	Billboard Hot Christian Songs
Christian pop/music	SKILLET announced "Scream" for July 10 and a fall Comatose anniversary tour.	A legacy Christian rock act is pairing nostalgia with new heavier material.	CCM Magazine
Christian pop/music	June 26 brought new or upcoming releases from Jeremy Camp, Anne Wilson, Phil Wickham and Pat Barrett, and others.	The release calendar is especially dense heading into July touring and festival dates.	Jesusfreakhideout music news

Christian tech: platform infrastructure, AI talent, and Sunday reliability

Gloo's S-1 puts faith-tech economics in public view

Gloo filed a Form S-1 on June 22 for a proposed Nasdaq offering under the ticker GLOO. The filing describes the company as an AI-enabled technology and media platform serving churches, ministries, and other "faith and flourishing" organizations, with two main businesses: Powering Tech and Powering Reach. StockTitan's filing summary reports revenue of $94.7 million for fiscal 2025 and $41.5 million for the quarter ended April 30, 2026, alongside net losses of $158.7 million for fiscal 2025 and $17.1 million for that quarter. 1

For ministry technology buyers, the story is not simply "Gloo may go public." It is that a platform serving churches and nonprofits is presenting itself to investors as AI infrastructure, media, fundraising, and software in one stack. That framing is worth watching because it may influence how church-tech vendors price, bundle, and acquire tools over the next year.

Anthropic's Claude Corps fellow FAQ says the program is a fully funded, 12-month paid fellowship for early-career applicants placed inside mission-driven nonprofits. Cohort 1 is scheduled to place about 100 fellows starting October 19, 2026; the full program is planned for 1,000 fellows across three cohorts. The first-cohort application deadline is July 17, 2026. 2

The eligibility details are broad enough to matter for college ministries and church young-adult leaders: applicants must be 18 or older, authorized to work in the United States, under two years of full-time work experience, comfortable using AI tools, and willing to relocate if matched outside their current area. 2 ChurchTechToday framed the same program as an opportunity pastors can surface for graduating seniors who are mission-minded and AI-literate. 3

WorshipTools shipped two Presenter beta updates inside the window

WorshipTools' Presenter change log lists 2026.1.0-beta.17 on June 23 and 2026.1.0-beta.18 on June 26. The June 23 update added a default resolution setting for new Songs and Slides, improved Google Slides import reliability, improved slide background media scaling, and made Scriptures use the default presentation size when no template is specified. It also fixed Stage Display scroll bars, full-screen web page display, and a Slide Template layer issue. 4

The June 26 hotfix updated the Google authentication approach in response to provider changes. 4 That is the kind of maintenance item that rarely makes a broad tech headline, but it can decide whether a volunteer can import or present content cleanly before a service.

The vendor messaging is moving toward owned, connected systems

Subsplash used a June 22 post to pitch church-owned group messaging over consumer chat tools. Its product argument centers on dashboard-level ownership, group-manager roles, moderation, church-wide announcements, and group data connected to a broader church-management system. 5 Ministry Brands, in a June 24 guide, made a parallel finance argument: online giving and accounting should work inside a connected ecosystem rather than forcing exports and re-keying between disconnected tools. 6

Treat both as vendor material, not independent benchmarks. Still, read together, they show where the market is pushing church leaders: fewer standalone apps, more bundled systems, and more pressure to decide who owns the data behind communication, giving, and operations.

Christian pop/music: chart stability, release volume, and tour momentum

Forrest Frank still leads Hot Christian Songs; Matthew West leads Christian Airplay

Billboard's Hot Christian Songs chart for the week of June 27 kept Forrest Frank's "Your Way's Better" at No. 1, with Josiah Queen's "Demons" at No. 2, Elevation Worship and Chandler Moore's "God I'm Just Grateful" at No. 3, ELEVATION RHYTHM's "Washed" at No. 4, and Josiah Queen's "Dusty Bibles" at No. 5. 7

Radio looks different. Billboard's Christian Airplay chart for the same week put Matthew West's "Good" at No. 1, Peter Burton's "Where Would I Be" at No. 2, ELEVATION RHYTHM's "Washed" at No. 3, Phil Wickham's "Homesick For Heaven" at No. 4, and MercyMe's "Make It Well" at No. 5. 8 The split is a useful weekly reminder: what dominates all-format Christian consumption is not always the same as what leads radio.

SKILLET is using the Comatose anniversary to introduce new music

CCM Magazine reported on June 25 that SKILLET's new single "Scream" arrives July 10 and that the band will launch the Comatose: 20 Years, Still Screaming Tour on September 30. The tour schedule runs through November 10, with dates across the Northeast, Midwest, Mountain West, West Coast, and Texas/Florida markets. 9

John Cooper told CCM that the new material goes back to the band's roots while moving into heavier territory. 9 For readers tracking Christian pop broadly, this is the rock-side counterweight to the worship and pop releases filling the rest of the week.

Forrest Frank's stadium draw is now part of the story

CCM Magazine's June 26 report from Forrest Frank's sold-out Nashville stop at GEODIS Park said more than 25,000 fans attended, with Tori Kelly opening and Sadie Robertson Huff appearing during the night. 10 The remaining Jesus Generation Tour dates resume July 8 in Sacramento and continue through an August 1 finale at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. 10

That matters because Frank is not only a chart story. He is now also a touring-capacity story, and those two signals reinforce each other when promoters, labels, and radio programmers decide where attention should go next.

Release notes: Jeremy Camp, Anne Wilson, and a live worship collaboration

Jeremy Camp released "Revival" via Capitol CMG on June 26, with Jesusfreakhideout reporting that the single follows May's "Reflector" and leans into a heavier rock influence. The same report lists Camp's career totals as 3.3 billion streams, 7 million albums sold worldwide, 29 No. 1 singles, and 43 No. 1s across multiple formats. 11

Anne Wilson announced Stars (Blue Hour Deluxe) for July 10 via Capitol Christian Music Group. Jesusfreakhideout reports that the 17-track deluxe edition adds five tracks, including the new song "Me & Jesus," and that the fall leg of The STARS Tour adds 24 U.S. dates with Peter Burton and Aodhan King joining on select dates. 12

Phil Wickham and Pat Barrett released a live version of "Praise The Lord Forever" on June 26, recorded during Wickham's Song of the Saints Tour stop in Minneapolis. The song was co-written by Wickham, Barrett, Jonathan Smith, Benjamin William Hastings, and Ben Smith for Barrett's album I've Got A Fire. 13

What to watch next

Church-tech operators should watch whether Gloo's filing starts a broader conversation about consolidation in faith-and-nonprofit software.
Church leaders with college students or recent graduates should note the July 17 Claude Corps deadline if they know candidates who are already using AI responsibly.
Worship-media volunteers should check whether the latest WorshipTools Presenter beta fixes affect Google Slides imports or authentication in their own setup before a Sunday morning run-through.
Music fans should watch July 10: SKILLET's "Scream" and Anne Wilson's Stars (Blue Hour Deluxe) both land that day, while Forrest Frank's tour momentum continues through the summer.