Chauncey St. John

Met at: Christofuturist Community Call Met date: 2025-07-31 Role(s): Homesteader, Former Founder (Angel Protocol), Christian Futurist, Financial Technology Innovator Last interaction: 2025-07-31

Contact Information

• Met through: Christofuturist community call organized by Marina

Personal Background

• Lives on a homestead in the Hudson Valley with his wife and land
• Owns property that he's struggling financially to maintain
• Has experience founding Angel Protocol (mentioned D gems with hearts of gold)
• Married and values family life
• Expresses deep-seated tendencies toward perfectionism and hyper-rationalism
• Working through personal issues around needing to "perform well enough to deserve love"

Professional Background

• Former founder of Angel Protocol
• Created framework encouraging projects to allocate 1% to good causes
• Experience in funding and philanthropic structures
• Interest in creating infrastructure for faith-driven investment and philanthropy
• Mentioned warm introduction available to the "Jesus gets us" campaign team through Steven McCaskill
• Connected to Compassion International through Steven McCaskill

Expertise

• Financial technology and protocol development
• Funding infrastructure and mechanisms
• Philanthropic system design
• Homesteading and land management
• Christian worldview integration with technology

Spiritual Journey & Philosophy

• Strong Christian faith with sophisticated theological understanding
• References Matthew 6:25-34 as favorite scripture for dealing with worry and anxiety
• Articulates "Jesus take the wheel" approach during overwhelming times
• Understands spiritual warfare principles: "we are battling spirits and principalities, not people"
• Believes in exploring worst-case scenarios to dispel fear: "so you can look at the boogeyman under the bed and say oh, yeah, that's scary after all"
• Values the concept of God's will over personal desires
• Influenced by John Belion's music and Christian themes

Current Projects & Interests

• Homestead management and land stewardship
• Developing funding infrastructure for faith-based initiatives
• Interested in estate planning frameworks for wealthy Christians
• Exploring "Salvation Pledge" concept - inheritance structures requiring soul-saving KPIs
• Interested in Christian approach to technology and AI development
• Developing frameworks for faith-driven venture capital alternatives

Notable Quotes from 2025-07-31 Call

• "I've got this sort of deep-seated thing of like I need to perform well enough to deserve love"
• "the difference between What you want and what God wants and when you realize when you accept that? We don't control these things"
• "But father your will not mine, you know, which is an interesting line for all kinds of reasons"
• "The worry and stress just doesn't add anything. You know what I mean?"
• "Christianity at least for me, right? It's not about some like toxic positivity"
• "though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I fear no evil for you are by my side"
• "what's the worst-case scenario? I'm feeling here... we have to sell the house We live in you know a smaller house. We live with less we get closer to God"
• "There's literally nothing to fear The worst-case scenario is almost never really like this rock bottom that you're imagining it to be"

Theological Perspectives

• Embraces exploring darker scenarios to understand God's plan
• Believes worst-case scenarios can be God's best-case scenarios for spiritual growth
• Views financial struggles as potential opportunities for getting closer to Christ
• Understands the narrow gate concept - "it's so hard when you have so much to really Live a godly Christ-like life"
• Advocates for practical exploration of fears rather than avoidance

Technology Philosophy

• Believes in middle ground between Amish complete avoidance and secular complete adoption
• Advocates for "reclaiming these tools that came to us through the intelligence that God gifted us"
• Interested in how AI and technology can be leveraged for God's will while preserving humanity
• Critiques both technology avoidance and uncritical technology adoption
• Questions how to "keep our humanity in this age of technology"

Connection to Group

• Participated in first Christofuturist community call
• Contributed theological depth and practical homesteading perspective
• Shared personal struggles with financial pressure and property maintenance
• Offered connections to "Jesus gets us" campaign through his network
• Expressed interest in developing Christian alternatives to secular venture capital

Notes

Chauncey brings a unique combination of financial technology expertise, homesteading practical experience, and deep theological reflection to the Christofuturist community. His background founding Angel Protocol and his current struggles with homestead finances give him credible perspective on both wealth and need. His theological sophistication around suffering, fear, and trust in God's will, combined with his practical experience in funding infrastructure, makes him valuable for developing Christian alternatives to secular investment and philanthropic structures.

His willingness to share personal struggles with perfectionism and performance anxiety, alongside his framework for exploring worst-case scenarios, demonstrates emotional and spiritual maturity. His homestead experience provides grounded perspective on simpler living and self-sufficiency that balances the group's technology focus.

Interaction History

• 2025-07-31: Participated in first Christofuturist community call organized by Marina, contributed theological insights on fear, trust, technology balance, and funding infrastructure for Christian initiatives

Transcripts

Transcript ID	Date	Summary
2025-07-31-christofuturist-community-call-spiritual-warfare-technology-and-kingdom-funding	2025-07-31	First Christofuturist community call discussing spiritual anxiety management and technology philosophy